MICRO FOCUS IP DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-15
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£168M
USD 224,287,000
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£627M
USD 839,319,000
Equity attributable
Employees
61
Average over period
Profit before tax
£757M
USD 1,013,066,000
Period ending 2024-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-15.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £392,789,116 | £598,448,830 | |
| Operating profit | -£263,140,465 | -£141,533,976 | |
| Profit before tax | -£237,918,068 | £757,319,279 | |
| Net profit | -£237,099,499 | £756,409,509 | |
| Cash | £143,445,466 | £167,666,143 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,139,859,460 | £2,181,112,357 | |
| Net assets | -£384,238,619 | £627,434,402 | |
| Equity | -£384,238,619 | £627,434,402 | |
| Average employees | 94 | 61 | |
| Wages | £5,966,958 | £5,803,992 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -67.0% | -23.7% | |
| Net margin | -60.4% | 126.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -23.1% | -6.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | -2.80x | -0.74x |
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
- MICRO FOCUS IP DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 2010-09-13 → present
- MICRO FOCUS (IP2) LIMITED 2010-04-23 → 2010-09-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate as they consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 28 November 2023, the board of OpenText Group announced the agreement of definitive terms to sell its Application Modernization and Connectivity business ("AMC") to Rocket Software, Inc. and the transaction was closed on 01 May 2024. As part of this broader restructuring, an internal reorganisation was effected on 01 March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAIDA, Christian | Director | 2023-01-31 | Jan 1966 | British |
| WILKINSON, Mark Kenneth | Director | 2023-01-31 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHISHOLM, Candice Tiffany | Secretary | 2022-12-15 | 2023-01-30 |
| RATSEY, Helen Maria | Secretary | 2022-02-10 | 2022-12-02 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | Secretary | 2010-04-26 | 2022-02-10 |
| ASHLEY, Matthew Edward | Director | 2021-10-29 | 2023-01-31 |
| BRAY, Nicholas Paul Seaton | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2010-06-23 |
| FRASER, Ian Cumming | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2020-04-08 |
| KENNEDY, Christopher John | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2019-02-21 |
| MCGILL, Stuart Alexander | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2018-10-17 |
| MUIR, Stephen Menzies | Director | 2010-04-23 | 2010-04-26 |
| MURDOCH, Stephen Edward | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2023-01-31 |
| NORTON, Graham Howard | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2018-10-17 |
| PHILLIPS, Michael Scott | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2018-01-31 |
| RODGERS, Richard Paul | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2023-01-31 |
| SWISS, Christopher David | Director | 2022-08-10 | 2023-01-31 |
| WHALE ROCK DIRECTORES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2010-04-23 | 2010-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro Focus Group Holdings Unlimited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2021-11-18 | Ceased 2021-11-18 |
| Micro Focus Holdings Unlimited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-11-18 | Active |
| Micro Focus (Ip) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-03-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2024-04-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.