AXWAY UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£247K
-34.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-18.5% vs 2024
Employees
28
-9.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£524K
-31.7% first positive since 2022
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- AXWAY UK LIMITED 2001-09-06 → present
- SOPRA UK LIMITED 1998-07-20 → 2001-09-06
- SOPRA INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED 1992-10-26 → 1998-07-20
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,553,960 | — | — | £11,469,435 | £11,950,724 | |
| Operating profit | -£31,878 | — | — | £823,007 | £586,911 | |
| Profit before tax | -£20,513 | -£981,933 | £589,520 | £766,904 | £523,639 | |
| Net profit | -£16,884 | -£981,933 | £589,520 | £1,205,288 | £271,700 | |
| Cash | £209,356 | £492,205 | £164,559 | £376,390 | £246,520 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £234,941 | £64,148 | £652,954 | £1,346,571 | £1,097,979 | |
| Net assets | £234,941 | £29,148 | — | £1,346,571 | £1,097,979 | |
| Equity | £234,941 | £29,148 | £652,954 | £1,346,571 | £1,097,979 | |
| Average employees | 46 | 42 | 35 | 31 | 28 | |
| Wages | £4,292,110 | £4,618,422 | £4,026,473 | £3,599,808 | £3,344,259 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | — | — | 7.2% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | — | — | 10.5% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -13.6% | — | — | 61.1% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.18x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 13.07x | 9.28x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, the directors have concluded that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, which is considered to be at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For these reasons, they continue to adop: the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company's turnover for the year was £11.9m compared to £11.5m for 2024, a 4.2% increase over the previous period. The company's operating profit for the year was £586K (2024: £823K). Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being embedded into production workflows across the brand, rather than positioned as a standalone technology layer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUISSON, Jacques | Director | 2009-04-15 | Jun 1957 | French |
| DONOVAN, Patrick Martin | Director | 2015-06-22 | Feb 1970 | American |
| GUIRAUD, Sébastien | Director | 2018-04-06 | Apr 1979 | French |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECHELETTE, Herve Marie Francois | Secretary | 1992-10-26 | 2009-04-15 |
| RM REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-10-26 | 1992-10-26 |
| COHEN, Violet | Nominee Director | 1992-10-26 | 1992-10-26 |
| FABRE, Christophe | Director | 2009-04-15 | 2015-06-22 |
| HAUSMAN, Scott | Director | 2018-04-06 | 2021-05-31 |
| LAZZARI, Jean Marc | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2018-04-06 |
| MOUNET, Jean | Director | 1992-10-26 | 2009-04-15 |
| ODIN, Pierre Francois | Director | 1992-10-26 | 2009-04-15 |
| PASQUIER, Fernand Pierre | Director | 1992-10-26 | 2009-04-15 |
| RULLAUD, Christophe James Albert | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2018-04-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74software Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-10 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
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Turnover
+4.2%
£11,469,435 £11,950,724
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-34.5%
£376,390 £246,520
-
Net assets
-18.5%
£1,346,571 £1,097,979
-
Employees
-9.7%
31 28
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-28.7%
£823,007 £586,911
first positive since 2021
-
Profit before tax
-31.7%
£766,904 £523,639
first positive since 2022
-
Wages
-7.1%
£3,599,808 £3,344,259
lowest in 5 filed years
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