SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Cash
£18m
-44.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£26m
+20.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
756
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.6m
+2% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED's latest filing
SAS Software's UK arm is riding the cloud boom to £186m in turnover — and spending £34m of it at Anfield. ⚽️💻
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £161,265,693 | £169,323,302 | £186,426,919 | +10.1% | |
| Operating profit | £5,949,805 | £6,274,708 | £6,555,202 | +4.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,175,663 | £6,423,563 | £6,555,202 | +2% | |
| Net profit | £4,512,486 | £5,010,077 | £4,375,240 | -12.7% | |
| Cash | £29,552,409 | £31,619,018 | £17,549,737 | -44.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £146,923,890 | £159,512,390 | £192,242,998 | +20.5% | |
| Net assets | £16,192,224 | £21,202,301 | £25,577,541 | +20.6% | |
| Equity | £16,192,224 | £21,202,301 | £25,577,541 | +20.6% | |
| Average employees | 698 | 721 | 756 | +4.9% | |
| Wages | £74,646,507 | £76,053,389 | £81,940,206 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.2% | 89.4% | 89.0% | |
| Current ratio | 7.98x | 4.41x | 5.30x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- PEARL INFORMATIX LIMITED 1977-06-08 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the Company's strong customer base and revenue retention, contracted future revenues, absence of external debt, available cash resources, and continued support from the wider SAS Group, the Director is satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company entered into a material multi-year commercial sponsorship agreement with Liverpool Football Club, for a total committed cost of £34m over 5 years. At 31 December 2025, the remaining contractual commitment under this agreement is approximately £27.6m, payable over the remaining term of the contract.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURRIDGE, Gary John | Secretary | 2022-06-10 | — | — |
| KEIM, David Brent | Director | 2025-06-30 | Dec 1965 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, Philip Edward | Secretary | — | 1998-08-14 |
| ELLIOTT, James Allan | Secretary | 2015-12-18 | 2021-05-04 |
| PHILLIPS, Mary Kathleen Tanner | Secretary | 2021-05-04 | 2022-06-10 |
| VALDER, Keith Ian | Secretary | 1998-08-14 | 2015-12-18 |
| BOND, Philip Edward | Director | — | 2004-04-08 |
| COOKE, Michael Arthur | Director | — | 2006-11-06 |
| DALTON, John Richard Palmer | Director | 2004-06-09 | 2008-01-31 |
| DAVIS, William David | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
| GOODNIGHT, James Howard | Director | — | 2004-04-20 |
| HAGSTROM, Agne Mikael | Director | 2006-12-15 | 2014-12-31 |
| PARKER, Donald Ray | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2019-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Howard Goodnight | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-05-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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