SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
-£4M
-89.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£4M
-270.3% vs 2023
Employees
136
+56.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 1998-10-30 → present
- BROMSGROVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 1996-10-01 → 1998-10-30
- CLASSRACING LIMITED 1996-04-10 → 1996-10-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,130,000 | £11,943,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,056,000 | -£3,227,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,058,000 | -£3,243,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,540,000 | -£2,711,000 | |
| Cash | -£1,949,000 | -£3,692,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,003,000 | -£3,714,000 | |
| Net assets | -£1,003,000 | -£3,714,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,003,000 | -£3,714,000 | |
| Average employees | 87 | 136 | |
| Wages | £5,740,000 | £6,498,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -23.3% | -27.0% | |
| Net margin | -19.3% | -22.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 304.7% | 86.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | -1528.00x | -201.69x |
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
- RSM UK 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 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.”
Significant events
- “The company, together with its parent and fellow subsidiary undertakings has entered into a composite banking arrangement to secure group interest and banking facilities. As part of this arrangement a cross guarantee was given to the bank by the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOTHERGILL, John Kiran Read | Director | 2020-10-28 | Jun 1994 | British |
| SHAH, Mayan Kantilal | Director | 2000-11-24 | Apr 1966 | British |
| THOMAS, Ian | Director | 2024-03-06 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEANE, Joseph Andrew | Secretary | 2001-04-25 | 2021-03-31 |
| HUMPHREYS, David John | Secretary | 1996-09-24 | 2001-04-25 |
| MOFFAT, Alan | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | 2024-03-07 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-04-10 | 1996-09-24 |
| BERRY, Annabel | Director | 2014-04-09 | 2023-02-02 |
| BHAGWANDEEN, Sunil Dev | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2007-06-05 |
| CAVENEY, John Edmund Anthony | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2008-07-31 |
| DAVIES, Richard James Guy | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2018-10-31 |
| DEANE, Joseph Andrew | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2021-03-31 |
| FOGGON, Keith | Director | 2000-11-24 | 2005-11-01 |
| FOTHERGILL, John Donald Read | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2020-10-28 |
| FOTHERGILL, John Donald Read | Director | 1996-09-24 | 2012-11-23 |
| HOPE, Trevor Thomas | Director | 1996-09-24 | 1999-01-29 |
| HORN, David Thomas | Director | 2009-12-09 | 2015-10-08 |
| LANNIN, David Gerald | Director | 2014-04-09 | 2023-10-06 |
| MCNULTY, Stephen Michael | Director | 1996-11-14 | 1998-02-27 |
| MOFFAT, Alan | Director | 2014-04-09 | 2024-03-07 |
| MORRISON, John Angus Duncan | Director | 1997-05-14 | 2015-02-27 |
| TATKO, Stanley Joseph | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2001-12-10 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-04-10 | 1996-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiplun Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-9%
£13,130,000 £11,943,000
-
Cash
-89.4%
-£1,949,000 -£3,692,000
-
Net assets
-270.3%
-£1,003,000 -£3,714,000
-
Employees
+56.3%
87 136
-
Operating profit
-5.6%
-£3,056,000 -£3,227,000
-
Profit before tax
-6%
-£3,058,000 -£3,243,000
-
Wages
+13.2%
£5,740,000 £6,498,000
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