SAGE PEOPLE LIMITED
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Cash
£493K
+14.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£17M
+25.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
85
-15% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6.3M
-7.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,147,000 | £31,384,000 | £30,829,000 | -1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,835,000 | £8,237,000 | £7,144,000 | -13.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £536,000 | £6,746,000 | £6,252,000 | -7.3% | |
| Net profit | £536,000 | £7,270,000 | £5,853,000 | -19.5% | |
| Cash | £1,316,000 | £432,000 | £493,000 | +14.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£30,518,000 | -£23,114,000 | -£17,129,000 | +25.9% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 129 | 100 | 85 | -15% | |
| Wages | £10,744,000 | £8,764,000 | £7,667,000 | -12.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 26.2% | 23.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 23.2% | 19.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 269.7% | 226.6% | 205.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.37x | 0.42x | |
| Interest cover | 1.36x | 5.37x | 8.01x |
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
- SAGE PEOPLE LIMITED 2017-06-06 → present
- FAIRSAIL LIMITED 2007-04-20 → 2017-06-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SAGE PEOPLE LIMITED · parent
- Sage People, Inc. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROY, Mohor | Secretary | 2019-03-01 | — | — |
| BENSCH, Pieter | Director | 2025-05-19 | Mar 1968 | British |
| EWEN, Christopher | Director | 2020-03-12 | Jun 1987 | British |
| KIRKUP, Jonathan | Director | 2020-10-23 | Aug 1981 | British |
| PARRY, Mark | Director | 2022-06-27 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Patricia Hamilton, Dr | Secretary | 2007-04-20 | 2007-07-19 |
| CRAIG, Miranda | Secretary | 2017-03-17 | 2019-03-01 |
| HARBER, Nicholas Edward | Secretary | 2014-01-16 | 2017-03-17 |
| HUGHES, Helen Anne | Secretary | 2007-07-19 | 2014-01-16 |
| BRADIN, Victoria Louise | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2022-06-27 |
| COOPER, Colin Ivan | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2017-03-17 |
| DE GREEF, Erik Martin | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2018-06-29 |
| ETTLING, Michael Ernest | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2014-03-04 |
| GARNETT, Stephen, Dr | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2017-03-17 |
| GILL, Sabby | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2020-09-30 |
| GRANT, Peter Kenneth | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2012-02-03 |
| HALE, Adam Christopher | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2017-03-17 |
| HARBER, Nicholas Edward | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2017-03-17 |
| KELLY, Stephen Paul | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2012-10-16 |
| LAING, Alan Wallace | Director | 2017-01-27 | 2017-03-17 |
| LIEPE, John-Henry Fredrik | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2019-04-04 |
| LLOYD, Geoffrey James Rhodri | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2017-03-17 |
| MCDONOUGH, Julia Elizabeth | Director | 2019-04-04 | 2020-03-01 |
| ROLLS, Sarah Jane | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2020-09-30 |
| SCOTT, Nicholas | Director | 2010-12-01 | 2015-03-12 |
| SOLANAS RUIZ, Santiago | Director | 2016-05-04 | 2017-01-27 |
| STRUTHERS, Paul | Director | 2020-10-23 | 2025-05-16 |
| TILNEY, John Martin | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2016-04-02 |
| TILNEY, John Martin | Director | 2007-06-18 | 2012-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-02-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.