SWORD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
+62.6% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£1.4M
-11.7% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£249K
-2.1% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,117,030 | £1,588,926 | £2,621,587 | £2,281,835 | £2,426,611 | £2,939,130 | +21.1% | |
| Operating profit | £617,025 | -£85,226 | -£38,665 | £88,377 | -£239,293 | -£240,300 | -0.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £616,559 | -£86,732 | £21,106 | £1,442,345 | -£244,306 | -£249,409 | -2.1% | |
| Net profit | £505,344 | -£96,032 | £58,172 | £1,432,751 | -£182,975 | -£186,755 | -2.1% | |
| Cash | £551,389 | £177,957 | £465,326 | £366,118 | £655,968 | £1,066,329 | +62.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £839,637 | £645,810 | £339,717 | — | £1,589,493 | £1,402,738 | -11.7% | |
| Net assets | £377,577 | £281,545 | £339,717 | £1,772,468 | £1,589,493 | £1,402,738 | -11.7% | |
| Equity | £377,577 | £281,545 | £339,717 | £1,772,468 | £1,589,493 | £1,402,738 | -11.7% | |
| Average employees | 7 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £718,174 | £511,641 | £1,295,316 | £115,791 | £560,568 | £678,107 | +21% | |
| 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 29.1% | -5.4% | -1.5% | 3.9% | -9.9% | -8.2% | |
| Net margin | 23.9% | -6.0% | 2.2% | 62.8% | -7.5% | -6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 73.5% | -13.2% | -11.4% | — | -15.1% | -17.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 45.5% | 55.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.82x | 2.17x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | — | -56.59x | -1.87x | 1.14x | -5.61x | -8.24x |
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
- SWORD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2011-03-11 → present
- SWORD NEWCO 2 LIMITED 2011-01-13 → 2011-03-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Sword Group will continue to support the financing requirements of Sword Technology Solutions Limited in order to fulfil its role in the group and as such, having made enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SWORD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Sword Global (India) Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “From April 2023 the company solely operates to provide IT services to the group and no longer provides consultancy services to non-group entities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCHE, Philippe Roger Paul | Director | 2025-07-06 | May 1974 | Belgian |
| MORETON, Kevin | Director | 2024-06-10 | Feb 1977 | British |
| MOTTARD, Jacques Francois | Director | 2011-01-13 | Apr 1952 | French |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORGATE, Philip Neil | Secretary | 2011-01-13 | 2012-09-30 |
| ALLEN, Stuart Antony | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2018-10-18 |
| FILLOT, Francoise Marie | Director | 2011-02-10 | 2013-02-28 |
| GOOSSE, Frederic | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2025-07-06 |
| NORGATE, Phil | Director | 2019-09-03 | 2024-06-30 |
| NORGATE, Philip Neil | Director | 2011-01-13 | 2012-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sword Soft Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-02-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-19 | RPCH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-11 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.