QBS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-02 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£462K
-89.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£14M
+29.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
88
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
+40% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- QBS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1993-10-05 → present
- QUIN BUTTERWORTH SPANGENTHAL LIMITED 1989-08-22 → 1993-10-05
- Q.B. SYSTEMS LIMITED 1987-04-23 → 1989-08-22
- RAPID 2811 LIMITED 1987-04-03 → 1987-04-23
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,813,000 | £11,611,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,696,000 | £4,290,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,059,000 | £4,284,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,202,000 | £3,331,000 | |
| Cash | £3,612,000 | £4,503,000 | £462,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,741,000 | £11,143,000 | £14,474,000 | |
| Equity | £10,741,000 | £11,143,000 | £14,474,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 90 | 88 | |
| Wages | — | £5,074,000 | £4,706,000 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 34.2% | 36.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 20.4% | 28.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.23x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.11x | 99.77x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURNER, Steven | Secretary | 2023-04-20 | — | — |
| STEVINSON, Graham David | Director | 2018-01-31 | Feb 1971 | British |
| TURNER, Steven | Director | 2024-05-01 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTTERWORTH, Mitchell Ian | Secretary | — | 1995-10-10 |
| SPANGENTHAL, Mark Hugo | Secretary | 2007-03-16 | 2018-01-31 |
| SPANGENTHAL, Mark Hugo | Secretary | 1995-10-10 | 2003-10-23 |
| CARLTON REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-10-23 | 2007-03-16 |
| BUTTERWORTH, Mitchell Ian | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| JAMES, Grant Carl | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-08-10 |
| QUIN, Christopher Skye | Director | — | 2018-01-31 |
| SPANGENTHAL, Mark Hugo | Director | — | 2018-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Graham David Stevinson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
| Qbs Technology Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-31 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Skye Quin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
| Mr Mark Hugo Spangenthal | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-02-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+7.4%
£10,813,000 £11,611,000
-
Cash
-89.7%
£4,503,000 £462,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+29.9%
£11,143,000 £14,474,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-2.2%
90 88
-
Operating profit
+16.1%
£3,696,000 £4,290,000
-
Profit before tax
+40%
£3,059,000 £4,284,000
-
Wages
-7.3%
£5,074,000 £4,706,000
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