SPHERA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£915K
+69.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+6% vs 2023
Employees
180
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+124.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SPHERA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED 2018-12-21 → present
- RIVO SOFTWARE LIMITED 2002-07-09 → 2018-12-21
- DAWEPORT LIMITED 2001-09-14 → 2002-07-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,044,000 | £21,476,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,127,000 | £1,012,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,127,000 | £1,012,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,727,000 | £587,000 | |
| Cash | £541,000 | £915,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,234,000 | £17,365,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,729,000 | £10,316,000 | |
| Equity | £9,729,000 | £10,316,000 | |
| Average employees | 175 | 180 | |
| Wages | £11,903,000 | £12,424,000 |
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 | -24.2% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | -21.9% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -25.4% | 5.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.42x | 11.02x |
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
“The company is dependent for its working capital on funds provided to it by Sphera Solutions Inc. Sphera Solutions Inc and Spark Topco Inc have provided Sphera UK Limited with an undertaking that for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, they will continue to make available such funds as are needed by the companies and in particular will not seek repayment of the amounts currently made available until the companies are in a position to do so.”
Group structure
- SPHERA SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED · parent
- Sphera Australia PTY Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover for the year increased to £21,476,000 which was due to higher income from our parent entity (2023: £17,044,000).”
- “EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2024 increased to £3,638,000 (2023: loss of £94,000).”
- “Our trade debtors has decreased by £1,120,000, which is largely the result of lower balance due from our customers as the ageing has improved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-06-05 | — | — |
| MARUSHKA, Paul John | Director | 2017-04-05 | Aug 1968 | American |
| PIEPER, James Vincent | Director | 2021-11-10 | Dec 1966 | American |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUCKHOUSE, Matthew | Secretary | 2002-06-21 | 2013-06-14 |
| HEPTINSTALL, Julia Suzanne | Secretary | 2002-01-18 | 2002-06-21 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-09-14 | 2002-01-18 |
| VP SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-04-10 | 2023-12-01 |
| BAXTER, Kenneth | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2013-12-20 |
| BULLIVANT, Peter Turville | Director | 2014-03-11 | 2017-04-05 |
| CAMPBELL, Karl | Director | 2016-01-11 | 2017-04-05 |
| DALE, Emmalene Nicole | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2013-06-14 |
| DUCKHOUSE, Matthew | Director | 2002-06-21 | 2013-06-14 |
| ELIAS, Michael Stafford | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2017-04-05 |
| HEBEL, Davor | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2017-04-05 |
| HEPTINSTALL, Julia Suzanne | Director | 2002-01-18 | 2002-06-21 |
| HOGUE, Robert Bruce | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-09-13 |
| HOOK, Simon Leigh | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2013-06-14 |
| HOOK, Zakia | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2013-06-14 |
| HUSK, Steven Charles | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2014-12-24 |
| MERRIMAN, Christopher Peter | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2013-06-14 |
| MILLER, Geoffrey Ian | Director | 2017-04-05 | 2018-08-01 |
| NOBLET, Christopher John, Mr. | Director | 2014-12-09 | 2016-03-17 |
| SAYER, Eric Thomas | Director | 2002-01-18 | 2002-09-12 |
| ZIDEL, Hillel Louis | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2017-04-05 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-09-14 | 2002-01-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sphera Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+26%
£17,044,000 £21,476,000
-
Cash
+69.1%
£541,000 £915,000
-
Net assets
+6%
£9,729,000 £10,316,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
175 180
-
Operating profit
+124.5%
-£4,127,000 £1,012,000
-
Profit before tax
+124.5%
-£4,127,000 £1,012,000
-
Wages
+4.4%
£11,903,000 £12,424,000
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