SOFTWARE CIRCLE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-44.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£21M
-1.3% vs 2024
Employees
157
+19.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£671K
+80.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SOFTWARE CIRCLE PLC 2023-10-16 → present
- GRAFENIA PLC 2013-07-19 → 2023-10-16
- PRINTING.COM PLC 2000-07-04 → 2013-07-19
- HALLCO 442 PLC 2000-04-28 → 2000-07-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,165,000 | £18,274,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,225,000 | £704,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,481,000 | -£671,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,370,000 | -£329,000 | |
| Cash | £15,391,000 | £8,566,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,731,000 | £31,577,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,681,000 | £21,394,000 | |
| Equity | £21,681,000 | £21,394,000 | |
| Average employees | 131 | 157 | |
| Wages | £4,627,000 | £6,425,000 |
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 | -20.0% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | -14.7% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.8% | 2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.9% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.83x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | -2.52x | 0.79x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering the Company's strong cash position, the comprehensive risk management strategies in place, and the ability to adjust the pace of acquisitions if required, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SOFTWARE CIRCLE PLC · parent
- Nettl Systems Limited 100%
- Software Circle Management Limited 100%
- Printing.com (UK Franchise) Limited 100%
- Nettl UK Limited 100%
- Grafenia Systems Limited 100%
- Grafenia Technology Limited 100%
- TemplateCloud Limited 100%
- W3P Limited 100%
- Vertical Plus Limited 100%
- Care Management Systems Limited 100%
- Watermark Technologies Limited 100%
- Arc Technology Limited 100%
- Be The Brand Experience Limited 100%
- Topfloor Systems Limited 100%
- Nettl of America LLC 100%
- Link Maker Systems Limited 100%
- Total Drive Software Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2025, one of the Group's operating units fell victim to an authorised push payment fraud which resulted in £426,770 being inadvertently sent from its bank account. The incident was identified shortly after the transaction was made and, with the help of the banks involved, all funds were subsequently recovered.”
- “On 2 April 2024, the Company announced the sale of the printing.com domain to JAL Equity Corp for £1,772,000.”
- “During the year, the Group secured new debt facilities totalling £16.7m with Shawbrook Bank. This included a £6.7m 5-year Term Loan Facility... drawn and utilised to settle the remaining bearer bonds, and a £10.0m committed facility...”
- “Acquisitions of Be The Brand Experience Ltd, Link Maker Systems Ltd and Total Drive Ltd were completed.”
- “Our first ever Software Circle Summit - delivered in March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIGHTFOOT, Richard Alan | Secretary | 2015-10-06 | — | — |
| BARRELL, Simon Gregory | Director | 2018-06-25 | Feb 1959 | British |
| BROWN, Iain Stewart | Director | 2020-01-09 | Mar 1987 | British |
| COCKERILL, Gavin Graham | Director | 2018-01-23 | Sep 1978 | British |
| LIGHTFOOT, Richard Alan | Director | 2018-01-23 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MAURER, Marc Kay | Director | 2024-09-18 | May 1976 | Swiss |
| ORMSBY, Bradley Leonard | Director | 2024-09-18 | Feb 1976 | British |
| RIECHERT, Matthias Siegfried | Director | 2022-10-31 | May 1973 | German |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Peter Fergusson | Secretary | 2000-07-03 | 2001-03-19 |
| ROBERTS, Alan Quine | Secretary | 2004-05-18 | 2015-10-06 |
| HALLIWELLS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-04-28 | 2000-07-03 |
| HL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2004-05-18 |
| BEGUN, Pavel | Director | 2012-11-26 | 2017-07-28 |
| BONA, Conrad Christian | Director | 2015-10-06 | 2024-09-18 |
| DECKART, Christian Helmut, Dr | Director | 2012-06-22 | 2013-07-19 |
| GUNNING, Peter Robert | Director | 2001-06-06 | 2022-05-18 |
| HARDIE, Reginald George | Director | 2000-07-07 | 2012-07-20 |
| MOHR, Jan-Hendrik Markus | Director | 2016-03-15 | 2024-09-18 |
| RAFFERTY, Anthony | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2015-10-06 |
| ROBERTS, Alan Quine | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2018-06-26 |
| SCHEFFER, Hans | Director | 2010-11-05 | 2012-08-10 |
| WHEATLEY, Leslie Alan | Director | 2000-09-05 | 2016-08-15 |
| HALLIWELLS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-28 | 2000-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Günter Frank Fischer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-08-20 | Active |
| Mrs Julia Edeltraut Fischer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-08-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+13%
£16,165,000 £18,274,000
-
Cash
-44.3%
£15,391,000 £8,566,000
-
Net assets
-1.3%
£21,681,000 £21,394,000
-
Employees
+19.8%
131 157
-
Operating profit
+121.8%
-£3,225,000 £704,000
-
Profit before tax
+80.7%
-£3,481,000 -£671,000
-
Wages
+38.9%
£4,627,000 £6,425,000
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