PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-43% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+10.9% vs 2023
Employees
143
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£625K
-41.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,912,001 | £13,995,697 | |
| Operating profit | £1,066,855 | £626,357 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,066,855 | £624,729 | |
| Net profit | £771,665 | £462,933 | |
| Cash | £2,191,900 | £1,250,264 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,394,523 | £4,793,900 | |
| Net assets | £4,250,025 | £4,712,958 | |
| Equity | £4,250,025 | £4,712,958 | |
| Average employees | 138 | 143 | |
| Wages | £7,755,724 | £8,272,615 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £749,897 | £719,726 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.6%
£13,912,001 £13,995,697
-
Cash
-43%
£2,191,900 £1,250,264
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£4,250,025 £4,712,958
-
Employees
+3.6%
138 143
-
Operating profit
-41.3%
£1,066,855 £626,357
-
Profit before tax
-41.4%
£1,066,855 £624,729
-
Wages
+6.7%
£7,755,724 £8,272,615
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.3% | 13.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | 384.74x |
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
- PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1991-01-16 → present
- BERKELEY SOFTWARE LIMITED 1990-01-11 → 1991-01-16
- RAPID 9262 LIMITED 1989-11-10 → 1990-01-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at the end of December 2024, the group had a strong cash position, and the directors are confident that, with strong working capital management, the company will be able to meet its liabilities for the next 12 months.”
Group structure
- PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
- Phoebus Financial Software Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company continues to win significant new business with another blue chip client going live in Q4 FY24. Two other clients also selected Phoebus Software as their preferred bidder during FY24 with contracts expected to be formally awarded for both in Q1 FY25”
- “Indeed, during the year. in addition to the new name wins, another two key clients signed long-term contract extensions to further cement already long-standing partnerships. Several additional existing clients are also expected to extend their contracts in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, David Mark | Secretary | 2025-06-02 | — | — |
| JONES, David Mark | Director | 2019-11-18 | Aug 1973 | British |
| OLDFIELD, Adam | Director | 2025-06-02 | Mar 1979 | British |
| PIKE, Richard Andrew | Director | 2013-03-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDEN, David | Secretary | 1992-04-30 | 1997-04-25 |
| FIELDEN, David | Secretary | — | 1996-06-14 |
| HUNT, Paul | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2025-06-02 |
| LINTONBON, Robert James | Secretary | 1997-04-25 | 2007-12-31 |
| STEENE, David Anthony | Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-06-14 |
| BELLIS, Peter | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2008-10-20 |
| BRAND, Martin Henry Samuel | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| BYFORD, Charles William | Director | — | 1997-04-25 |
| DYKE, Neil Alan | Director | 2017-12-13 | 2025-04-13 |
| EPSTEIN, Gerald | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1997-04-25 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Jonah | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| GROSSER, Robert | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| HUNT, David Paul | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2025-06-02 |
| JOHNSON, Alec David | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| LINTONBON, Robert James | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2019-06-17 |
| LINTONBON, Robert James | Director | 1993-02-10 | 1996-06-14 |
| MIDDLETON, Andrew James | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2013-01-29 |
| PAGE, Keith John | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2011-09-12 |
| PATENT, Robert | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| PONTEFRACT, Peter Rutherford | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| ROGERS, Keith Malcolm | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2019-06-17 |
| STEENE, David Anthony | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1997-04-25 |
| WOODALL, Michael Alan | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| WOOLARD, Arthur Frederick | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2013-02-11 |
| WRIGHT, Adam Joseph | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2016-05-17 |
| YOUNG, Martin Henry | Director | — | 1996-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebus Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-01 | 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
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.