MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE HOLDINGS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-14 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-31
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE HOLDINGS LTD 2019-08-22 → present
- NOVELL UK SOFTWARE LIMITED 2014-11-20 → 2019-08-22
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- MICRO FOCUS SOFTWARE HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Micro Focus Global Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2024, the Company undertook a capital reduction of $1,317,331,000 by cancelling all sums standing to the credit of its share premium account. On 1 October 2024, the Company paid a dividend totalling $1,991,313,000 to its immediate parent, Novell Software International Limited. This dividend was distributed in specie (as assets rather than cash) and consisted of the following four loan receivables”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAIDA, Christian | Director | 2023-01-31 | Jan 1966 | British |
| WILKINSON, Mark Kenneth | Director | 2023-01-31 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHISHOLM, Candice Tiffany | Secretary | 2022-12-14 | 2023-01-30 |
| RATSEY, Helen Maria | Secretary | 2022-02-10 | 2022-12-02 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | Secretary | 2014-11-20 | 2022-02-10 |
| CURTIS, Darren Mark | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2023-01-31 |
| NORTON, Graham Howard | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2021-05-04 |
| UPMANYU, Dilip Kumar | Director | 2014-11-20 | 2015-07-31 |
| WHERITY, Paul Andrew | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2023-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro Focus Software (Ip) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-30 | Active |
| Micro Focus Mhc Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-04-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-10-01 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-01 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-01 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2024-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one