NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+174.6% vs 2020
Net assets
£7M
+92.2% vs 2020
Employees
109
+4.8% vs 2020
Profit before tax
£1M
-10.2% vs 2020
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern... Notwithstanding the company's current net asset position of £12.4M, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is unlikely to continue trading within 12 months from the date of signing. Thus, the directors have decided to adopt a basis other than going concern in preparing the annual report and accounts.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED 2006-04-20 → present
- SCANSOFT UK LIMITED 2003-10-01 → 2006-04-20
- SPEECHWORKS UK LIMITED 2000-10-10 → 2003-10-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2021-09-30
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-09-30; financial figures currently reflect up to 2021-09-30.
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,016,740 | £18,105,469 | |
| Operating profit | £1,317,028 | £1,197,843 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,291,009 | £1,159,843 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £1,117,771 | £3,069,621 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,419,302 | £7,335,748 | |
| Net assets | £3,760,302 | £7,227,748 | |
| Equity | £3,760,302 | £7,227,748 | |
| Average employees | 104 | 109 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.6% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.5% | 16.3% | |
| Interest cover | 50.62x | 31.52x |
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
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern... Notwithstanding the company's current net asset position of £12.4M, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is unlikely to continue trading within 12 months from the date of signing. Thus, the directors have decided to adopt a basis other than going concern in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-11-09 | — | — |
| CURTIS, Caroline, Emea | Director | 2012-06-30 | Dec 1963 | Irish |
| KIVIAT, Leigh Anne | Director | 2026-01-16 | Apr 1976 | American |
| ORNDORFF, Benjamin Owen | Director | 2022-11-09 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Stephen Lawrence | Secretary | 2000-10-10 | 2001-02-28 |
| ANTHIERENS, Jan Louis Cornelius | Secretary | 2005-04-20 | 2012-06-30 |
| CURTIS, Caroline, Emea | Secretary | 2012-06-30 | 2022-11-09 |
| PATTERSON, Stuart Ross | Secretary | 2002-08-16 | 2002-09-06 |
| SEYEN, Kris Frans Rene | Secretary | 2003-10-27 | 2005-02-14 |
| SHIRNIA, Ali | Secretary | 2002-09-06 | 2003-10-27 |
| THOMSON, William Craig | Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2002-08-16 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-10 |
| ADAMS, Stephen Lawrence | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2001-02-28 |
| ANTHIERENS, Jan Louis Cornelius | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2012-06-30 |
| BEAUDOIN, Tom | Director | 2009-10-27 | 2009-10-27 |
| BOWDEN II, Adam Bruce | Director | 2014-11-25 | 2018-02-13 |
| CARROLL, George David | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2022-09-13 |
| DOLLIVER, Keith Ranger | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2026-01-16 |
| DUCHENE, Todd | Director | 2012-06-30 | 2014-09-17 |
| GROSS, Howard Alan | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2002-09-06 |
| HAUSER, Peter | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2007-10-25 |
| KEHOE, Anne Marie | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2022-11-09 |
| MILLER, Steve | Director | 2007-10-24 | 2009-10-27 |
| PATTERSON, Stuart Ross | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2004-06-21 |
| SEYEN, Kris Frans Rene | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2005-02-14 |
| THOMSON, William Craig | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2002-09-17 |
| WESTELMAN, Richard | Director | 2000-10-10 | 2003-08-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-10 |
| THOMAS LINWOOD BEAUDOIN | Corporate Director | 2009-10-27 | 2009-10-27 |
| TOM BEAUDOIN | Corporate Director | 2009-10-27 | 2015-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2022-03-03 | Active |
| Nuance Communications Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-05 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2020 → FY2021 · period ending 2021-09-30 vs 2020-09-30
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Turnover
-9.5%
£20,016,740 £18,105,469
-
Cash
+174.6%
£1,117,771 £3,069,621
-
Net assets
+92.2%
£3,760,302 £7,227,748
-
Employees
+4.8%
104 109
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Operating profit
-9%
£1,317,028 £1,197,843
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Profit before tax
-10.2%
£1,291,009 £1,159,843
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