DUCK CREEK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-89.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£103M
+6% vs 2023
Employees
51
-5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,950,834 | — | £6,781,139 | — | £13,951,939 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£12,841,133 | — | -£12,316,809 | — | -£10,234,830 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,794,124 | — | -£6,015,345 | — | -£4,184,827 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£6,794,124 | — | -£6,015,345 | — | -£4,184,827 | — | -£10,779,091 | — | -£30,233,728 | £5,833,605 | |
| Cash | £585,904 | — | £4,126,872 | — | £5,297,884 | — | £33,030,386 | — | £25,218,310 | £2,576,705 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £148,747,760 | — | £142,771,654 | — | £139,242,268 | — | £202,858,064 | — | £172,613,014 | £156,946,619 | |
| Net assets | £148,679,232 | — | £142,670,039 | — | £138,491,360 | — | £127,858,064 | — | £97,613,014 | £103,446,619 | |
| Equity | £148,679,232 | £148,679,232 | £142,670,039 | £142,670,039 | £138,491,360 | £138,491,361 | £127,858,064 | £127,858,064 | £97,613,014 | £103,446,619 | |
| Average employees | 22 | — | 26 | — | 31 | — | 32 | — | 54 | 51 | |
| Wages | £2,414,276 | — | £2,965,331 | — | £3,661,484 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -215.8% | — | -181.6% | — | -73.4% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net margin | -114.2% | — | -88.7% | — | -30.0% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.6% | — | -8.6% | — | -7.4% | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Interest cover | -8086.36x | — | -72880.53x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Nortons Assurance Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has obtained a letter of support from Disco Topco, Inc. its parent company. The directors of Disco Topco, Inc. have provided a commitment to provide any financial support which may be neccessary in order that the Company can meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. As a result of the above the directors of the Company have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DUCK CREEK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED · parent
- Duck Creek Technologies Pty Ltd 100%
- Duck Creek Technologies Spain, SL 100%
- Duck Creek Technologies India LLP 100%
- Effisoft SAS 100%
- Prima Solutions Belgium SA 100%
- IMburse Ltd. 100%
- IMburse AG 100%
- IMburse Unipessoal Lda. 100%
- GIE Renovation 50%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to year-end, the Company completed the liquidation of one of its wholly-owned subsidiary - Effisoft UK Limited. In respect of another such subsidiary - Imburse Ltd, a strike-off application has been filed, and the Company is in the process of being struck off as of the date of this report. These actions form part of the Group's ongoing efforts to streamline its corporate structure.”
- “On 30 March 2023, the Company's parent company, Duck Creek Technologies, Inc., was acquired by Vista Equity Partners at which point the shares of Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. ceased to be listed on the Nasdaq.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLOSKEY, Christopher Edward | Director | 2023-07-19 | Sep 1975 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FETHERSTON-DILKE, Timothy Hugh | Director | 2016-04-14 | 2016-08-01 |
| FOSTER, Matthew Robert | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2022-03-03 |
| HAIRE, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2016-04-14 | 2016-08-01 |
| JACKOWSKI, Michael Anthony | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2025-10-13 |
| VAN BIERT JR., Eugene Curtiss | Director | 2022-03-30 | 2023-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frederick Smith | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-30 | Active |
| Duck Creek Technologies, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-18 | Ceased 2023-03-30 |
| Andrew Guille | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-31 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
| Simon Cresswell | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
| Mrs Jacqueline Mary Le Maitre Ward | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2020-08-18 |
| David Staples | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2018-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-28 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-10-29 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-89.8%
£25,218,310 £2,576,705
-
Net assets
+6%
£97,613,014 £103,446,619
-
Employees
-5.6%
54 51
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers