ELLUCIAN SMS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-13 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+6.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+25.5% vs 2023
Employees
36
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£626K
+163.1% 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 | £4,079,635 | £2,823,620 | |
| Operating profit | £244,341 | £626,191 | |
| Profit before tax | £238,008 | £626,191 | |
| Net profit | £153,928 | £554,320 | |
| Cash | £7,232,313 | £7,707,874 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,248,763 | £2,822,159 | |
| Net assets | £2,248,763 | £2,822,159 | |
| Equity | £2,248,763 | £2,822,159 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 36 | |
| Wages | £4,930,711 | £5,186,216 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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
-30.8%
£4,079,635 £2,823,620
-
Cash
+6.6%
£7,232,313 £7,707,874
-
Net assets
+25.5%
£2,248,763 £2,822,159
-
Employees
0%
36 36
-
Operating profit
+156.3%
£244,341 £626,191
-
Profit before tax
+163.1%
£238,008 £626,191
-
Wages
+5.2%
£4,930,711 £5,186,216
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 | 6.0% | 22.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 19.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 22.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | 38.58x | — |
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
- ELLUCIAN SMS LTD 2012-03-26 → present
- SOPHIA SMS UK LIMITED 2011-10-04 → 2012-03-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at 31 December 2024, the directors have considered the appropriateness of preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis and have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ELLUCIAN SMS LTD · parent
- Ellucian Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Ellucian Higher Education Systems India Private Limited 99.99%
- Ellucian Technologies Canada ULC 100%
- Ellucian Tecnología de Mexico, S de RL de CV 99.67%
- Ellucian Tecnológica de Chile Limitada 99%
- Ellucian Netherlands B.V. 100%
- Ellucian Tecnología de Colombia S.A.S. 100%
- Ellucian Singapore Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 January 2025, the company executed a renewal agreement for its existing Dubai office space for three additional years, with total lease payments of £1,373,364 payable over the term.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD & BIRD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-10-24 | — | — |
| BHANGDIA, Harshan | Director | 2017-09-15 | Dec 1965 | Indian |
| MILANS, Seth | Director | 2021-10-01 | Apr 1980 | American |
| TILLEY, Rachael Louise | Director | 2021-02-22 | Dec 1970 | British |
| VINH, Karen | Director | 2022-06-01 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, James Dever | Director | 2012-01-19 | 2025-03-01 |
| BOYCE, Kevin | Director | 2012-01-19 | 2017-09-15 |
| CAMMEGH, Stephen John | Director | 2011-10-04 | 2017-08-31 |
| FORREST, Richard James | Director | 2017-09-15 | 2021-02-17 |
| GARNETT, Jonathan William | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2015-02-05 |
| GEORGES, John Tom, Mr. | Director | 2014-12-03 | 2021-09-30 |
| SPEER, John | Director | 2012-01-19 | 2014-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellucian Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.