SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC
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Cash
£29k
-66.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£129k
-5.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,549
-12.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£8.4k
-146.6% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £915,743,000 | £777,512 | £795,204 | +2.3% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,886,000 | £1,757 | -£8,334 | -574.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,869,000 | £18,046 | -£8,417 | -146.6% | |
| Net profit | -£4,316,000 | £17,079 | -£6,842 | -140.1% | |
| Cash | £73,579,000 | £85,247 | £28,507 | -66.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £134,755,000 | £159,719 | £154,394 | -3.3% | |
| Net assets | £111,743,000 | £136,532 | £129,307 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | £111,743,000 | £136,532 | £129,307 | -5.3% | |
| Average employees | 2,139 | 1,779 | 1,549 | -12.9% | |
| Wages | £123,377,000 | £105,158 | £10,881 | -89.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,504,000 | £1,252 | £1,408 | +12.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £51,000 | £53 | £48 | -9.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £628,000 | £636 | £552 | -13.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 0.2% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 2.2% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.1% | 1.1% | -5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.6% | 70.8% | 71.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 1.11x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | -2.94x | 5.96x | -7.70x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC 1982-09-23 → present
- SPECIALIST COMPUTER EDUCATION LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1982-09-23
- SWANFIN LIMITED 1979-06-12 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements. The Directors have prepared forecasts to 30 September 2027 as well as longer three-year plans, drawing on historical performance and current market dynamics to support our objectives for sustainable value creation for shareholders.”
Group structure
- SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC · parent
- SCC Capital Limited 100%
- SCC (UK) Limited 100%
- SCC AVS Limited 100%
- Visavvi Limited 100%
- Vohkus Limited 100%
- E-Plenish Limited 100%
- Meggha Technologies SRL 100%
- Meggha Private Ltd 100%
- Meggha Technologies Private Ltd 100%
- Meggha Technologic Services SL 100%
- Meggha Limited 100%
- Azure Factory Limited 100%
- M2 Digital Limited 100%
- M2 Smile Limited 100%
- Flow AI (Automated Intelligence) Limited 100%
- Resonate-UCC Consultancy LLC 100%
- Resonate Services s.r.o. 100%
- Resonate Benelux B.V. 100%
- UCC Resonate India Private Limited 100%
- Resonate Consultancy Ltd 100%
- Resonate-UCC Holdings Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2026, as part of a strategic group reorganisation, the Company completed a hive-up of its investment in Visavvi Limited together with the related trade and net assets.”
- “On 5 June 2026, the Company made the final payment of £3.5m relating to the earn-out consideration arising from the acquisition of Resonate-UCC Holdings Limited.”
- “On 1 September 2026, the Company sold 100% of its holdings in Flow AI (Automated Intelligence) Ltd to CloudClevr Limited for a total consideration of £4.0m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DILLON, Thomas Michael John | Secretary | 2025-12-31 | — | — |
| BROWN, Russell Lee | Director | 2026-03-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| DILLON, Thomas Michael John | Director | 2025-12-31 | Oct 1980 | British |
| RIGBY, James Peter | Director | 2004-03-19 | Apr 1971 | British |
| RIGBY, Peter, Sir | Director | — | Sep 1943 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARRATT, Georgina Mary | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | 2022-05-06 |
| GILPIN, Nigel Peter | Secretary | 2007-04-23 | 2009-05-21 |
| GOSSAGE, Neal Trevor | Secretary | 2001-12-03 | 2004-12-16 |
| HARVEY-CLEWS, Lynda Beatrice | Secretary | — | 1997-09-30 |
| MONKS, Terence John | Secretary | 2004-12-24 | 2006-12-15 |
| NUTTER, Mark Timothy | Secretary | 2022-05-06 | 2023-08-01 |
| PLOWMAN, Dean | Secretary | 2023-09-11 | 2025-12-31 |
| RIGBY, James Peter | Secretary | 2007-01-08 | 2007-04-22 |
| ROBERTS, Neal Anthony | Secretary | 1997-09-30 | 2001-10-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Owen George | Secretary | 2009-05-21 | 2020-12-01 |
| BADMAN, Dennis Andrew | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2025-12-31 |
| BARRETT, Thomas | Director | — | 2002-10-02 |
| BLAND, John | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2020-03-31 |
| CLARK, Adam Derek John | Director | 2020-03-31 | 2026-03-30 |
| DOVE, Paul Michael | Director | 2020-11-01 | 2023-02-08 |
| ECCLESTON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2008-08-19 |
| EVERATT, Paul | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2017-02-28 |
| GILPIN, Nigel Peter | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2009-05-21 |
| LLOYD, Paul | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1998-07-24 |
| LUNCH, Michael Richard | Director | 1998-04-15 | 1999-09-30 |
| MOYLE, Stephen Glynne | Director | 1991-09-19 | 2006-12-19 |
| NUTTER, Mark Timothy | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| PLOWMAN, Dean | Director | 2023-09-11 | 2025-12-31 |
| RAYBOULD, Jacqueline Claire | Director | 2004-10-07 | 2012-11-30 |
| RIGBY, Patricia Ann | Director | — | 2024-04-01 |
| RIGBY, Steven Paul | Director | 2001-11-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| ROBERTS, Neal Anthony | Director | 1997-03-21 | 2001-10-12 |
| ROVENHALL, Terence Edward | Director | — | 1994-06-10 |
| ROWEN, Mary | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2009-04-14 |
| SCOTT, Ian Peter | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2014-05-09 |
| SWAIN, Michael Joseph | Director | 1997-04-11 | 2021-11-04 |
| SWAIN, Paula Anne | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2021-11-01 |
| WESTALL, Tracy Ann | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| WHITFIELD, Peter | Director | 2014-11-03 | 2020-12-01 |
| WRIGHT, Mark Anthony | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1998-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scc Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 274 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.