UNIT4 BUSINESS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-16 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
-76% vs 2023
Employees
287
-12.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£37M
-790.2% 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 | £85,482,000 | £92,439,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,406,000 | -£41,238,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,404,000 | -£37,299,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,897,000 | -£27,844,000 | |
| Cash | £5,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,667,000 | £20,453,000 | |
| Net assets | £35,298,000 | £8,467,000 | |
| Equity | £35,298,000 | £8,467,000 | |
| Average employees | 327 | 287 | |
| Wages | £27,595,000 | £29,165,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | -44.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | -30.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | -201.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.1% | 89.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.49x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | 65.03x | -1178.23x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result, based on the detailed forecast prepared and sensitivity analysis performed, the Company's Board of Directors is confident that the Company will have sufficient cash to meet liabilities for a period to 30 June 2026.”
Significant events
- “With effect from 1 January 2024, the Group revised its transfer pricing model to align with the most recent changes in managing the U4 business.”
- “On 1 January 2025, the entity Scanmarket Ltd.com, also an entity of the group and based in the United Kingdom, was migrated as planned to Unit4 Business Software Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-08-27 | — | — |
| BAGLEY, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2022-02-10 | Jul 1971 | British |
| CLAYTON, Mark James | Director | 2022-06-27 | Feb 1971 | British |
| EISENBERG, Michal | Director | 2024-03-01 | Nov 1976 | British,Israeli |
| PARIS, Simon Marcus | Director | 2025-02-03 | Sep 1969 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Claire Jean | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2016-06-27 |
| MARLOW, Angela Louise | Secretary | 2000-06-13 | 2011-12-31 |
| PARSONS, Ian Douglas | Secretary | — | 2000-06-05 |
| CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-01-31 | 2025-08-27 |
| ALEXANDER, John Robert | Director | 2001-10-23 | 2007-03-08 |
| ALEXANDER, Russell Wyn John | Director | 2022-02-10 | 2024-03-31 |
| BISHOP, Claire Jean | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2016-06-27 |
| BRUINS SLOT, Jacques Andre Martin | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2021-09-01 |
| BRYAN, Stephen David | Director | 2005-09-28 | 2007-09-30 |
| CLARKE, John | Director | 2001-10-23 | 2010-11-11 |
| COX, Nicky Thomas | Director | 2019-03-14 | 2020-01-29 |
| CROOKS, John | Director | 1992-06-29 | 2010-04-01 |
| CROSS, Paul | Director | 2016-07-29 | 2019-05-08 |
| DE ROOIJ, Joannes Adrianus Petrus Henricus | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2022-07-01 |
| DERHAM, David Leslie | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| DOREY, Clare | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2012-10-19 |
| EASTERMAN, Robin Alan | Director | — | 1996-07-25 |
| GOOCH, Thomas Kennedy, Dr | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2001-01-01 |
| HARWOOD, David Grant | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2015-10-16 |
| HUDSON, John William | Director | — | 2000-10-31 |
| HUNT, Darren Ivan | Director | 2010-02-08 | 2014-09-19 |
| KENNEDY, Michael John | Director | — | 1992-03-11 |
| KJENNE, Sverre | Director | 2000-04-12 | 2001-08-01 |
| LECLERQ, Ray | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2016-09-05 |
| LEITAO, Goncalo | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2017-03-02 |
| MARLOW, Angela Louise | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| NISBET, Derren | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2019-03-14 |
| OVERD, Matthew John | Director | 2019-05-17 | 2022-06-27 |
| PARSONS, Ian Douglas | Director | — | 2000-06-05 |
| PHILLIPS, Noah Jameson | Director | 2019-05-07 | 2024-11-14 |
| RICHARDS, Christine Frances | Director | 2019-11-19 | 2023-09-15 |
| ROBERTS, Wayne Nicholas | Director | 1992-04-01 | 1992-06-26 |
| ROBINSON, Anwen | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2015-01-01 |
| SIEBER, Stephan | Director | 2015-08-01 | 2019-05-14 |
| STUART, Gordon Mckenzie | Director | 2019-05-17 | 2022-01-31 |
| SUTTON, Helen Francis | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-10-16 |
| VAN MARION, Arie | Director | 2010-12-10 | 2014-06-30 |
| VOGEL, Paul James | Director | 2014-05-19 | 2015-07-16 |
| WHYTHE, John Graham | Director | — | 1992-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit4 Uk Software Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 254 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-03 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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
+8.1%
£85,482,000 £92,439,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-76%
£35,298,000 £8,467,000
-
Employees
-12.2%
327 287
-
Operating profit
-1,814%
£2,406,000 -£41,238,000
-
Profit before tax
-790.2%
£5,404,000 -£37,299,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£27,595,000 £29,165,000
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