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SWORD IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Cash
£6M
+7.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+39.5% vs 2023
Employees
444
-4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+33.6% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 03165591
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1996-02-28
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Net assets
6-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,457,012 | £25,210,739 | £29,507,023 | £46,192,528 | £50,113,508 | £50,006,885 | |
| Operating profit | £1,319,425 | £2,509,748 | £3,506,719 | £5,700,495 | £4,784,591 | £6,204,341 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,329,639 | £2,524,047 | £3,511,239 | £5,681,417 | £4,740,165 | £6,333,154 | |
| Net profit | £1,077,008 | £2,123,721 | £2,753,777 | £4,690,245 | £3,624,875 | £4,745,473 | |
| Cash | £1,800,494 | £3,131,667 | £6,225,598 | £5,145,858 | £5,961,648 | £6,394,159 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,156,317 | £8,835,804 | £13,574,447 | £12,523,349 | £17,174,521 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,654,862 | £8,408,639 | £13,098,884 | £12,027,074 | £16,772,547 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 178 | 204 | 235 | 382 | 463 | 444 | |
| Wages | £7,388,884 | £8,809,183 | £10,198,365 | £18,587,863 | £22,572,369 | £21,447,627 |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company made a profit after tax for the year ended 31 December 2024 and had net assets of £16,772,546 at that date. During the year our business has proven extremely robust and has performed well during this period, our cashflow has remained strong, our pipeline of opportunities has also remained robust and our profitability has actually increased during this period... Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Dataco Netherlands BV · 100% held · Netherlands
- Sword ITS LLC · 100% held · USA
- Onsite Information Management PTY Ltd · 100% held · Australia
- Sword IT Arabia Ltd · 100% held · Saudi Arabia
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
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Greg | Director | 2024-06-10 | Sep 1983 | British |
| MORETON, Kevin | Director | 2024-06-10 | Feb 1977 | British |
| MOTTARD, Jacques | Director | 2014-02-05 | Apr 1952 | French |
| SLAMENKAITE, Olga | Director | 2024-06-10 | Oct 1985 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Alison Katharine | Secretary | 2014-06-11 | 2015-05-13 |
| CARTER, Patrick James | Secretary | 2007-04-30 | 2012-11-30 |
| CHESTER, Isobel Kathryn | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2007-04-30 |
| CHOUMAN, Valerie | Secretary | 1996-10-04 | 2000-10-09 |
| HARWOOD, Marsali Katherine | Secretary | 2000-10-24 | 2007-02-28 |
| MERRY, Julie | Secretary | 2012-11-30 | 2014-05-23 |
| WOOD, Andrew Graham | Secretary | 2000-10-09 | 2000-10-24 |
| MASONS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-02-28 | 1996-10-04 |
| ALLEN, Stuart Antony | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2018-10-18 |
| BARR, Allan William | Director | 2011-04-06 | 2014-02-05 |
| BIDDLE, Paul Richard | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2009-12-16 |
| BRUCE, David | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| CARTER, Patrick James | Director | 2007-04-30 | 2012-11-30 |
| CHITTY, Martin | Director | 2008-09-15 | 2011-04-21 |
| HARWOOD, Marsali Katherine | Director | 2000-10-24 | 2007-02-28 |
| INNES, John Douglas | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| MANN, David William | Director | 1996-07-23 | 2014-01-07 |
| MILLAR, John Martin | Director | 1996-10-04 | 2004-03-30 |
| NORGATE, Philip Neil | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| NORGATE, Philip Neil | Director | 2014-02-05 | 2014-10-06 |
| PICKERING, David | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2011-03-31 |
| PREDDY, Clifford Stanley Frank | Director | 1996-10-04 | 2013-08-02 |
| REES, Lance David Christopher | Director | 1996-10-04 | 2014-01-08 |
| STIMPSON, Joanne Elizabeth | Director | 2002-10-14 | 2003-06-24 |
| VAUGHAN, Stephen William | Director | 2013-07-29 | 2014-02-05 |
| WELLS, Mark Benjamin | Director | 2009-09-29 | 2011-08-31 |
| WOODWARD, Alan Charles | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| MASONS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1996-02-28 | 1996-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword Charteris Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-02-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 251 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-03-04 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with old address new address |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-07-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-07-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-07-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-08-01 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-02-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-02-14 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
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