MICRO FOCUS SITULA HOLDING LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-24 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-10
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 SITULA HOLDING LTD 2019-05-30 → present
- ENTCO SITULA HOLDING LTD 2017-01-05 → 2019-05-30
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is in a net current liability position, a parental letter of support has been obtained from Open Text Corporation confirming its commitment and ability to provide adequate financial support, directly or indirectly, either in the form of a contribution, of a loan, or by providing another form of support to the Company for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- MICRO FOCUS SITULA HOLDING LTD · parent
- Entco Sinope Holding B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “The Company paid a dividend of $2,560,309,000 and received a dividend of $2,548,535,000 from its subsidiary company, Entco Sinope Holding B.V.”
- “An impairment of $2,354,048,000 was recorded in the financial statements on the investment held in Entco Sinope Holding B.V.”
- “On 26 September 2024, the Company underwent a capital reduction to convert all its share premium to distributable reserves.”
- “A $17,586,000 loan portion, combined with $1,611,000 in accumulated interest, was used to settle a $19,197,000 liability owed to Micro Focus IP Development Limited.”
- “The remaining $10,414,000 loan balance, along with $955,000 in interest, was transferred to Seattle SpinCo, Inc., as part of a $2,560,309,000 dividend distributed on 8 October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 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 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHISHOLM, Candice Tiffany | Secretary | 2023-01-16 | 2023-01-30 |
| ASHLEY, Matthew Edward | Director | 2021-10-29 | 2023-01-31 |
| EBREY, Robert Mark | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2021-10-31 |
| GREEN, Rupert Michael Henry | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2023-01-31 |
| HAMANI-SAMAAN, Miral | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2017-08-04 |
| PARR, Sam Oliver | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2019-01-28 |
| SMITHARD, Jane Caroline Grantham | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2022-06-30 |
| VAN DER GOORBERGH, Bas | Director | 2017-01-05 | 2017-08-04 |
| YELLAND, Christopher Henry | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2019-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro Focus (Us) Holdings | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-01 | Active |
| Micro Focus Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-31 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Micro Focus International Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-01 | Ceased 2017-10-31 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-05 | Ceased 2017-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-10 | 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 | |
| 2023-03-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- 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