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Cash

£47M

+67.8% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£42M

+8.7% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

771

+10.8% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£47M

-15.3% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28

Metric Trend 2024-02-292025-02-282026-02-28 Δ vs prior
Turnover £1,115,443,000£1,230,754,000£1,293,724,000 +5.1%
Operating profit £44,773,000£51,691,000£43,976,000 -14.9%
Profit before tax £47,055,000£54,964,000£46,558,000 -15.3%
Net profit £35,939,000£40,508,000£34,325,000 -15.3%
Cash £26,364,000£27,977,000£46,940,000 +67.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £35,548,000£40,522,000£45,380,000 +12%
Net assets £34,177,000£38,435,000£41,760,000 +8.7%
Equity £34,177,000£38,435,000£41,760,000 +8.7%
Average employees 619696771 +10.8%
Wages £46,704,000£50,691,000£55,172,000 +8.8%
Directors' remuneration £1,148,000£1,228,000£1,140,000 -7.2%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2024-02-292025-02-282026-02-28
Operating margin 4.0%4.2%3.4%
Net margin 3.2%3.3%2.7%
Return on capital employed 126.0%127.6%96.9%
Current ratio 1.16x1.13x1.13x

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.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED 2009-03-02 → present
  2. BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED 1997-10-16 → 2009-03-02
  3. BYTES COMPUTERS LTD 1994-09-29 → 1997-10-16
  4. BYTES COMPUTER SUPPLIES LIMITED 1982-02-25 → 1994-09-29

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At 28 February 2026, the Company held instantly accessible cash and cash equivalents of £46.9 million, with net current assets of £26.4 million and net assets of £41.8 million. Operating profit for the year ended 28 February 2026 was £44.0 million. Post year end the Company has remained cash positive and this is expected to remain the case with continued profitable operations in the future and customer receipts collected ahead of making the associated supplier payments. The Company has obtained a parental letter of support from its ultimate parent company, Bytes Technology Group plc ("BTG" or the "Group") which covers the going concern period through to 31 August 2027. The letter confirms that the Group will support the Company in meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available within the Company to meet such liabilities. Management has assessed the ability of BTG to provide such support should it be required and has a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors are confident that the Group had adequate resources in place to continue in operational existence from the date of approval of the financial statement through to 31 August 2027. Under all scenarios assessed, the Group would remain cash positive throughout the whole of the going concern period with no requirement to call upon the revolving credit facility and remaining compliant with the bank facility covenants. Therefore, the combined impact of the above downside sensitivities and mitigating actions indicates that the Group will have sufficient funds to enable it to operate within its available facilities and settle its liabilities as they fall due during the going concern assessment period in a reasonable worst-case scenario. As a result of the above considerations, the Company considers that the Group has adequate resources in place from the date of the approval of these financial statements to provide support if required until the end of the going concern period and have therefore adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
    1. Bytes Technology Group Holdings Limited 100% · Dormant
    2. Bytes Technology Training Limited 100% · Dormant

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 29 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GROENEWALD, Willem Karel Secretary 2021-12-01
EMMS, Paul David Director 2021-12-01 Feb 1967 British
HOLDEN, Andrew John Director 2026-03-10 Jan 1967 South African,British
MUDD, Samantha Jayne Director 2024-03-08 Apr 1969 British
RAWLE, David Director 2020-07-01 Mar 1976 British
SEXTON, Tina Elizabeth Director 2021-12-01 Sep 1971 British
Show 29 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
COOKE, Stuart Piers Secretary 1993-04-29
FROHLICH, Caroline Secretary 1993-04-29 1998-03-10
LANE, Melanie Jane Secretary 1998-03-10 2008-09-22
SEXTON, Tina Elizabeth Secretary 2008-09-22 2021-11-30
BECK, John De La Harpe Director 1998-12-03 2000-02-07
COOKE, Stuart Piers Director 1993-04-29
FLYNN, Mark Director 1999-09-24 2000-08-31
FROHLICH, David Oliver Shaun Director 2000-08-31
GILBERTSON, John Director 2020-07-01 2021-04-30
GRIGGS, Robert James Director 2000-07-19 2003-02-20
HALL, Timothy James Slade Director 1997-06-02 2000-09-29
HAZEL, Richard Mark Director 2001-09-04 2002-10-03
HOGG, Glenda Director 1999-07-13 2000-07-04
JACOBS, Charles Director 2000-06-13 2000-07-19
MAW, David Nicholas Director 2006-04-03 2010-03-29
MAW, David Nicholas Director 2000-11-23 2003-02-20
MURPHY, Neil Robert Director 1997-09-30 2024-02-21
NICHOLSON, Amanda Jane Director 2010-03-29 2025-03-01
NYATI, Mteto Director 2019-09-20 2021-01-06
OGNALL, Simon Charles Peter Director 1997-06-02 2000-08-31
REDSHAW, Philip David Director 2000-02-23 2011-07-16
RICHARDSON, Keith Alan Director 1997-01-15 2021-11-30
RISTOWITZ, Peter Russell Director 2003-02-20 2010-03-29
ROCHUSSEN, Gavin Mark Director 2000-02-23 2003-02-20
SPENCE, Darren Director 2008-03-31 2014-04-30
VENTER, Robert Eben Director 2011-10-10 2019-09-20
VIRDI, Satpaul Director 2001-02-22 2008-10-06
WATSON, Jack Matthew Director 2020-07-01 2026-03-05
WITTS, Jonathan Courtney Director 1997-05-01 1997-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Keith Alan Richardson Individual Significant influence 2016-06-28 Ceased 2020-10-27
Neil Robert Murphy Individual Significant influence 2016-06-28 Ceased 2020-10-27
Bytes Technology Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 220 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-06-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-06-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-03-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-03-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-10-31 AD03 address Move registers to sail company with new address PDF
2024-10-31 AD02 address Change sail address company with new address PDF
2024-09-20 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-07-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-11 RP04PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Second filing notification of a person with significant control
2022-07-11 RP04PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Second filing cessation of a person with significant control
2022-07-11 RP04PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Second filing cessation of a person with significant control

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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