ACTIVEOPS PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£21M
+81.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+12.2% vs 2024
Employees
187
+4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+34.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ACTIVEOPS PLC 2021-03-17 → present
- ACTIVEOPS LIMITED 2015-05-12 → 2021-03-17
- ACTIVE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2014-05-14 → 2015-05-12
- WORKWARE BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED 1995-11-14 → 2014-05-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,774,000 | £30,459,000 | |
| Operating profit | £855,000 | £1,002,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £987,000 | £1,331,000 | |
| Net profit | £845,000 | £1,104,000 | |
| Cash | £11,353,000 | £20,586,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,934,000 | £10,881,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,803,000 | £9,876,000 | |
| Equity | £8,803,000 | £9,876,000 | |
| Average employees | 179 | 187 | |
| Wages | £13,943,000 | £16,707,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.7% | 70.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 25.15x | 24.44x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the above projections, the Directors are confident that the Group has sufficient working capital and available funds to honour all of its obligations to creditors as and when they fall due. in reaching this conclusion, the Directors have considered the current strong levels of cash and cash equivalents, lack of external funding arrangements and its forecasted cash headroom.”
Group structure
- ACTIVEOPS PLC · parent
- ActiveOps Overseas Limited 100%
- Red Owl Technology Limited 100%
- ActiveOps USA Inc. 100%
- ActiveOps Canada Inc. 100%
- ActiveOps Pty Limited 100%
- ActiveOps Africa (PTY) Limited 100%
- Active Operations Management India Private Limited 100%
- Active Operations Management Australia Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 27 June 2025, the Group completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Enlighten Group Pty Ltd ('Enlighten'), a competitor business.”
- “On 26 November 2024, the Group made a minority investment in Contact Web Limited ('Contact Web'), acquiring 21% of the share capital for a cost of £400,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES, Rebecca Sophie | Secretary | 2021-03-08 | — | — |
| JEFFERY, Richard John | Director | 1996-04-03 | Oct 1964 | British |
| LEE, Bruce Roger | Director | 2024-09-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| MCLAREN, Michael Gerald | Director | 2021-03-12 | Mar 1961 | British |
| SALTHOUSE, Emma May | Director | 2023-12-01 | Apr 1991 | British |
| WRIGHT, Hilary | Director | 2021-03-12 | Mar 1959 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELLER, Patrick Alexander | Secretary | 2016-10-21 | 2020-05-23 |
| HAYWOOD, Jane Anthea Vivenne | Secretary | 2020-05-23 | 2020-09-30 |
| JEFFERY, Richard John | Secretary | 2006-01-19 | 2016-10-21 |
| MORGAN, Rodney Price | Secretary | 2002-04-26 | 2006-01-19 |
| SOAR, Jonathan Michael | Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 2002-04-26 |
| RM REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 |
| BAWA, Kuljit Singh | Director | 2017-09-27 | 2021-01-19 |
| BENTLEY, Neil Charles | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2021-03-24 |
| DELLER, Patrick Alexander | Director | 2015-09-25 | 2023-05-01 |
| ELTON, Martin David | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2018-02-28 |
| FINNAN, Sean Francis | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2024-09-26 |
| LORRIMORE, Matthew | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2015-09-25 |
| MEASURES, John Richard | Director | 1996-04-03 | 1998-06-08 |
| MOORE, Richard Lawrence Hamilton | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2021-03-24 |
| MORGAN, Rodney Price | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2006-01-19 |
| MORONEY, Paul | Director | 2017-07-26 | 2021-03-24 |
| O'CONNELL, John Anthony | Director | 2014-03-18 | 2018-12-31 |
| RIMAN, Ronald Harry | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2002-04-26 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Stephen Martin | Director | 1996-04-03 | 2002-04-26 |
| SMITH, Graham Moreton | Director | 1996-04-03 | 2002-04-26 |
| SMITH, Kenneth Ronald | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2023-12-01 |
| SOAR, Jonathan Michael | Director | 1995-11-14 | 2002-04-26 |
| THOMAS, John Michael | Director | 2002-04-17 | 2006-01-19 |
| RM NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-11-14 | 1995-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 202 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 7
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13.8%
£26,774,000 £30,459,000
-
Cash
+81.3%
£11,353,000 £20,586,000
-
Net assets
+12.2%
£8,803,000 £9,876,000
-
Employees
+4.5%
179 187
-
Operating profit
+17.2%
£855,000 £1,002,000
-
Profit before tax
+34.9%
£987,000 £1,331,000
-
Wages
+19.8%
£13,943,000 £16,707,000
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