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SWORD SOFT LIMITED
Cash
£56K
+116.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£69M
+1.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+150.2% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 06124324
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2007-02-22
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62090
Net assets
6-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £38,701 | £12,579,197 | £3,127,459 | £94,539,909 | -£179,948 | £1,109,867 | |
| Profit before tax | £70,134 | £12,819,717 | £3,312,685 | £94,744,365 | £467,406 | £1,169,544 | |
| Net profit | £30,143 | £12,907,302 | £3,181,668 | £94,841,790 | £371,840 | £986,890 | |
| Cash | £2,881,869 | £92,284 | £239,268 | £145,415 | £25,789 | £55,854 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £40,310,925 | £41,213,652 | £44,395,320 | £67,699,043 | £68,070,883 | £69,057,773 | |
| Equity | £40,310,925 | £41,213,652 | £44,395,320 | £67,699,043 | £68,070,883 | £69,057,773 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As such, having made enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- AAA Group Limited · 100% held · Scotland · investment holding company
- Sword Charteris Limited · 97% held · England and Wales · investment holding company
- Sword Middle East FZ-LLC · 76% held · UAE · software and IT consultancy
- Sword Technology Solutions Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · software and IT consultancy
- Aberdeen Appointments Agency Limited · 100% held · Scotland · recruitment agency
- DataCo Netherlands B.V. · 97% held · Netherlands · software and IT consultancy
- IACS Consulting Limited · 97% held · Scotland · software and IT consultancy
- Infinity Resources International Limited · 97% held · Scotland · software and IT consultancy
- Onsite Information Management PTY Ltd · 97% held · Australia · software and IT consultancy
- Phusion IM Limited · 97% held · England · software and IT consultancy
- Ping Network Solutions Limited · 97% held · Scotland · software and IT consultancy
- Sword Global (India) Private Limited · 100% held · India · software and IT consultancy
- Sword IT Arabia Ltd · 97% held · Saudi Arabia · software and IT consultancy
- Sword ITS LLC · 97% held · USA · software and IT consultancy
- Sword IT Solutions Limited · 99.5% held · England · software and IT consultancy
Significant events
- “The company performed well during periods of economic uncertainty due to external geo political and environmental factors, the business has been robust and the financial performance of the underlying assets held by the company has remained strong.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHE, Philippe Roger Paul | Director | 2025-07-06 | May 1974 | Belgian |
| MOTTARD, Jacques Francois | Director | 2007-04-13 | Apr 1952 | French |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORGATE, Philip Neil | Secretary | 2007-04-13 | 2012-09-30 |
| TALL, Richard Edward | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | 2008-04-08 |
| TLT SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-02-22 | 2007-04-13 |
| ALLEN, Stuart Antony | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2018-10-18 |
| DAVIES, Heath John | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2010-12-31 |
| FILLOT, Francoise Marie | Director | 2007-10-22 | 2013-02-28 |
| GOOSSE, Frederic | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2025-07-06 |
| HOLLAND, Tony | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2009-07-10 |
| NORGATE, Philip Neil | Director | 2007-04-13 | 2012-09-30 |
| TLT DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-02-22 | 2007-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword Group Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-06-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 85 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-08-01 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-06-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2022-06-20 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-08-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2019-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2019-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory