CANONICAL GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£90M
USD 119,942,000
+46.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£25M
USD 33,890,000
+216.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
607
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£22M
USD 28,961,000
+51.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £187,532,565 | £218,225,034 | £257,945,800 | +18.2% | |
| Operating profit | £8,399,461 | £11,622,997 | £20,143,734 | +73.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £11,365,474 | £14,333,733 | £21,680,641 | +51.3% | |
| Net profit | £9,422,069 | £13,576,134 | £17,077,407 | +25.8% | |
| Cash | £64,072,466 | £61,185,058 | £89,790,388 | +46.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,648,750 | £25,104,057 | £50,132,505 | +99.7% | |
| Net assets | -£5,396,766 | £8,006,438 | £25,370,564 | +216.9% | |
| Equity | -£5,396,766 | £8,006,438 | £25,370,564 | +216.9% | |
| Average employees | 514 | 596 | 607 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £57,004,043 | £58,686,181 | £59,970,804 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £458,152 | £260,518 | £254,529 | -2.3% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.3% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 6.2% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 230.2% | 46.3% | 40.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.6% | 93.7% | 83.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.96x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 30.16x | 36.19x | 56.89x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The 'Directors have made enquiries of management and reviewed the forecasts for the Group and the Company and have a reasonable expectation that there are no material uncertainties that cast significant doubt about the Group and Company's ability to continue in operation and meet their liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CANONICAL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Canonical Limited 100%
- Canonical Group Limited 100%
- Canonical Services Limited 100%
- Canonical China Ltd 100%
- Canonical Canada Limited 100%
- Canonical USA Inc 100%
- Canonical UK Limited 100%
- Canonical Japan KK 100%
- Canonical Brasil Servicos de Software Ltda 100%
- Canonical Services Spain Limited 100%
- Canonical Support Services Ireland Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Directors declared and paid a dividend amounting to US$60,000,000 to the ordinary shareholders of Canonical Holdings Limited. This was approved by written resolution and paid on 26 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAGONI, Lydia | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | — | — |
| FRENCH, Neil Robert | Director | 2017-06-07 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 6 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 | 2016-05-01 |
| STANDARD BANK TRUST COMPANY (ISLE OF MAN) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-07-13 | 2013-05-02 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-06 | 2009-07-15 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Mark Richard | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2010-03-26 |
| SILBER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2017-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-12-13 | Ceased 2019-12-13 |
| Canonical Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-13 |
| Ms Jane Elizabeth Silber | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-07 |
| Mark Richard Shuttleworth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-12 | 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 group | |
| 2021-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.