SWORD MIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-21 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£24M
EUR 27,662,000
-7.7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£273K
EUR -314,000
-23.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£32,177 | -£11,305 | |
| Profit before tax | -£220,889 | -£273,067 | |
| Net profit | -£442,647 | -£443,517 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,240,369 | £55,043,047 | |
| Net assets | £26,064,875 | £24,056,005 | |
| Equity | £26,064,875 | £24,056,005 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.870 per EUR (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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-7.7%
£26,064,875 £24,056,005
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+64.9%
-£32,177 -£11,305
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Profit before tax
-23.6%
-£220,889 -£273,067
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2027.94x | 1843.81x | |
| Interest cover | -0.01x | -0.00x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors are satisfied that, at the time of approving the financial statements, it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements of the Company.”
Group structure
- SWORD MIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Sword Lowco Limited 100%
- Sepura Holdings Limited 100%
- Sepura Limited 100%
- Fylde Micro Limited 100%
- Sepura Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Sepura Serviços de Intermediação e Marketing em Equipamento de Radio Ltda 100%
- Sepura LLC 100%
- Sepura Overseas Limited 100%
- Sepura Pty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 19 September 2024 the Company undertook a capital reconstruction in accordance with Section 643 of the Companies Act 2006, whereby the entire share premium account was transferred to distributable reserves.”
- “Subsequently, the Company declared an interim dividend of €1.8 million.”
- “During the year the Company redeemed 6,019 loan notes of €1 each, together with accrued interest.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Christopher Matthew | Director | 2025-10-01 | Feb 1975 | British |
| FAREBROTHER, Jane Elizabeth Abigail | Director | 2022-07-14 | Sep 1970 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATWAL, Aaron Rai | Director | 2022-02-08 | 2022-07-14 |
| BARBER, Stephen Paul | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2025-10-01 |
| WOOD, Ian David Hadfield | Director | 2022-02-08 | 2022-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-09-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-08-01 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-07-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-07-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-20 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2022-07-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.