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API SOFTWARE LIMITED
Cash
£4M
+121.5% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4M
-33.3% vs 2024
Employees
161
+3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-01-31
Profile
- Company number
- SC154934
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1994-12-15
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-01-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 62020
Net assets
7-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-31 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£2,342,281 | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,668,519 | -£2,759,427 | -£1,013,310 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £1,063,081 | £1,833,326 | £4,060,403 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | -£238,165 | £824,582 | -£1,695,040 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | -£285,996 | -£3,045,418 | -£4,058,728 | |
| Equity | £1,955,649 | £1,925,468 | £2,169,760 | £1,382,522 | -£285,996 | -£3,045,418 | -£4,058,728 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 137 | 155 | 161 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £8,301,083 | — | £11,765,776 |
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
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The current year results show a loss for the financial year of £1.3 million (2024 - £2.8 million loss) and a net current liabilities position of £2.3 million as at 31 January 2025 (2024 - £0.5 million net current assets). The directors have confidence that the group and parent company have sufficient cash reserves and forecasted resources to continue to trade for at least 12 months from the date of the authorisation of these financial statements. In making this assessment, the directors have prepared detailed cash flow projections through to January 2027. The group and parent company expect to continue with positive cash generation and to return to sustainable profitability in the financial year to 31 January 2026. Furthermore, a four-year £3 million loan facility was obtained in July 2023, which further strengthened the group and parent company's cash position. To date, the group has drawn down £2m of the facility and does not expect to utilise the remaining £1m of the facility. Based on the above factors, the directors are satisfied that it remains appropriate for the group and parent company to prepare their financial statements on a going concern basis. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- API Software Inc · 100% held · United States of America
Significant events
- “The group opened a new office in North America during the year, to support its growing US customer base.”
- “the group has recently launched AutoRek Mion, its groundbreaking data management and reconciliation platform specifically designed to handle cryptocurrency and digital asset operations by processing up to 20 cigits before and 18 after the decimal point to deliver accuracy and scale for our customers.”
- “The group agreed a new 4-year Financing Facility for £3m in July 2023, to support the above investments as required. To date, the group has drawn down £2m of the facility and does not expect to utilise the remaining £1m of the facility as it will have sufficient cash reserves to reach profitability and positive cash generation as outlined above.”
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
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-12-01 | — | — |
| BAIN, Kenneth | Director | 2021-02-25 | Jul 1973 | British |
| DAVISON, Andrew Peter | Director | 2021-02-25 | Aug 1967 | British |
| LIVESEY, Chris | Director | 2023-11-01 | May 1969 | British |
| MCHARG, Gordon | Director | 1994-12-15 | Aug 1967 | British |
| RAMPTON, Taylor | Director | 2024-07-16 | Aug 1994 | British |
| ROCHE, Jeremy Byron | Director | 2021-10-25 | Jan 1965 | British |
| SLATFORD, Karen | Director | 2021-10-25 | Sep 1956 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCHARG, Gordon | Secretary | 1994-12-15 | 2021-12-01 |
| REID, Brian | Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-15 | 1994-12-15 |
| CONROY, Angus Mark | Director | 2021-02-25 | 2024-02-29 |
| MABBOTT, Stephen | Nominee Director | 1994-12-15 | 1994-12-15 |
| MOROSI, Steven | Director | 1994-12-15 | 2021-02-25 |
| MUIR, James Anderson | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2014-08-08 |
| URQUHART, George | Director | 1994-12-15 | 2021-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep V Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-25 | Active |
| Mr Steven Morosi | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-25 |
| Mr Gordon Mcharg | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-25 |
| Mr George Urquhart | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-07-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-07-15 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2025-07-10 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2025-07-08 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2025-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-07-08 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2025-07-08 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2025-06-05 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-04-16 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-11-05 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-09-24 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2024-09-06 | SH10 | capital | capital variation of rights attached to shares |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-06 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2024-09-05 | SH08 | capital | capital name of class of shares |
| 2024-09-05 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2024-09-05 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2024-09-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
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