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METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD
Profile
- Company number
- 01578918
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1981-08-10
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-08-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Alianza has provided a letter of support confirming that as the ultimate parent company it will continue to support Metaswitch Networks Limited for meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due for the foreseeable future as defined above.”
Subsidiaries
- Metaswitch Networks S.A.R.L. · 100% held · France · Sales and marketing support to the parent company
- Metaswitch Networks Pty Ltd · 100% held · Australia · Sales and marketing support to the parent company
- Metaswitch (Thailand) Ltd · 100% held · Thailand · Sales and marketing support to the parent company
- Metaswitch Networks Ltd Mexico · 100% held · Mexico · Sales and marketing support to the parent company
- Metaswitch Networks Inc · 100% held · Canada · Sales and marketing support to the parent company
- Open Cloud Spain SL · 100% held · Spain · Software development and information technology services
- Open Cloud Inc · 100% held · USA · Dormant
- Open Cloud Japan Limited · 100% held · Japan · Dormant
- Metaswitch Networks Indonesia · 100% held · Indonesia · Software development and information technology services
- Metaswitch Networks Malaysia Sdn. Bhd · 100% held · Malaysia · Administrative and support to the parent company
- Metaswitch Networks Taiwan Co. Ltd · 100% held · Taiwan · Dormant
Significant events
- “Post year end, in March 2025, Metaswitch Networks Limited and its subsidiary companies were acquired by Alianza, LLC ('Alianza'), a company incorporated in the United States of America. Alianza became the ultimate parent company of Metaswitch from this date onwards.”
- “On 9 December 2024 Microsoft Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to sell 100% equity shares of Metaswitch Networks Limited and its subsidiaries to Alianza, LLC, a leading cloud communications platform for service providers, incorporated and registered in Delaware, USA. The acquisition by Alianza is bringing together a deep portfolio of services and expertise with proven cloud technology which will benefit the combined telecommunications operators' customer base. This sale was completed in March 2025.”
- “In March 2025, following the sale of the Company (see note 19) the ultimate controlling party became Alianza Inc, at the registered address: 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. This change has not impacted these financial statements.”
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People
4 active · 41 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEADS III, Garner Beardall | Secretary | 2026-01-15 | — | — |
| BELL, Bryan Scott | Director | 2025-12-01 | Nov 1975 | American |
| BEUTLER, Brian Quinn | Director | 2025-03-03 | May 1979 | American |
| MEADS III, Garner Beardall | Director | 2025-12-01 | Sep 1981 | American |
Show 41 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKER, Derek William | Secretary | — | 2010-09-15 |
| HALSTEAD, Stephen | Secretary | 2010-09-15 | 2015-01-08 |
| SMITH, Jonathan | Secretary | 2015-01-08 | 2016-04-30 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-07-14 | 2025-04-02 |
| VERSEC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-05-01 | 2020-07-14 |
| ALLEN, Jeffrey | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2017-09-27 |
| BALL, Benjamin Hales | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2017-09-27 |
| BARBER, Kelvin Trevor | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2019-06-26 |
| BREIN, Jason Aaron | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2020-07-14 |
| COOPER, John Mark | Director | — | 1997-09-05 |
| COUGHRAN JR, William | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2014-07-04 |
| DANCER, Colin Michael | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2008-01-09 |
| DENUCCIO, Kevin | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2014-02-14 |
| DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger | Director | 2020-07-14 | 2025-03-03 |
| DOWNES, Anthony Michael | Director | — | 2008-01-09 |
| EASTWOOD, Andrew Christopher, Dr | Director | — | 1996-10-28 |
| EVANS, Michael Jeffrey | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2008-01-09 |
| FERGUSON, Ian Stewart | Director | — | 2020-07-14 |
| GETZ, Marion Earl | Director | — | 1996-08-31 |
| GOETZ, James | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2020-07-14 |
| KING, Benjamin Lance | Director | 2025-03-03 | 2025-12-01 |
| LAZAR, John Wilfred, Dr | Director | — | 2016-08-31 |
| LUND, Hans Martin Nielsen | Director | 2015-08-27 | 2020-07-14 |
| MACARTHUR, Graeme | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2019-06-26 |
| MACARTHUR, Graeme | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2020-07-14 |
| MACARTHUR, Graeme | Director | 2009-09-17 | 2019-04-30 |
| MACARTHUR, Graeme | Director | — | 2008-01-09 |
| MAIRS, Christopher John | Director | 2016-09-27 | 2018-04-25 |
| MAIRS, Christopher John | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2008-01-09 |
| MAIRS, Christopher John | Director | — | 1997-02-20 |
| MAIRS, John Christopher | Director | 2016-09-27 | 2016-09-27 |
| MAY, Philip Jonathan | Director | — | 2008-01-09 |
| MCCONNELL, Philip Jeremy | Director | — | 2009-12-31 |
| MULLANEY, Stephen Patrick | Director | 2014-08-28 | 2020-07-14 |
| NORTON, Mark Lawrence | Director | — | 1993-12-18 |
| ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen | Director | 2020-07-14 | 2025-03-03 |
| PALOMBO, John Bennett | Director | — | 2008-01-09 |
| PARTRIDGE, Clive Stanley | Director | — | 2008-01-09 |
| RATCLIFFE, Nigel Stuart | Director | — | 1997-09-05 |
| SHAH, Deep | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2020-07-14 |
| WALKER, Gary John | Director | — | 2008-01-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alianza Uk Technologies Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-03 | Active |
| Somerville Acquisition Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-14 | Ceased 2025-03-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 523 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-16 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-10 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-04-02 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-03-18 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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