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CIPHR LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 04616229
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2002-12-12
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62090
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Source Shaper Limited · API-first, cloud payroll technology
- Avantus Business Solutions Limited · provider of benefits technology
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the Directors were pleased to complete the acquisition of Source Shaper Limited, which has brought an API-first, cloud payroll technology to the Group.”
- “In November 2024, the Directors were pleased to complete the acquisition of Avantus Business Solutions Limited, a provider of benefits technology.”
- “During the year a significant technology re-platforming exercise was commenced, including but not limited to a migration from a private cloud environment to a public cloud environment, alongside enhancements to the core underlying offering and the development of an analytics platform. The analytics platform was launched to market in Q1 2025.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Raymond Phillip | Director | 2021-09-01 | Jul 1977 | British |
| LEWIS, Sion David | Director | 2023-02-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Christopher Graham | Secretary | 2002-12-12 | 2016-11-08 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-12-12 | 2002-12-12 |
| BERRY, Christopher Graham | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2023-02-01 |
| BURNS, David James | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| CARWARDINE, Andrew Victor | Director | 2019-01-28 | 2019-04-15 |
| ELLISON, Tracy | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| OEHLERS, Allan James | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2022-12-31 |
| SCOTT, Graeme Nicholas | Director | 2016-11-08 | 2021-08-26 |
| WATSHAM, Peter David | Director | 2002-12-12 | 2016-05-18 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-12-12 | 2002-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciphr Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-05-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-06-04 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-02-27 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-02-21 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2023-11-09 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-02-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-02-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-11-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-11-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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