GXS LIMITED

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. GXS LIMITED 2005-06-01 → present
2. GLOBAL EXCHANGE SERVICES LIMITED 2002-10-03 → 2005-06-01
3. GE INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED 1988-04-06 → 2002-10-03
4. GEISCO LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1988-04-06
5. HONEYWELL NETWORK INFORMATION SERVICES LIMITED 1978-09-07 → 1979-12-31

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. For this reason they continue to adopt, and to consider appropriate, the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements.”

Significant events

• “No material events and circumstances which require adjustments to, or disclosure in, these financial statements have occurred subsequent to year end and up to the date of signature of the financial statements.”

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

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -2.8%

  £34,135,502 → £33,168,292

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -33.4%

  £22,352,068 → £14,884,302

• Employees

  -0.9%

  115 → 114

• Operating profit

  -4.6%

  £1,784,630 → £1,702,350

• Profit before tax

  -17.5%

  £2,057,271 → £1,697,111

• Wages

  -3.3%

  £9,954,411 → £9,628,331

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