MICROLISE LIMITED
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Cash
£16M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
Equity attributable
Employees
486
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.3M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £66,175,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,243,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,337,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,442,000 | — | |
| Cash | £15,867,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,503,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £10,433,000 | — | |
| Equity | £10,433,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 486 | — | |
| Wages | £23,908,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | 25.20x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded, on the basis of current and forecast trading for the period to December 2025 and related expected cash flows and available sources of finance, that it remains appropriate to prepare these financial statements on the basis of a going concern. The company is the main trading entity in the Microlise Group, has been consistently profitable and utilises the Group cash resources as required”
Significant events
- “On 31 October 2024, Microlise experienced a cyber security incident involving unauthorised activity detected on its network The Microlise team reacted immediately, taking a number of actions to contain the situation such that the Company's network and services were fully restored within 2 5 weeks”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIGHTMAN, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2018-04-24 | — | — |
| RAZA, Nadeem | Director | 2008-04-04 | Apr 1967 | British |
| WIGHTMAN, Nicholas James | Director | 2023-05-24 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAZA, Nadeem | Secretary | 2007-10-02 | 2008-04-04 |
| THEOBALD, Lynne Elizabeth | Secretary | 1995-03-21 | 2007-09-28 |
| WYNN, William | Secretary | 2008-04-04 | 2018-04-24 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-21 | 1995-03-21 |
| ALLUM, Roy | Director | 1995-03-21 | 2008-04-04 |
| BEWICK, Simon | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2016-09-30 |
| HARBEY, Robert David | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2021-06-30 |
| WYNN, William | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2023-05-31 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-21 | 1995-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microlise Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-10-18 | Active |
| Microlise Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-12-11 | Ceased 2021-10-18 |
| Mr Nadeem Raza | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
| Mr Robert David Harbey | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
| Mr Matthew John Hague | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
| Mr William Wynn | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-01 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-12-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-12-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-02 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-22 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.