TOTAL SYSTEMS PLC
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Cash
£1m
-3.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£3.7m
+20.1% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
31
+6.9% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£614k
+108.1% first positive since 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,120,392 | £2,299,838 | £2,391,650 | £3,144,343 | £3,633,353 | +15.6% | |
| Operating profit | £634,295 | -£128,632 | -£332,563 | £211,097 | £533,498 | +152.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £635,535 | -£127,961 | -£268,681 | £295,167 | £614,108 | +108.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£117,938 | £143,417 | £614,108 | +328.2% | |
| Cash | £2,517,290 | £2,384,279 | £2,381,994 | £1,043,139 | £1,002,547 | -3.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £2,917,819 | £3,061,236 | £3,675,344 | +20.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,955,444 | £3,006,322 | £2,917,819 | £3,061,236 | £3,675,344 | +20.1% | |
| Equity | £2,955,444 | £3,006,322 | £2,917,819 | £3,061,236 | £3,675,344 | +20.1% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 31 | +6.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,885,652 | £1,894,539 | £2,102,003 | +11% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £337,415 | £270,333 | £213,785 | £230,631 | £224,427 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £12,551 | £12,892 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £161,105 | £170,781 | £168,289 | -1.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.3% | -5.6% | -13.9% | 6.7% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -4.9% | 4.6% | 16.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -11.4% | 6.9% | 14.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.5% | 22.7% | 24.5% | 30.4% | 30.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.65x | 2.99x | 3.06x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- TOTAL SYSTEMS PLC · parent
- Total Systems (Western) Ltd 100%
- Total Computing Ltd 100%
- Total Selection Ltd 100%
- Total Software Ltd 100%
- Bluescape Software Limited 100%
Significant events
- “successfully delivered a new bluescape installation in July”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMIESON, Peter Ralph | Secretary | 2016-12-31 | — | — |
| BOURNE, Justin Lawrence | Director | 2018-01-17 | Feb 1967 | British |
| COLLINS, Rhys David | Director | 2018-01-02 | Jun 1967 | British |
| DELANEY, Peter John | Director | 2008-10-01 | Aug 1947 | British |
| WEBER, Arthur Piotr | Director | 2003-04-25 | Apr 1951 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELANEY, Thomas Lewis Peter | Secretary | — | 1994-01-14 |
| HARRIS, Granville William | Secretary | 1994-01-14 | 2016-01-31 |
| BOURNE, Corin Hamilton, Dr | Director | 2019-01-23 | 2023-03-05 |
| BOURNE, Terence Patrick | Director | — | 2017-11-01 |
| DELANEY, Thomas Lewis Peter | Director | — | 1998-07-31 |
| DUTTON, Clive Nicholas | Director | 2003-04-25 | 2015-10-31 |
| FOX, Colin Sidney Russell | Director | 2005-10-12 | 2007-07-04 |
| HAMILTON, Ian James Glendinning, Mister | Director | — | 2003-04-25 |
| HARRIS, Granville William | Director | 1998-07-31 | 2016-12-31 |
| RIVANS, John, Mister | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Justin Lawrence Bourne | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2021-02-04 | Active |
| Mr Corin Hamilton Bourne | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust) | 2021-02-03 | Ceased 2023-03-05 |
| Mr Peter John Delaney | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-02-03 | Active |
| Mr Peter John Delaney | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-22 |
| Mr Terence Patrick Bourne | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.