AVAYA UK
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Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
Cash
£851K
-41.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£83M
+111.7% vs 2023
Employees
214
-15.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£83M
-450.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- AVAYA UK 2000-07-10 → present
- LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED 1996-02-06 → 2000-07-10
- AT&T SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY (UK) LTD. 1995-12-15 → 1996-02-06
- FARTHINGSPRING LIMITED 1995-04-26 → 1995-12-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,990,814 | £44,307,315 | |
| Operating profit | -£15,538,305 | -£83,083,362 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,105,596 | -£83,180,880 | |
| Net profit | -£14,943,456 | -£82,942,761 | |
| Cash | £1,450,514 | £850,876 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £45,087,870 | £89,265,509 | |
| Net assets | £39,299,243 | £83,196,414 | |
| Equity | £39,299,243 | £83,196,414 | |
| Average employees | 254 | 214 | |
| Wages | £22,562,696 | £21,448,314 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -32.4% | -187.5% | |
| Net margin | -31.1% | -187.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -34.5% | -93.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.6% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.79x | 2.77x | |
| Interest cover | -116.07x | -844.01x |
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
- BDO 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 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
- AVAYA UK · parent
- Aurix Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Avaya authorised a reduction in force with respect to its employees in Europe... The impact on the Avaya UK workforce is around a 20% reduction... August 2025, Avaya announced a further action which is expected to reduce UK headcount further in the first quarter of financial year 2026.”
- “On 20 December 2024, Avaya UK surrendered the Guildford lease to the Landlord.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HASTINGS, Lee | Secretary | 2010-10-11 | — | British |
| HASTINGS, Lee John | Director | 2010-10-11 | Jan 1975 | British |
| THOMSON, Cameron Iain | Director | 2025-09-30 | May 1968 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVERLEY, Barbara Diane | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 1998-09-22 |
| ECCLES, Nigel Peter | Secretary | 1998-09-22 | 1999-08-12 |
| HESKETH, Linda | Secretary | 2001-01-31 | 2001-12-19 |
| HOLLAND, Nicholas Alexander Anderson | Secretary | 1999-08-12 | 2000-08-01 |
| HUNTER, Ena Jennifer | Secretary | 2015-06-22 | 2025-09-30 |
| LOIDI, Koldobika Arnold | Secretary | 2010-10-11 | 2015-06-22 |
| MANNION, Marilyn Deidre | Secretary | 1995-12-14 | 1996-07-01 |
| PHELAN, Anthony Michael | Secretary | 2005-02-09 | 2010-10-11 |
| SCOTT, Nancy Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-12-19 | 2010-10-11 |
| TAWNEY, Christopher | Secretary | 2000-07-25 | 2001-01-31 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-04-26 | 1995-12-13 |
| BRUCE, Deborah Mary | Director | 2003-11-21 | 2008-03-19 |
| CERONIE, Buddie Alan | Director | 2005-01-11 | 2009-04-09 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1995-04-26 | 1995-12-13 |
| CONDIT, David Pierson | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1996-03-15 |
| CULMER, Simon Christopher John | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2016-03-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ronald William | Director | 1996-08-02 | 2000-07-20 |
| GUDGION, Geoffrey | Director | 2000-07-20 | 2002-01-17 |
| HALL, Derek Sidney | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1996-06-30 |
| HUGHES, John Llewellyn Mostyn | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2000-07-20 |
| HUNTER, Ena Jennifer | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2025-09-30 |
| JOYNER, Steve | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| LOCKE SCOBIE, Kirk Alexander | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2003-11-21 |
| LOIDI, Koldobika Arnold | Director | 2010-10-11 | 2015-06-22 |
| MACFARLANE, James Allan Colquhoun | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1996-06-30 |
| MACRAE, Ioan Griffith | Director | 2017-02-08 | 2019-09-30 |
| MALES, James | Director | 2009-02-26 | 2012-08-16 |
| MCGINNIS, Francis William | Director | 1996-08-02 | 1997-12-15 |
| MONTILLA, Arthur Neil | Director | 2001-10-04 | 2002-06-21 |
| PHELAN, Anthony Michael | Director | 2006-06-15 | 2013-06-28 |
| PHILLIPS, David Robert | Director | 1996-03-22 | 1998-09-22 |
| RAFFERTY, Steven Kevin | Director | 2016-03-31 | 2017-01-19 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1995-04-26 | 1995-11-21 |
| SANDERS, Richard Granville | Director | 1996-03-15 | 1996-08-02 |
| SAUNDERS, Geoffrey Paul | Director | 1995-12-14 | 1996-03-22 |
| SAWKINS, Clive Peter | Director | 2002-05-28 | 2005-01-07 |
| SCOTT, Nancy Elizabeth | Director | 2006-06-15 | 2010-10-11 |
| SHEPPARD, Andrew | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2012-04-17 |
| SHORTEN, Lee Darren | Director | 2009-04-09 | 2011-08-17 |
| STABLES, Nicholas James | Director | 1996-08-02 | 2000-07-29 |
| STACEY, Indira | Director | 2020-02-11 | 2025-09-30 |
| TOMLINSON, Mark | Director | 2008-03-19 | 2009-02-26 |
| WEEKS, Steven Robert | Director | 2002-01-17 | 2003-02-14 |
| WINCHESTER, John Howard | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2002-05-28 |
| WOOLLETT, Simon Martin | Director | 2003-02-14 | 2006-06-15 |
| WRIGHT, Stephen John | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2020-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avaya Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-24 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-04-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-7.7%
£47,990,814 £44,307,315
-
Cash
-41.3%
£1,450,514 £850,876
-
Net assets
+111.7%
£39,299,243 £83,196,414
-
Employees
-15.7%
254 214
-
Operating profit
-434.7%
-£15,538,305 -£83,083,362
-
Profit before tax
-450.7%
-£15,105,596 -£83,180,880
-
Wages
-4.9%
£22,562,696 £21,448,314
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers