INFORM INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-10 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+79.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
-46.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
70
+14.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 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 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net margin | 11.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 3320.70x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- INFORM INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Orbis Technologies Limited 84%
- Orbis Hosting Limited 100%
- Universe Group Limited 100%
- Celtech Software Group 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+79.7%
£960,962 £1,727,299
-
Net assets
-46.9%
£27,231,991 £14,464,913
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+14.8%
61 70
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