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INFORM INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Cash
£2M
+79.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
-46.9% vs 2023
Employees
70
+14.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Profile
- Company number
- 02568442
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1990-12-13
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Net assets
10-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,113,142 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,457,788 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,467,975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,180,778 | — | £1,368,468 | — | £903,620 | — | £901,874 | — | -£22,650,984 | -£12,775,108 | |
| Cash | £159,491 | — | £2,870,517 | — | £660,276 | — | £57,152 | — | £960,962 | £1,727,299 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £16,956,410 | — | £54,147,255 | — | £75,823,797 | — | £39,270,568 | £17,123,913 | |
| Net assets | £15,587,942 | — | £16,956,410 | — | £29,046,422 | — | £49,821,658 | — | £27,231,991 | £14,464,913 | |
| Equity | £15,587,942 | £15,587,942 | £16,956,410 | £16,956,410 | £29,046,422 | £29,046,422 | £49,821,658 | £49,821,658 | £27,231,991 | £14,464,913 | |
| Average employees | 56 | — | 0 | — | 77 | — | 68 | — | 61 | 70 | |
| Wages | £5,938,475 | — | £4,334,915 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Subsidiaries
- Orbis Technologies Limited · 84% held · Scotland · software development and associated services
- Orbis Hosting Limited · 100% held · England · software development and associated services
- Universe Group Limited · 100% held · England · software development and associated services
- Celtech Software Group · 100% held · Ireland · software development and associated services
Significant events
- “In 2024 the group commenced a search for new warehouse and office facilities for the Universe Group of companies with the plan to exit the current warehouse and office facility in mid 2025 into premises more suited to the current business operations.”
- “Loss before tax decreased to £10.4m (2023 - loss of £18.0m) primarily caused as a result of impairment in Orbis Group of Companies and Universe Group Limited of £3.8m (2023 - £13.8m).”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-07-02 | — | — |
| FRANGIS, James Alexander | Director | 2018-07-02 | Jun 1968 | American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWLOR, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2008-06-10 | 2018-07-02 |
| SCANLON, Catherine Teresa | Secretary | — | 2008-06-10 |
| HATCHER, Christine | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2023-01-31 |
| OWENS, Douglas Laverne | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2019-05-31 |
| SCANLON, Mark Patrick | Director | — | 2018-12-20 |
| SMOTHERMAN, Stacey | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2023-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Patrick Scanlon | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-13 | Ceased 2018-07-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-02-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-06-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-05-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-04-20 | DISS40 | gazette | gazette filings brought up to date |
| 2023-03-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | gazette notice compulsory |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-03-03 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2021-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2021-09-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2021-09-09 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2021-09-02 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2021-07-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2021-07-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
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Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory