PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Cash
£25M
+11.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.9M
+22.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
508
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£22M
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £685,381,000 | £848,162,000 | £1,017,189,000 | +19.9% | |
| Operating profit | £12,562,000 | £15,061,000 | £17,880,000 | +18.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £15,063,000 | £19,004,000 | £21,558,000 | +13.4% | |
| Net profit | £11,744,000 | £13,919,000 | £15,992,000 | +14.9% | |
| Cash | £22,042,000 | £22,610,000 | £25,146,000 | +11.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,711,000 | £8,742,000 | £10,743,000 | +22.9% | |
| Net assets | £6,945,000 | £8,114,000 | £9,906,000 | +22.1% | |
| Equity | £6,945,000 | £8,114,000 | £9,906,000 | +22.1% | |
| Average employees | 403 | 448 | 508 | +13.4% | |
| Wages | £23,011,000 | £26,783,000 | £31,169,000 | +16.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £810,000 | £1,069,000 | £1,170,000 | +9.4% |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | 2026-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 162.9% | 172.3% | 166.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.0% | 95.1% | 94.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.04x | 1.05x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED 1990-11-19 → present
- RECALLNOTION LIMITED 1990-10-15 → 1990-11-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
- License Dashboard Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 March 2026, Bytes Technology Group plc (BTG), the Company's ultimate parent company, announced that from July 2026, the BTG Group will further align its go-to-market approach, with the Company becoming focused on the public sector only, meaning that the public sector business (customers and certain staff) of Bytes Software Services Limited (BSS), another company under the 100% ownership of BTG, is being transferred into the Company.”
- “In May 2026 BTG extended its Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) by three years to 17 May 2029. The Company has provided a guarantee against the RCF which all entities within the BTG Group have access to (see note 22(c) of the Annual Report and Accounts for BTG for the year ended 28 February 2026).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GROENEWALD, Willem Karel | Secretary | 2021-12-01 | — | — |
| EMMS, Paul David | Director | 2014-11-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| GOODRICK, Peter John | Director | 2025-01-10 | Jan 1982 | British |
| MARTIN, Keith Victor | Director | 2024-03-01 | Oct 1973 | British |
| METCALFE, Clare Lucy | Director | 2018-01-16 | Sep 1968 | British |
| MUDD, Samantha Jayne | Director | 2009-07-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| TAYLOR, Craig Michael | Director | 2024-11-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLE LAMB, Lisa Jane | Secretary | 2000-12-15 | 2007-09-25 |
| MARSHALL, Suzanne Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 2000-12-15 |
| MARSHALL-FORSYTH, Suzanne Elizabeth | Secretary | 2007-09-25 | 2017-09-28 |
| COLE, Lisa Jane | Director | 1999-07-22 | 2007-09-25 |
| DENNING, Roland John | Director | 2003-10-07 | 2008-10-31 |
| DRINKALL, Janet Sandra | Director | — | 2000-12-15 |
| ELLIS, Jonathan Simon | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-10-23 |
| FORSYTH, John Ewan | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2017-09-28 |
| GILLETT, Richard Mark | Director | 1999-07-22 | 2009-07-01 |
| GOLDSBOROUGH, Darren Adrian | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| MARSHALL-FORSYTH, Suzanne Elizabeth | Director | — | 2017-09-28 |
| MURPHY, Neil Robert | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2024-02-21 |
| NYATI, Mteto | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2021-01-06 |
| RICHARDSON, Keith Alan | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2021-11-30 |
| RIPPON, Simon | Director | 2022-01-11 | 2024-12-31 |
| VENTER, Robert Eben | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2019-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bytes Technology Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-24 | Active |
| Blenheim Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-24 |
| Mrs Suzanne Elizabeth Marshall-Forsyth | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr John Ewan Forsyth | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.