MICROSOFT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£227K
-54% vs 2024
Net assets
£1B
-20.4% vs 2024
Employees
5,023
-5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£890M
+17.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MICROSOFT LIMITED 1983-06-16 → present
- MICROSOFT EUROPE LIMITED 1982-05-25 → 1983-06-16
- DIALMAIN LIMITED 1982-03-24 → 1982-05-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,629,097,000 | £10,856,395,000 | |
| Operating profit | £718,048,000 | £809,574,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £756,445,000 | £890,366,000 | |
| Net profit | £561,314,000 | £657,336,000 | |
| Cash | £493,000 | £227,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,662,580,000 | £1,343,606,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,578,437,000 | £1,255,690,000 | |
| Equity | £1,578,437,000 | £1,255,690,000 | |
| Average employees | 5,337 | 5,023 | |
| Wages | £741,201,000 | £764,578,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.2% | 60.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.4% | 81.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 234.96x | 327.23x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is expected to continue to generate positive cash flows on its own account for the foreseeable future and at the balance sheet date had sufficient financial resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- MICROSOFT LIMITED · parent
- Softomotive UK Ltd 100%
- Nuance Communications Limited 100%
- Microsoft Property Investment No 1 Unit Trust 0.09%
- Winscribe Europe Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-08-16 | — | — |
| HARDMAN, Darren | Director | 2024-11-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
| KIVIAT, Leigh Anne | Director | 2026-01-16 | Apr 1976 | American |
| ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen | Director | 2006-03-07 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCIS, Graeme Charles Seymour Campbell | Secretary | 1995-11-29 | 1998-06-30 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1995-11-28 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | — | 1993-07-16 |
| RB SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 2011-08-16 |
| BAKER, Alistair James | Director | 2004-03-29 | 2006-07-31 |
| BARCLAY, Clare Louise | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| BROWN, Michael Warren | Director | — | 1996-07-15 |
| BUTLER, Jeremy | Director | — | 1993-07-16 |
| CONNORS, John Graham | Director | 2000-01-07 | 2001-01-31 |
| CURTIS, David Doyle | Director | 1992-02-28 | 1996-07-15 |
| DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger | Director | 2004-12-31 | 2026-01-16 |
| ESHELMAN, Robert Allan | Director | 1996-07-15 | 2001-01-31 |
| FAY, Kevin John | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2004-12-31 |
| FRAZER, Gordon Robert | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2012-06-30 |
| GAUDETTE, Francis | Director | — | 1993-04-23 |
| HALLMAN, Michael | Director | — | 1992-03-01 |
| HEITZ, Jean Francois Louis Guy | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-05-01 |
| HOLLOWAY, Neil John | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2004-03-26 |
| MAFFEI, Gregory Ben | Director | 1996-07-15 | 2000-01-07 |
| ROSE, Cindy Helen | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| SEETHOFF, John Alfred | Director | 2001-01-31 | 2006-03-07 |
| SVENDSEN, David Edward | Director | — | 2000-03-01 |
| VAN DER BEL, Michel | Director | 2012-06-30 | 2016-10-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-05-04 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£9,629,097,000 £10,856,395,000
-
Cash
-54%
£493,000 £227,000
-
Net assets
-20.4%
£1,578,437,000 £1,255,690,000
-
Employees
-5.9%
5,337 5,023
-
Operating profit
+12.7%
£718,048,000 £809,574,000
-
Profit before tax
+17.7%
£756,445,000 £890,366,000
-
Wages
+3.2%
£741,201,000 £764,578,000
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