MEDIUS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£939K
+53.2% vs 2021
Net assets
£9M
+34.2% vs 2021
Employees
106
+2.9% vs 2021
Profit before tax
£2M
+30.7% vs 2021
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MEDIUS SOFTWARE LIMITED 2020-11-20 → present
- WAX DIGITAL LIMITED 2001-07-20 → 2020-11-20
- BROOMCO (2555) LIMITED 2001-05-21 → 2001-07-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2022-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2022-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,733,159 | £13,028,674 | |
| Operating profit | £1,610,224 | £2,098,450 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,598,504 | £2,088,792 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £612,786 | £938,914 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,695,345 | £8,784,137 | |
| Net assets | £6,408,054 | £8,599,569 | |
| Equity | £6,408,054 | £8,599,569 | |
| Average employees | 103 | 106 | |
| 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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.0% | 16.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.0% | 23.9% | |
| Interest cover | 137.39x | 217.28x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The board is satisfied it has sufficient cash resources to meet its obligations as they fall due and the board has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence with at least twelve months from the date of signing financial statements For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements”
Significant events
- “The principal activity of the company is the development and sale of procurement software as a service.”
- “The company continued to invest in both direct sales and partner relationships with additional product investment to support this drive.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VON BISMARCK-SCHÖNHAUSEN, Konstantin Ludwig-Otto Graf | Director | 2020-01-10 | Jan 1987 | German |
| WILMOT, Christopher John | Director | 2025-09-12 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2002-01-22 | 2012-05-01 |
| ELLIS, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2001-06-14 | 2001-07-09 |
| FINN, Andrew Patrick | Secretary | 2012-05-01 | 2018-10-05 |
| KAY, Jonathan | Secretary | 2018-10-06 | 2020-01-10 |
| OLDHAM, Stephen | Secretary | 2001-07-09 | 2002-01-11 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-05-21 | 2001-06-14 |
| BALL, Daniel | Director | 2001-06-14 | 2020-01-10 |
| BOWES, Michael Antony, Dr | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2015-11-17 |
| BOYCE, Gary James | Director | 2006-04-25 | 2015-11-17 |
| BROWN, Emma Louise | Director | 2023-12-20 | 2024-08-01 |
| ELLIS, Paul Anthony | Director | 2001-06-14 | 2025-07-22 |
| FINN, Andrew Patrick | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2018-10-05 |
| FOHLIN, Anders | Director | 2020-01-10 | 2023-12-20 |
| HAMMARBERG, Erik | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2025-09-12 |
| KAY, Jonathan Walton | Director | 2018-10-06 | 2020-01-10 |
| MCDOWELL, Philip John | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2015-11-17 |
| MCDOWELL, Roger Steven | Director | 2001-06-19 | 2003-06-30 |
| SMITH, Christopher | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2020-01-10 |
| DLA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-05-21 | 2001-06-14 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-05-21 | 2001-06-14 |
| NOVA GENERAL PARTNER (GUERNSEY) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-05-20 | 2015-11-17 |
| SPRINGBOARD VENTURE MANAGERS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-11-16 | 2008-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-12-31 vs 2021-12-31
-
Turnover
+21.4%
£10,733,159 £13,028,674
-
Cash
+53.2%
£612,786 £938,914
-
Net assets
+34.2%
£6,408,054 £8,599,569
-
Employees
+2.9%
103 106
-
Operating profit
+30.3%
£1,610,224 £2,098,450
-
Profit before tax
+30.7%
£1,598,504 £2,088,792
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