CANONICAL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
USD 8,600,000
+30.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
USD 19,968,000
+0.9% vs 2023
Employees
53
-18.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£260K
USD 348,000
-59.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,726,097 | £9,259,924 | |
| Operating profit | £637,662 | £260,148 | |
| Profit before tax | £637,662 | £260,148 | |
| Net profit | £497,122 | £131,569 | |
| Cash | £4,917,396 | £6,428,945 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,790,312 | £14,927,114 | |
| Net assets | £14,790,312 | £14,927,114 | |
| Equity | £14,790,312 | £14,927,114 | |
| Average employees | 65 | 53 | |
| Wages | £9,464,753 | £7,447,858 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £248,935 | £260,148 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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
-
Turnover
-21%
£11,726,097 £9,259,924
-
Cash
+30.7%
£4,917,396 £6,428,945
-
Net assets
+0.9%
£14,790,312 £14,927,114
-
Employees
-18.5%
65 53
-
Operating profit
-59.2%
£637,662 £260,148
-
Profit before tax
-59.2%
£637,662 £260,148
-
Wages
-21.3%
£9,464,753 £7,447,858
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.4% | 7.2% | |
| Current ratio | 9.60x | 13.87x |
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
- CANONICAL UK LIMITED 2007-07-19 → present
- FIELDWAVE LIMITED 2004-02-25 → 2007-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director has considered the potential risks to financial performance and modelled a variety of scenarios over the going concern period. Based on these scenarios, the Director is satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements and is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, the Director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no events after the reporting period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAGONI, Lydia | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | — | — |
| FRENCH, Neil Robert | Director | 2017-06-07 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLLERHEAD, Katherine | Secretary | 2016-05-01 | 2024-02-28 |
| STANDARD BANK OFFSHORE TRUST COMPANY (JERSEY) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-05-02 | 2016-03-01 |
| STANDARD BANK TRUST COMPANY (ISLE OF MAN) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-03-10 | 2013-05-02 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-02-25 | 2004-03-10 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Mark Richard | Director | 2004-03-10 | 2010-03-26 |
| SILBER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2010-03-26 | 2017-06-07 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-02-25 | 2004-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Jane Elizabeth Silber | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Canonical Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.