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Next accounts due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-01 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-01-18

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

+72.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£18M

+48% vs 2024

Employees

98

-2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£14M

+64.9% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. DESCARTES SYSTEMS UK LIMITED 1998-02-23 → present
  2. R.T.S.I. LIMITED 1990-01-18 → 1998-02-23

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31

Metric Trend 2024-01-312025-01-31
Turnover £34,736,480£38,339,311
Operating profit £8,570,140£14,132,248
Profit before tax £8,570,140£14,132,248
Net profit £5,631,030£10,898,325
Cash £2,271,424£3,920,826
Total assets less current liabilities £11,881,031£17,579,356
Net assets £11,881,031£17,579,356
Equity £11,881,031£17,579,356
Average employees 10098
Wages £6,080,682£6,247,384

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 2024-01-312025-01-31
Operating margin 24.7%36.9%
Net margin 16.2%28.4%
Return on capital employed 72.1%80.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 36.9%36.7%
Current ratio 1.64x1.35x

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
Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the forecast, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. DESCARTES SYSTEMS UK LIMITED · parent
    1. BoxTop Technologies Limited 100% · Great Britain · Provider of shipment management solutions
    2. Descartes Kontainers Limited 100% · Great Britain · Provider of digital freight software
    3. Peoplevox Limited 100% · Great Britain · Provider of ecommerce warehouse management solutions
    4. Peoplevox Poland Sp. Z.o.o. 100% · Poland · Provider of software research & development and support services

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 22 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
NGUYEN, Peter Vinh Quang Secretary 2023-06-09
BRETT, Allan James Director 2014-07-29 Nov 1967 Canadian
PAGAN, John Scott Director 2003-05-15 Oct 1972 Canadian
Show 22 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRETT, Allan James Secretary 2014-07-29 2015-02-03
MUIR, Andrew Peter Secretary 1994-05-02 1994-08-15
NIEUWENHUIZEN, Hendrik Secretary 1999-02-09 1999-06-30
PARKE, Rosemary Elizabeth Secretary 1993-11-01
QUARMBY, Steven James Secretary 1993-11-01 1994-05-02
RATZA, Stephanie Lynn Secretary 2007-11-21 2014-07-29
VERHOEVE, Michael Roy, Mr. Secretary 2015-02-03 2023-06-09
EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1995-10-06 1999-01-08
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD Corporate Secretary 1999-07-01 2007-11-21
TKB REGISTRARS LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1994-08-15 1995-10-06
CLARKE, Colley Director 2001-01-01 2004-02-10
DUNCOMBE, Ronald Director 1998-07-13 2001-01-31
JOHNSTON, Hooks Kelley Director 1996-08-01 1998-07-13
LAUFERT, Paul Director 1998-07-13 2003-05-15
MUIR, Andrew Peter Director 1994-05-02 1996-07-09
NELSON, Kenneth Terrance Director 1995-05-01 1997-11-15
NUSSEY, Brandon Director 2004-02-10 2007-04-01
QUARMBY, Steven James Director 1994-05-02
RATZA, Stephanie Lynn Director 2007-04-02 2014-07-29
REEVES, Raymond Director 1996-08-01 1996-11-06
REGIER, Gerald Arthur Director 1994-05-02 1995-04-28
SOULTS, Donald Director 1996-08-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
The Descartes Systems Group Inc Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 209 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-07-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-01-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-05 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-02-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-01-14 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-01-14 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-01-14 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-01-14 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-10-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-07-19 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2024-07-19 SH20 capital Legacy
2024-07-19 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2024-07-19 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-07-18 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2024-02-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-26 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2023-06-26 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-02-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
5

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31

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

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