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CANONICAL GROUP LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 06870835
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2009-04-06
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 62012
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Director has considered the potential risks to financial performance and modelled a variety of scenarios over the going concern period. Based on these scenarios, the Director is satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements and is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due. Accordingly, the Director continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Canonical China Ltd · 100% held · China · software development
- Canonical Canada Limited · 100% held · Canada · software development
- Canonical USA Inc · 100% held · USA · software development
- Canonical UK Limited · 100% held · UK · software development
- Canonical Japan KK · 100% held · Japan · software development
- Canonical Brasil Servicos de Software Ltda · 100% held · Brazil · software development
- Canonical Support Services Ireland Ltd · 100% held · Ireland · software development
Significant events
- “This year marked the 20th anniversary of Canonical and Ubuntu and the publishing of the latest long term support release: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.”
- “Canonical invested in the Ubuntu Pro product in an effort to expand benefits for customers.”
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 · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAGONI, Lydia | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | — | — |
| FRENCH, Neil Robert | Director | 2017-06-07 | Apr 1964 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLLERHEAD, Katherine | Secretary | 2016-05-01 | 2024-02-28 |
| STANDARD BANK OFFSHORE TRUST COMPANY JERSEY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-05-02 | 2016-05-01 |
| STANDARD BANK TRUST COMPANY (ISLE OF MAN) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-07-13 | 2013-05-02 |
| TEMPLE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-04-06 | 2009-07-15 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Mark Richard | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2010-03-26 |
| SILBER, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2017-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-12-13 | Ceased 2019-12-13 |
| Canonical Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-13 |
| Ms Jane Elizabeth Silber | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-07 |
| Mark Richard Shuttleworth | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-29 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-02-28 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2023-05-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-03-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2023-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2023-02-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-02-03 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2021-06-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2020-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2020-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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