K3 SOFTWARE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-17 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£119K
+3.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£7M
-21.3% vs 2023
Employees
47
-34.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+77% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- K3 SOFTWARE UK LIMITED 2022-04-01 → present
- RETAIL SYSTEMS GROUP LIMITED 2009-12-11 → 2022-04-01
- RETAIL SYSTEMS GROUP PLC 1988-02-22 → 2009-12-11
- RETAIL COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED 1984-01-06 → 1988-02-22
- SCULPWEX LIMITED 1983-10-24 → 1984-01-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,543,705 | £5,529,203 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,651,505 | -£996,334 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,856,800 | -£1,115,394 | |
| Net profit | -£4,171,772 | -£1,154,729 | |
| Cash | £114,839 | £118,519 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,414,718 | -£6,569,447 | |
| Net assets | -£5,414,718 | -£6,569,447 | |
| Equity | -£5,414,718 | -£6,569,447 | |
| Average employees | 72 | 47 | |
| Wages | £4,383,782 | £2,597,451 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -83.9% | -18.0% | |
| Net margin | -75.3% | -20.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 85.9% | 15.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.25x | |
| Interest cover | -22.66x | -8.37x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is in a net current liabilities position as at 30 November 2024, support has been obtained from the ultimate parent company, which has provided a letter of support indicating that they will continue to support the Company in meeting its liabilities for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, to ensure that that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operate for the foreseeable future at the time of approving these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Group cancelled its Banking Facilities arrangements with Barclays plc in anticipation of receipt of the proceeds from the sale of a fellow subsidiary, NexSys Solutions Limited, which were received on 6 January 2025 totalling £36m gross (£34.3m net of transaction costs and fees). A proportion of these proceeds will be retained within the Group for working capital requirements.”
- “The Company had entered into a cross-guarantee with fellow group undertakings in relation to liabilities with Barclays Bank plc. This fell away in November 2024, with the cancellation of the Group's banking facilities arrangements with Barclays plc in anticipation of receipt of the proceeds from the sale of a fellow subsidiary, NexSys Solutions Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COCKINGS, Mark Christopher | Director | 2025-09-30 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERSON, Lavinia | Secretary | 2023-01-26 | 2023-04-26 |
| CURRY, Kevin Joseph | Secretary | 2018-09-07 | 2023-01-26 |
| GRAINGER, Adam David | Secretary | 2023-04-26 | 2023-10-05 |
| KIDWELL, Sandra Clare | Secretary | 2011-12-19 | 2018-09-07 |
| SNOWBALL, Andrea Janet | Secretary | — | 2011-12-19 |
| AHEARN, James | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2011-12-19 |
| BARLOW, Rodney Stuart | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2011-12-19 |
| BOLTON, David John | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2016-11-18 |
| CURRY, Kevin Joseph | Director | 2021-03-04 | 2023-01-26 |
| DAVIS, Brian Stuart | Director | 2013-12-31 | 2016-10-17 |
| DODD, Eric Stephen | Director | 2023-04-26 | 2025-09-30 |
| FOWLER, Kathryn | Director | 1992-01-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| GRAINGER, Adam David | Director | 2023-04-26 | 2023-10-05 |
| MAKEHAM, Nigel Andrew | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2014-01-24 |
| PRICE, Robert David | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2023-04-30 |
| PYE, David Ian | Director | 1992-01-01 | 1994-08-12 |
| SNOWBALL, Andrea Janet | Director | — | 2011-12-19 |
| SNOWBALL, Stanley | Director | — | 2007-09-29 |
| SPRY, Paul | Director | 2011-12-19 | 2013-12-31 |
| VALDIMARSSON, Adalsteinn | Director | 2016-10-26 | 2021-03-04 |
| VERGANI, Marco | Director | 2021-05-25 | 2023-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K3 Business Technology Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-09-28 | Active |
| K3 Retail And Business Solutions Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-18 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-10-30 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-30 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-30 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-11-13 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-0.3%
£5,543,705 £5,529,203
-
Cash
+3.2%
£114,839 £118,519
-
Net assets
-21.3%
-£5,414,718 -£6,569,447
-
Employees
-34.7%
72 47
-
Operating profit
+78.6%
-£4,651,505 -£996,334
-
Profit before tax
+77%
-£4,856,800 -£1,115,394
-
Wages
-40.7%
£4,383,782 £2,597,451
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