CANONICAL GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£61M
USD 81,731,000
-4.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
USD 10,695,000
+248.4% vs 2023
Employees
596
+16% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
USD 19,147,000
+26.1% 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 | £187,266,203 | £217,915,078 | |
| Operating profit | £8,387,531 | £11,606,489 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,349,331 | £14,313,374 | |
| Net profit | £9,408,687 | £13,556,851 | |
| Cash | £63,981,461 | £61,098,154 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,643,567 | £25,068,401 | |
| Net assets | -£5,389,101 | £7,995,066 | |
| Equity | -£5,389,101 | £7,995,066 | |
| Average employees | 514 | 596 | |
| Wages | £56,923,077 | £58,602,826 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £457,502 | £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
+16.4%
£187,266,203 £217,915,078
-
Cash
-4.5%
£63,981,461 £61,098,154
-
Net assets
+248.4%
-£5,389,101 £7,995,066
-
Employees
+16%
514 596
-
Operating profit
+38.4%
£8,387,531 £11,606,489
-
Profit before tax
+26.1%
£11,349,331 £14,313,374
-
Wages
+3%
£56,923,077 £58,602,826
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 | 4.5% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 230.2% | 46.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 104.6% | 93.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.96x | |
| Interest cover | 30.16x | 36.19x |
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 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 Group 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.”
Group structure
- CANONICAL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- 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 Support Services Ireland Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “This year marked the 20th anniversary of Canonical and Ubuntu and the publishing of the latest long term support release: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.”
- “Canonical invested in the Ubuntu Pro product in an effort to expand benefits for customers.”
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 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2020-04-14 | 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
- 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.