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HUMANWARE EUROPE LTD

#02678026 · Active · Incorporated 1992-01-16 (34y 6m) · Last filing 2026-01-29 (6mo ago)
Technology · SIC 26200 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 3 months) · Confirmation due 2027-01-29 (in 7 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£488K

EUR 569,346

+49.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£2.6M

EUR 3,070,599

+7.1% vs 2023

Employees

25

+4.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£238K

EUR 277,441

+2.4% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £9,532,933£9,868,051 +3.5%
Operating profit £238,323£246,701 +3.5%
Profit before tax £232,216£237,841 +2.4%
Net profit £173,594£173,637 0%
Cash £327,233£488,081 +49.2%
Total assets less current liabilities £2,458,682£2,632,318 +7.1%
Net assets £2,458,682£2,632,318 +7.1%
Equity £2,458,682£2,632,318 +7.1%
Average employees 2425 +4.2%
Wages £1,004,057£1,095,967 +9.2%
Directors' remuneration £143,791£141,961 -1.3%

Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.857 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 2.5%2.5%
Net margin 1.8%1.8%
Return on capital employed 9.7%9.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 37.9%28.4%
Current ratio 2.69x3.67x
Interest cover 39.02x27.84x

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 4 times since incorporation

  1. HUMANWARE EUROPE LTD 2005-02-25 → present
  2. PULSEDATA INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE) LIMITED 2001-11-08 → 2005-02-25
  3. PULSE DATA INTERNATIONAL (U.K.) LIMITED 1992-04-10 → 2001-11-08
  4. PRIME OPTIC LIMITED 1992-01-29 → 1992-04-10
  5. LAROGRANGE LIMITED 1992-01-16 → 1992-01-29

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
TC Group
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, based on forecasts, cashflows and projections. The company also received confirmation from its parent company that inter-company debt will not be called and further amounts advanced if required.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

1 active · 19 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
POLSON, Pedro Simon Director 1994-09-05 Sep 1959 New Zealander
Show 19 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DWYER, Daniel John Nominee Secretary 1992-01-16 1992-01-20
EGAN, Christopher Thomas Secretary 2001-09-12 2004-07-11
NORMAN, David William Secretary 1993-07-29 1998-03-31
POLSON, Pedro Simon Secretary 2006-09-20 2007-05-29
POLSON, Pedro Simon Secretary 1998-05-01 2001-09-12
SHERRATT, Philippa Margaret Secretary 1992-01-20 1993-07-29
WITHERS GREEN, Boy Christopher Secretary 2007-05-30 2009-08-21
WITHERS GREEN, Boy Christopher Secretary 2004-07-12 2006-09-20
TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2009-08-21 2010-04-27
DWYER, Daniel John Nominee Director 1992-01-16 1992-01-20
EGAN, Christopher Thomas Director 2004-07-12 2006-05-15
FARRELLY, Noel Euan Director 1995-07-31 1996-11-19
JOHNSON, William Director 1997-04-24 2004-03-23
LLOYD, Samuel George Alan Nominee Director 1992-01-16 1992-01-20
MURRAY, Darrin James Director 2004-07-12 2006-03-06
SMITH, Russell Peter, Dr Director 2003-11-18 2005-11-23
SMITH, Russell Peter, Dr Director 1992-04-10 2001-09-12
THOMPSON, Gregory Director 2001-09-12 2006-07-27
THORNTON, Guy Edward Director 1992-01-20 1996-03-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Essilorluxotitica Sa Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 139 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-11 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-03-10 PSC09 persons-with-significant-control Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement PDF
2022-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-11-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-02-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-02-15 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2021-01-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-02-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-11-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged PDF
2019-03-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2018-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-01-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

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

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