SOVA ASSESSMENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+122.3% vs 2024
Net assets
-£5M
-1.9% vs 2024
Employees
47
-24.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£995K
+71.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,780,449 | £5,626,603 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,038,842 | -£608,513 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,449,042 | -£994,828 | |
| Net profit | -£3,477,127 | -£179,993 | |
| Cash | £1,274,088 | £2,832,594 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£475,563 | -£1,140,730 | |
| Net assets | -£5,252,199 | -£5,350,284 | |
| Equity | -£5,252,199 | -£5,350,284 | |
| Average employees | 62 | 47 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-17%
£6,780,449 £5,626,603
-
Cash
+122.3%
£1,274,088 £2,832,594
-
Net assets
-1.9%
-£5,252,199 -£5,350,284
-
Employees
-24.2%
62 47
-
Operating profit
+80%
-£3,038,842 -£608,513
-
Profit before tax
+71.2%
-£3,449,042 -£994,828
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -44.8% | -10.8% | |
| Net margin | -51.3% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 639.0% | 53.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 302.5% | 249.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | -7.24x | -1.46x |
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
- SOVA ASSESSMENT LIMITED 2015-11-10 → present
- BOURNE TALENT CONSULTING LIMITED 2015-05-15 → 2015-11-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BURGESS HODGSON AUDIT LIMITED
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering these factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SOVA ASSESSMENT LIMITED · parent
- Sova Assessment Limited 100%
- Sova Assessment Pty Ltd 100%
- Sova Middle East FZ-LLC 100%
- Sova Assessment Inc 100%
Significant events
- “During the year Sova Middle East FZ-LLC was closed down.”
- “After the completion of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024, it was identified that a loan write up originally recognised in the Australian subsidiary should have been transferred to SOVA Assessment Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Paul Nigel | Director | 2020-11-16 | Jul 1988 | Irish |
| HOLNESS, Stewart George | Director | 2020-11-17 | Jun 1966 | British |
| JAFFREY, Darren Kenneth | Director | 2023-06-23 | Jun 1965 | British |
| NAIK, Darshana Hazel | Director | 2021-11-19 | Apr 1976 | British |
| TIPPER, Jeremy Russell | Director | 2020-11-16 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOURNE, Alan | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2024-01-31 |
| KNUDSON, Paul Spencer | Director | 2021-02-09 | 2022-01-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus Apollo Vct Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-12-15 | Active |
| Ms Rosaleen Blair | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-09-25 | Ceased 2020-11-16 |
| Mr Alan Bourne | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-15 | Ceased 2024-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-06-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-11-08 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.