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ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED

#SC101089 · Active · Incorporated 1986-09-29 (40y 1m) · Last filing 2026-09-03 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 82990 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-08-31 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2026-10-25 (in 19 days) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£13m

+1.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£54m

-42.6% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

1,200

-0.4% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£28m

+15.1% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30

Metric Trend 2023-11-302024-11-302025-11-30 Δ vs prior
Turnover £294,789,000£311,884,000£356,580,000 +14.3%
Operating profit £22,157,000£23,393,000£26,712,000 +14.2%
Profit before tax £23,047,000£24,156,000£27,799,000 +15.1%
Net profit £18,542,000£13,770,000£18,640,000 +35.4%
Cash £26,835,000£12,622,000£12,855,000 +1.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £95,398,000£94,268,000£54,094,000 -42.6%
Net assets £95,398,000£94,268,000£54,094,000 -42.6%
Equity £95,398,000£94,268,000£54,094,000 -42.6%
Average employees 1,1611,2051,200 -0.4%
Wages £150,469,000£153,592,000£162,423,000 +5.7%
Directors' remuneration —£0£0 —

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 2023-11-302024-11-302025-11-30
Operating margin 7.5%7.5%7.5%
Net margin 6.3%4.4%5.2%
Return on capital employed 23.2%24.8%49.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 34.9%38.6%53.3%
Current ratio 2.77x2.46x1.76x

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 4 times since incorporation

  1. ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED 1994-11-15 → present
  2. ALDUS EUROPE LIMITED 1994-11-14 → 1994-11-15
  3. ALDUS EUROPE LIMITED 1987-10-12 → 1994-11-14
  4. ALDUS (U.K.) LIMITED 1986-11-05 → 1987-10-12
  5. JACLARCH LIMITED 1986-09-29 → 1986-11-05

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The management do not identify events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements by the directors.”

Group structure

  1. ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE LIMITED · parent
    1. Adobe Systems Italia SRL 4% · Italy · sales solicitation and marketing of Adobe products on behalf of a group member company

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 37 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BECK, Yulia Lebedeva Director 2023-05-31 Jun 1980 American
GRACE, Fiona Director 2021-01-19 Aug 1973 Irish
HOANG, Quang Vinh Dinh Director 2022-08-25 Aug 1982 American
Show 37 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
LOUDON, Alison Jane Bruce Secretary — 1994-11-03
DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2017-10-23 2018-06-21
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP Corporate Nominee Secretary 1994-11-03 2017-10-23
BOYLE, Alasdair Cockburn Kerr Director 1993-11-01 1999-09-30
BRAINERD, Paul Director — 1992-04-17
BULBECK, David Director 2000-06-12 2001-11-30
CHIZEN, Bruce Director 2001-02-01 2002-10-21
COCHEREL, Didier Director 1999-09-30 2000-07-24
COVERT, Harold Director 1999-09-30 2000-03-06
COWEN, Graham Director 1999-09-30 2000-06-12
CSUBAK, Christine Director 2002-10-21 2007-05-21
DAVOINE, Bruno Jean Pierre Director 1996-10-31 1999-09-30
DEMO, Murray John Director 2000-03-06 2006-05-30
FREEMAN, Graham Director 1999-09-30 2001-11-01
GESCHKE, Charles Matthew Director 1994-10-01 1999-09-30
GRAY, Derek James Director — 1999-09-30
GRAY OBE DL, Michael Maxwell, Dr Director — 1991-06-27
HANSON, Tracy Ann Director 2017-01-30 2019-01-09
HART, Thomas John Director 1993-01-01 1994-09-30
HERRES, Phillip Benjamin Director 1989-06-16 1989-07-03
HIGGINS, Michael Andrew Director 2002-06-27 2005-12-16
HILL, Barbara Ellen Director 2006-05-30 2008-10-22
KEIM, Christian Andreas Helmut, Dr Director 2016-10-31 2021-01-19
MUNRO, Mark Alistair Director 1995-05-03 1999-09-30
NAKAO, Masami Bruce Director 1994-10-01 1996-08-03
NEMETH JR, Joseph James Director 2007-05-21 2013-02-20
PETERS, Christopher Leonard Director 1994-10-01 1995-01-31
PFEIFFER, Lauren Director 2019-01-09 2023-05-31
PRATT, David Director 1994-10-01 1997-11-30
ROWLEY, Richard Thomas Director 2008-01-11 2017-01-30
SAN FELIPE, Keith Byron Director 2013-02-26 2022-08-25
SMITH, Sandy Kay Director 1993-02-16 1993-08-28
SOLOMON, Michael Director — 1989-06-16
VAN BENEDEN, Pierre Jean Francois Marie Director 2003-06-26 2008-01-11
VAN HERCK, Stephan Director 2008-10-22 2012-09-24
WARNOCK, John Director 1994-10-01 2001-02-01
ZABLAN, Mark Director 2013-01-08 2016-10-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Adobe Inc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 219 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-04-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2026-04-22 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-10-23 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-10-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-06 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-10-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-24 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-08-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-12 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-10-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-06-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-10-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-09-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-09-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2021-10-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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