PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2M
+72.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
125
-12.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£451K
-27.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,912,001 | £13,995,697 | £13,993,960 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | £1,066,855 | £626,357 | £453,243 | -27.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,066,855 | £624,729 | £450,928 | -27.8% | |
| Net profit | £771,665 | £462,933 | £304,823 | -34.2% | |
| Cash | £2,191,900 | £1,250,264 | £2,161,334 | +72.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,394,523 | £4,793,900 | £5,244,828 | +9.4% | |
| Net assets | £4,250,025 | £4,712,958 | £5,017,781 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £4,250,025 | £4,712,958 | £5,017,781 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 143 | 125 | -12.6% | |
| Wages | £7,755,724 | £8,272,615 | £7,640,326 | -7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £749,897 | £719,726 | £842,230 | +17% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 4.5% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 3.3% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.3% | 13.1% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 49.5% | 50.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.02x | 1.04x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED 1991-01-16 → present
- BERKELEY SOFTWARE LIMITED 1990-01-11 → 1991-01-16
- RAPID 9262 LIMITED 1989-11-10 → 1990-01-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given current macro-economic uncertainty, the Board have performed some sensitivity analysis on our forecasts and are satisfied that we have appropriate financial headroom to be satisfied that these accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PHOEBUS SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
- Phoebus Financial Software Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company continues to win significant new business with three new customers secured in the year, across both the specialist lending and Building Society markets.”
- “Another five key clients signed long-term contract extensions to further cement already long-standing partnerships.”
- “The strategic imperative to upgrade existing clients onto the core platform, which will drive a significant increase in recurring revenues and deliver operational efficiencies. This programme of work was started in FY25 and will continue over the course of FY26 and FY27.”
- “In the current climate, cyber security remains a significant risk for most businesses across the UK. To mitigate against this risk the business has now obtained, and in FY25 maintained, SOC2 accreditation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, David Mark | Secretary | 2025-06-02 | — | — |
| JONES, David Mark | Director | 2019-11-18 | Aug 1973 | British |
| OLDFIELD, Adam | Director | 2025-06-02 | Mar 1979 | British |
| PIKE, Richard Andrew | Director | 2013-03-01 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDEN, David | Secretary | 1992-04-30 | 1997-04-25 |
| FIELDEN, David | Secretary | — | 1996-06-14 |
| HUNT, Paul | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2025-06-02 |
| LINTONBON, Robert James | Secretary | 1997-04-25 | 2007-12-31 |
| STEENE, David Anthony | Secretary | 1996-06-14 | 1996-06-14 |
| BELLIS, Peter | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2008-10-20 |
| BRAND, Martin Henry Samuel | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| BYFORD, Charles William | Director | — | 1997-04-25 |
| DYKE, Neil Alan | Director | 2017-12-13 | 2025-04-13 |
| EPSTEIN, Gerald | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1997-04-25 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Jonah | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| GROSSER, Robert | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| HUNT, David Paul | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2025-06-02 |
| JOHNSON, Alec David | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| LINTONBON, Robert James | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2019-06-17 |
| LINTONBON, Robert James | Director | 1993-02-10 | 1996-06-14 |
| MIDDLETON, Andrew James | Director | 1997-04-25 | 2013-01-29 |
| PAGE, Keith John | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2011-09-12 |
| PATENT, Robert | Director | 1996-06-15 | 1996-06-15 |
| PONTEFRACT, Peter Rutherford | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| ROGERS, Keith Malcolm | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2019-06-17 |
| STEENE, David Anthony | Director | 1996-06-14 | 1997-04-25 |
| WOODALL, Michael Alan | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| WOOLARD, Arthur Frederick | Director | 2007-09-19 | 2013-02-11 |
| WRIGHT, Adam Joseph | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2016-05-17 |
| YOUNG, Martin Henry | Director | — | 1996-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebus Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.