MICRO FOCUS FOREIGN HOLDCO LTD
Operating as a holding entity within the Micro Focus enterprise software group, the company is ultimately owned by the Canadian technology firm OpenText.
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£167M
USD 222,737,000
-90.6% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£182M
USD 241,835,000
+108.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £118,770 | £193,941 | +63.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £87,359,242 | £181,789,822 | +108.1% | |
| Net profit | £87,359,242 | £181,789,822 | +108.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,775,223,634 | £167,433,662 | -90.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,775,223,634 | £167,433,662 | -90.6% | |
| Equity | £1,775,223,634 | £167,433,662 | -90.6% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.752 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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 99.65x | 2.39x |
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 FOREIGN HOLDCO LTD 2019-05-30 → present
- ENTCO FOREIGN HOLDCO LIMITED 2017-05-02 → 2019-05-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic.”
Group structure
- MICRO FOCUS FOREIGN HOLDCO LTD · parent
- Micro Focus Software (IP) Holdings Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAIDA, Christian | Director | 2023-03-31 | Jan 1966 | British |
| WILKINSON, Mark Kenneth | Director | 2023-03-31 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHISHOLM, Candice Tiffany | Secretary | 2023-01-17 | 2023-01-30 |
| EBREY, Robert Mark | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2021-10-31 |
| GREEN, Rupert Michael Henry | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2023-03-08 |
| HAMANI-SAMAAN, Miral | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2017-08-04 |
| JOSE, Bradley David | Director | 2021-11-12 | 2022-03-22 |
| PARR, Sam Oliver | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2019-01-28 |
| RANGANATHAN, Madhu | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2025-01-27 |
| REDCLIFFE, Charlotte | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2023-03-31 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2022-06-30 |
| VAN DER GOORBERGH, Bas | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2017-08-04 |
| YELLAND, Christopher Henry | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2019-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro Focus International Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
| Micro Focus Situla Holding Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-01 | Active |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-02 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.