TOWERS WATSON SOFTWARE LIMITED
Get an alert when TOWERS WATSON SOFTWARE LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£328m
+75.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
408
+5.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£160m
+139% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £169,356,227 | £286,924,000 | £416,949,000 | +45.3% | |
| Operating profit | £27,913,977 | £55,528,000 | £147,521,000 | +165.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £36,100,870 | £67,000,000 | £160,153,000 | +139% | |
| Net profit | £33,983,053 | £54,324,000 | £141,372,000 | +160.2% | |
| Cash | £305,954 | £199,686 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £130,899,575 | £187,107,000 | £327,981,000 | +75.3% | |
| Net assets | £130,899,575 | £187,107,000 | £327,981,000 | +75.3% | |
| Equity | £130,899,575 | £187,107,000 | £327,981,000 | +75.3% | |
| Average employees | 340 | 386 | 408 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | £38,698,766 | £45,097,000 | £46,218,000 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £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 | 16.5% | 19.4% | 35.4% | |
| Net margin | 20.1% | 18.9% | 33.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.3% | 29.7% | 45.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.9% | 52.2% | 32.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.79x | — |
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
- TOWERS WATSON SOFTWARE LIMITED 2011-03-01 → present
- E M B SOFTWARE LIMITED 1998-05-15 → 2011-03-01
- EWB LIMITED 1997-02-14 → 1998-05-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are not aware of any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of approval of the financial statements. The ultimate parent undertaking has confirmed that it has the present intention to provide financial support if necessary for the Company to continue to trade and to meet its financial obligations as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date on which the financial statements are signed.”
Significant events
- “There have been no post balance sheet events since the year end.”
- “In 2024 WTW started a project to centralise the ownership of its intellectual property. As part of this continued project the Company acquired the technology development operations of a fellow group company with a value of £3,201,000 in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Stephen James | Director | 2021-12-14 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MORLEY, Sean William | Director | 2024-07-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
| WALDER-DAVIS, Nigel Stephen | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDS, Maureen Anne | Secretary | 1997-02-14 | 1997-02-14 |
| DAVIDSON, Ritchie | Secretary | 2011-01-31 | 2013-02-26 |
| ENGLISH, Andrew Bruce | Secretary | 1997-02-14 | 2011-01-31 |
| FIELD, Joanna Maria | Secretary | 2017-06-24 | 2019-03-15 |
| LOVERIDGE, David Howard | Secretary | 2013-02-26 | 2017-06-23 |
| ABRAHAM, Stuart George | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2024-01-31 |
| AHUJA, Rajan | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2011-01-31 |
| ANDERSON, John Duncan | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2020-04-30 |
| ANDERSON, John Duncan | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2011-01-31 |
| BEARDALL, Mark Simon | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2020-04-30 |
| BROCKMAN, Michael John | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2009-02-24 |
| BUCHANAN, Norman Joseph | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2020-12-16 |
| CHILDS, Maureen Anne | Director | 1997-02-14 | 1997-02-14 |
| CZERNUSZEWICZ, Andrzej Jerzy | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2011-01-31 |
| DAUGHERTY, Chad Patrick | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2020-04-30 |
| EDWARDS-WEBB, Stuart John | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| ENGLISH, Andrew Bruce | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2011-01-31 |
| GOFF, Richard Roy | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2024-07-01 |
| GRAY, Andrew David | Director | 2001-04-04 | 2005-04-11 |
| HOLLOWAY, Paul Michael | Director | 2025-06-05 | 2026-05-01 |
| LEE, Kam Wah | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2011-01-31 |
| LINGARD, Andrew Richard | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2020-04-30 |
| LINGARD, Andrew Richard, Dr | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2011-01-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Peter Nelson | Director | 1998-10-08 | 2011-01-31 |
| MCBRIDE, Russell John | Director | 2024-02-13 | 2024-09-24 |
| MORRIS, Paul Geoffrey | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2017-10-31 |
| MURPHY, Karl Peter | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2011-01-31 |
| O'BRIEN, Rory William | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2011-01-31 |
| PAYNE, Brian John | Director | 1997-02-14 | 1997-02-14 |
| RAIMONDO, Vincent John | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2015-04-30 |
| RAMAMURTHY, Chandrasekhar | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2011-08-31 |
| RHODES, Tina Ann | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2016-12-15 |
| RODRIQUEZ, Richard Anthony | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2011-01-31 |
| ZUK, Cynthia Ann Rhoads | Director | 2020-12-16 | 2021-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willis International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-27 | Active |
| Willis Investment Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-06-27 | Active |
| Ta I Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-01-31 | Ceased 2025-06-27 |
| Willis Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-31 | Ceased 2025-06-27 |
| Willis Towers Watson Assessment Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-29 | Ceased 2023-01-31 |
| Towers Watson Global 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.