SERIF (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+133.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£5M
-216.8% vs 2023
Employees
93
+1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£44M
-481.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SERIF (EUROPE) LIMITED 1988-04-21 → present
- ROLEAGE LIMITED 1987-04-01 → 1988-04-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,197,342 | £23,348,739 | |
| Operating profit | £11,446,289 | -£43,490,029 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,400,000 | -£43,500,000 | |
| Net profit | £11,177,008 | -£36,523,814 | |
| Cash | £6,589,005 | £15,370,542 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,982,081 | -£5,168,987 | |
| Net assets | £4,682,081 | -£5,468,987 | |
| Equity | £4,682,081 | -£5,468,987 | |
| Average employees | 92 | 93 | |
| Wages | £5,902,429 | £30,229,404 |
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 | 47.3% | -186.3% | |
| Net margin | 46.2% | -156.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 229.7% | 841.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.97x | 0.81x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have evaluated all relevant conditions, events and information concluding that the company will be able to fulfil all obligations as and when they fall due to the foreseeable future. The company's parent, Serif Group Ltd, has provided written confirmation of its intention to continue to provide whatever financial support is necessary to enable the company to continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts.”
Significant events
- “2024 marked a new chapter for the company, being acquired by Canva in March. This has meant the business going through a huge amount of change during the year, with various team restructures, new systems and processes being adopted. The end result has been an incredibly successful transition, including all staff being kept on and continuing to be based out of the Nottingham office.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, Todd Christopher | Secretary | 2024-03-20 | — | — |
| CARPENTER, Todd Christopher | Director | 2024-03-20 | Jan 1973 | American |
| CLARK, Duncan Antony Ernest | Director | 2024-03-20 | May 1977 | British |
| HEWSON, Ashley Thomas | Director | 2005-03-25 | Oct 1977 | British |
| WATKINS, Claire Louise Blanche | Director | 2023-08-08 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Gary John | Secretary | 2004-05-28 | 2024-03-20 |
| BRYCE, James Douglas Maxwell | Secretary | 1996-03-07 | 1996-07-31 |
| DOWNS, Kevin | Secretary | 2003-10-01 | 2004-05-28 |
| HOWE, David Gareth | Secretary | — | 1996-03-07 |
| LANYON, Marion | Secretary | — | 1993-01-02 |
| LEININGER, Mark Edward | Secretary | 1996-07-31 | 2001-03-31 |
| SOUTHGATE, David Charles | Secretary | 2001-03-31 | 2003-09-30 |
| ALEXANDER, Norman William | Director | 1996-12-23 | 2001-03-21 |
| ATKIN, Jonathan David | Director | 2010-10-19 | 2015-02-10 |
| BATES, Gary John | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2024-03-20 |
| BEEDHAM, Peter John | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2004-04-30 |
| BEEDHAM, Peter John | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1996-07-31 |
| BRAILSFORD, David | Director | — | 1995-10-01 |
| BRYCE, James Douglas Maxwell | Director | 2001-03-31 | 2024-03-20 |
| BRYCE, James Douglas Maxwell | Director | — | 1996-07-31 |
| CINNAMON, Barry | Director | 1996-07-31 | 1997-12-19 |
| DOWNS, Kevin | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2004-05-28 |
| JONES, Gwyn | Director | — | 1996-10-24 |
| KAUFMAN, Neil M | Director | 2001-03-21 | 2001-03-30 |
| LEININGER, Mark Edward | Director | 1996-07-31 | 2001-03-21 |
| MELLOR, Ralf | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| SCHOENBART, Alan | Director | 2001-03-21 | 2001-03-30 |
| SOUTHGATE, David Charles | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2003-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serif Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-3.5%
£24,197,342 £23,348,739
-
Cash
+133.3%
£6,589,005 £15,370,542
-
Net assets
-216.8%
£4,682,081 -£5,468,987
-
Employees
+1.1%
92 93
-
Operating profit
-479.9%
£11,446,289 -£43,490,029
-
Profit before tax
-481.6%
£11,400,000 -£43,500,000
-
Wages
+412.2%
£5,902,429 £30,229,404
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers