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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 138143
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

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 7.7%4.5%
Net margin 5.5%3.3%
Return on capital employed 24.3%13.1%
Current ratio 1.07x1.02x
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

  1. PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1991-01-16 → present
  2. BERKELEY SOFTWARE LIMITED 1990-01-11 → 1991-01-16
  3. 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

  1. PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
    1. Phoebus Financial Software Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-06-03 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-06-03 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-02 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-06-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-06-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-05-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-05-13 CH03 officers Change person secretary company with change date PDF
2025-05-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-04-15 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-05-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
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 PDF
2022-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-02-16 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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