SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-14 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-6.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£24M
+4.7% vs 2024
Employees
483
-1.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+171.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC 2013-04-29 → present
- IOT PLC 2007-06-19 → 2013-04-29
- INTEGRATED OFFICE TECHNOLOGY PLC 2005-04-06 → 2007-06-19
- INTEGRATED OFFICE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2004-09-03 → 2005-04-06
- INTEGRATED OFFICE TECHNOLOGY PLC 2001-12-14 → 2004-09-03
- EUROCOPY (GREAT BRITAIN) PLC 1988-04-18 → 2001-12-14
- MALTHAVEN PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1987-06-03 → 1988-04-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £91,836,000 | £89,382,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,287,000 | £1,246,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,983,000 | £1,420,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,283,000 | £1,080,000 | |
| Cash | £4,071,000 | £3,795,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,847,000 | £36,444,000 | |
| Net assets | £23,036,000 | £24,116,000 | |
| Equity | £23,036,000 | £24,116,000 | |
| Average employees | 489 | 483 | |
| Wages | £21,769,000 | £21,646,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 3.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.2% | 53.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 2.95x | |
| Interest cover | 1.53x | 1.06x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“For the purposes of assessing going concern, it is acknowledged that Sharp Corporation and its subsidiaries continue to provide financial support. Sharp Corporation has affirmed that the Company remains a key investment in Europe and will maintain its commitment to ensuring the Company meets its liabilities as they become due for at least twelve months following the approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIDLE, Gary Douglas | Secretary | 2022-11-01 | — | — |
| NAGAO, Shigenobu | Director | 2024-10-01 | Nov 1970 | Japanese |
| SIDLE, Gary Douglas | Director | 2022-11-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
| SYKES, Stuart Raymond | Director | 2003-05-27 | Nov 1966 | British |
| TOMOTA, Yoichi | Director | 2023-05-01 | May 1970 | Japanese |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDFORD, John | Secretary | — | 1992-03-17 |
| BURTON, Matthew Patrick | Secretary | 1996-01-31 | 2016-05-24 |
| COOPER, David Christopher | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | 2022-11-01 |
| COOPER, Ronald Frederick | Secretary | 1994-12-20 | 1996-01-31 |
| GILES, Jonathan | Secretary | 2016-05-24 | 2017-09-22 |
| MCCARNEY, Martin | Secretary | — | 1994-12-20 |
| ARMITAGE, Christopher Edward Michael | Director | — | 1994-09-14 |
| ASHIDA, Jun | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2021-05-28 |
| BURTON, Matthew Patrick | Director | 1995-11-20 | 2016-11-09 |
| CADMAN, Anthony Charles | Director | — | 1995-08-21 |
| COOPER, David Christopher | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2022-11-01 |
| COOPER, Ronald Frederick | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1996-01-31 |
| DUFFY, Gregory | Director | 1995-11-20 | 1999-01-29 |
| GAY, Cyril | Director | — | 2011-03-07 |
| GAY, John | Director | 1994-10-26 | 2001-11-28 |
| GAY, John | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
| GILES, Jonathan | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2017-09-22 |
| GOODMAN, Rodney | Director | — | 2001-09-28 |
| HARDIMAN, Russell Adrian | Director | 2005-04-05 | 2019-03-07 |
| HIDE, Paul Michael | Director | 2011-05-24 | 2013-04-29 |
| I'ANSON, Marcus | Director | 2011-05-24 | 2014-09-12 |
| ITO, Hironobu | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| JENKS, Paul Anthony | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2002-02-07 |
| KAWAMURA, Tetsuji | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-09-22 |
| LAVERY, John | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2004-01-09 |
| LAX, Noel Geoffrey | Director | 1997-02-10 | 2002-06-28 |
| MARSHALL, Paul Brian | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2013-09-30 |
| MCCALL, John | Director | 1995-11-20 | 2002-02-07 |
| MCCARNEY, Martin | Director | — | 2018-02-28 |
| PLATTON, David | Director | — | 1993-01-16 |
| SCOTT, Ann Pearce | Director | 1994-10-26 | 1997-03-31 |
| SEITARO, Nomura | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2024-10-01 |
| TEESDALE, James Daniel | Director | — | 1992-03-24 |
| THOMPSON, Paul | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2003-06-27 |
| TUNG, Yu Jen | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2023-05-01 |
| WOOLMER, John William | Director | — | 1995-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Electronics Europe Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-2.7%
£91,836,000 £89,382,000
-
Cash
-6.8%
£4,071,000 £3,795,000
-
Net assets
+4.7%
£23,036,000 £24,116,000
-
Employees
-1.2%
489 483
-
Operating profit
-3.2%
£1,287,000 £1,246,000
-
Profit before tax
+171.6%
-£1,983,000 £1,420,000
-
Wages
-0.6%
£21,769,000 £21,646,000
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