HYBRID SOFTWARE HELIX LIMITED
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Cash
£2.1M
+89% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11M
+10.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
+2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.9M
-21.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £7,284,000 | £9,128,000 | £7,607,000 | -16.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,369,000 | £2,432,000 | £1,886,000 | -22.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,346,000 | £2,431,000 | £1,901,000 | -21.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,317,000 | £2,519,000 | £2,792,000 | +10.8% | |
| Cash | £864,000 | £1,132,000 | £2,139,000 | +89% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,707,000 | £10,103,000 | £11,076,000 | +9.6% | |
| Net assets | £7,274,000 | £9,952,000 | £11,028,000 | +10.8% | |
| Equity | £7,274,000 | £9,952,000 | £11,028,000 | +10.8% | |
| Average employees | 49 | 42 | 43 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £3,415,000 | £3,130,000 | £2,987,000 | -4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | 32.5% | 26.6% | 24.8% | |
| Net margin | 31.8% | 27.6% | 36.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.7% | 24.1% | 17.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.3% | 14.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.61x | 4.49x | 6.80x | |
| Interest cover | 53.84x | 64.00x | 67.36x |
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 6 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-10-29
- HYBRID SOFTWARE HELIX LIMITED 2025-10-29 → present
- GLOBAL GRAPHICS SOFTWARE LIMITED 2001-05-24 → 2025-10-29
- HARLEQUIN LIMITED 1999-07-27 → 2001-05-24
- HEIGHTS DIGITAL LIMITED 1999-03-11 → 1999-07-27
- HEIGHTS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1997-03-25 → 1999-03-11
- HEIGHTS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 1986-09-29 → 1997-03-25
- HADGLEN LIMITED 1986-08-26 → 1986-09-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HYBRID SOFTWARE HELIX LIMITED · parent
- Global Graphics Kabushiki Kaisha 100%
- HYBRID Software UK Ltd 100%
- Global Graphics Software Inc. 100%
- Xitron LLC 100%
Significant events
- “In January 2026, the office lease due to expire in 2026 was extended. The remeasurement equates to an increase in the right-of-use asset and lease liability of £402,000.”
- “In January 2026, the trade and assets of HYBRID Software UK Limited were acquired by the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Peter | Secretary | 2022-08-31 | — | — |
| ROTTENBORN, Michael | Director | 2020-01-02 | Jun 1967 | American |
| VAN HEMELEN, Joachim | Director | 2022-09-01 | Sep 1986 | Belgian |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTTLEY, Graeme Redgrave | Secretary | 2000-08-01 | 2022-08-31 |
| JONES, Susan | Secretary | — | 1999-02-04 |
| WARREN, Jeremy Paul | Secretary | 1999-02-04 | 2000-08-01 |
| BRIAN, Andrew Peter | Director | 1999-02-04 | 1999-10-06 |
| FREIDAH, Jim | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2008-06-20 |
| FRY, Gary Peter | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2020-01-24 |
| HUTTLEY, Graeme Redgrave | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2022-08-31 |
| JONES, Gary | Director | — | 1999-02-04 |
| JONES, Susan | Director | — | 1999-02-04 |
| PRONOST, Alain | Director | 2002-11-27 | 2013-12-31 |
| VOLCKAERTS, Johan | Director | 1999-02-04 | 2018-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid Software Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-12-12 | Active |
| Global Graphics (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-04 | 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.