DESCARTES SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
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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
- DESCARTES SYSTEMS UK LIMITED 1998-02-23 → present
- R.T.S.I. LIMITED 1990-01-18 → 1998-02-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100 | 98 | |
| 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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.64x | 1.35x |
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
- DESCARTES SYSTEMS UK LIMITED · parent
- BoxTop Technologies Limited 100%
- Descartes Kontainers Limited 100%
- Peoplevox Limited 100%
- Peoplevox Poland Sp. Z.o.o. 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 July 2025, the members of the Company declared a dividend of £4,200,000, which was settled in cash on 29 July 2025.”
- “On 27 January 2025, the members of the Company declared a dividend of £2,500,000, which was settled in cash on 29 January 2025.”
- “On 16 July 2024, 6,000,000 shares with a nominal value of £1 per share were allotted to The Descartes Systems Group Inc. in settlement of the funds previously advanced for the purchase of BoxTop.”
- “On 18 July 2024, the members of the Company passed a special resolution to reduce the share capital of the Company from 10,332,170 ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company, totalling £10,332,170, to 6,332,170 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £6,332,170, by cancelling and repaying at par 4,000,000 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £4,000,000.”
- “On 25 October 2024, the members of the Company passed a special resolution to reduce the share capital of the Company from 6,332,170 ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company, totalling £6,332,170, to 1,632,170 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £1,632,170, by cancelling and repaying at par 4,700,000 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £4,700,000.”
- “On 10 June 2024, the Company acquired all outstanding shares of BoxTop Technologies Limited ("BoxTop"), a leading provider of shipment management solutions for small- to mid-sized logistics services providers.”
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 5
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+10.4%
£34,736,480 £38,339,311
-
Cash
+72.6%
£2,271,424 £3,920,826
-
Net assets
+48%
£11,881,031 £17,579,356
-
Employees
-2%
100 98
-
Operating profit
+64.9%
£8,570,140 £14,132,248
-
Profit before tax
+64.9%
£8,570,140 £14,132,248
-
Wages
+2.7%
£6,080,682 £6,247,384
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