COMPUTEAM LIMITED
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Cash
£911k
-53% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.7m
+13.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
108
+8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£317k
-52% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £11,297,300 | £11,550,914 | £10,748,583 | -6.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £759,896 | £682,969 | £353,074 | -48.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £741,185 | £660,500 | £317,332 | -52% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £589,038 | £469,998 | £272,872 | -41.9% | |
| Cash | £883,840 | £776,480 | £566,222 | £710,765 | £1,940,401 | £911,354 | -53% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £1,849,441 | £2,222,792 | £2,674,939 | +20.3% | |
| Net assets | £478,704 | £644,310 | £911,165 | £1,341,315 | £1,524,460 | — | — | |
| Equity | £478,704 | £644,310 | £911,165 | £1,341,315 | £1,524,460 | £1,724,159 | +13.1% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 54 | 64 | 79 | 100 | 108 | +8% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,430,298 | £3,164,457 | £3,605,327 | +13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £382,561 | £174,710 | £140,453 | -19.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £15,746 | £86,063 | £7,200 | -91.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £58,157 | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 6.7% | 5.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.2% | 4.1% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 41.1% | 30.7% | 13.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 78.7% | 77.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.38x | 1.47x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 28.44x | 13.34x | 6.06x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- COMPUTEAM LIMITED 2006-03-17 → present
- OFFICESCENT LIMITED 1998-12-15 → 2006-03-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSE, Jonathan William | Director | 2014-04-10 | Jun 1983 | British |
| NAPIER, Owen Edward | Director | 2005-08-01 | Oct 1981 | British |
| RACE, Christopher | Director | 2025-01-31 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCKING, Andrew Martyn | Secretary | 2005-08-01 | 2019-05-24 |
| COCKING, Royston Thomas | Secretary | 1999-01-06 | 2005-08-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-15 | 1999-01-06 |
| BIRCHINALL, Philip Anthony | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2019-11-12 |
| CADBY, Cristopher Peter | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2024-10-24 |
| COCKING, Andrew Martyn | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2019-05-24 |
| COCKING, Martyn Royston | Director | 1999-01-06 | 2014-06-16 |
| TAYLOR, Paul Michael | Director | 2003-03-04 | 2003-06-17 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-15 | 1999-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Cristopher Peter Cadby | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-05-01 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Mr Owen Edward Napier | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-12 | Ceased 2024-10-24 |
| Computeam Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-07-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.