SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£32M
+7% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+30.9% vs 2023
Employees
721
+3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+4% 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 | £161,265,693 | £169,323,302 | |
| Operating profit | £5,949,805 | £6,274,708 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,175,663 | £6,423,563 | |
| Net profit | £4,512,486 | £5,010,077 | |
| Cash | £29,552,409 | £31,619,018 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £146,923,890 | £159,512,390 | |
| Net assets | £16,192,224 | £21,202,301 | |
| Equity | £16,192,224 | £21,202,301 | |
| Average employees | 698 | 721 | |
| Wages | £74,646,507 | £76,053,389 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.98x | 4.41x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has considerable financial resources together with long-term contracts with a number of customers across different geographical areas and industries. It is free of material long-term debt and owns the freehold of its headquarters set in 110 acres in Medmenham, Marlow, Buckinghamshire.”
Significant events
- “Total expenses of £164.9m increased by 5% from the previous year (2023: £157.2m). Closing headcount increased to 733 (2023: 697) by the end of 2024, which was the primary driver behind the overall expenditure increase compared to the previous year.”
- “The SAS global green initiative represents the continuous effort by SAS employees around the world to grow and maintain a successful business without sacrificing our planet's natural resources. ... Measures that the Company has implemented/continued include: Purchasing 100% of our energy for our HQ in Marlow from 'Green' energy sources (biomass & wind).”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURRIDGE, Gary John | Secretary | 2022-06-10 | — | — |
| KEIM, David Brent | Director | 2025-06-30 | Dec 1965 | American |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, Philip Edward | Secretary | — | 1998-08-14 |
| ELLIOTT, James Allan | Secretary | 2015-12-18 | 2021-05-04 |
| PHILLIPS, Mary Kathleen Tanner | Secretary | 2021-05-04 | 2022-06-10 |
| VALDER, Keith Ian | Secretary | 1998-08-14 | 2015-12-18 |
| BOND, Philip Edward | Director | — | 2004-04-08 |
| COOKE, Michael Arthur | Director | — | 2006-11-06 |
| DALTON, John Richard Palmer | Director | 2004-06-09 | 2008-01-31 |
| DAVIS, William David | Director | 2019-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
| GOODNIGHT, James Howard | Director | — | 2004-04-20 |
| HAGSTROM, Agne Mikael | Director | 2006-12-15 | 2014-12-31 |
| PARKER, Donald Ray | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2019-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Howard Goodnight | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-06-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-05-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-27 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5%
£161,265,693 £169,323,302
-
Cash
+7%
£29,552,409 £31,619,018
-
Net assets
+30.9%
£16,192,224 £21,202,301
-
Employees
+3.3%
698 721
-
Operating profit
+5.5%
£5,949,805 £6,274,708
-
Profit before tax
+4%
£6,175,663 £6,423,563
-
Wages
+1.9%
£74,646,507 £76,053,389
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers