Sword Charteris Limited
Registered name: SWORD CHARTERIS LIMITED
Part of Sword Group Se groupSword Charteris Limited made £0 revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Sword Charteris Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.3m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Sword Soft Limited”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£1.7m | −£282k | −£213k | −£257k |
| Profit before tax | £9.4m | £5.5m | £1.1m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £9.6m | £5.6m | £1.2m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.6m | £5.6m | £1.2m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.1% | ▼77.6% | ▲240.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £102k | £159k | £310k | £13.3k |
| Net assets | £11.4m | £17m | £18.3m | £22.5m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.3m | £511k | £685k |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.2m | £201k | £672k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲23%
- Now £22.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼96%
- Now £13.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sword Group Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sword Soft Limited75–100%
- Sword Charteris Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Sword IT Solutions LimitedRev. £88.8m · Profit £5m
- Iacs Consulting LtdRev. £4m · Profit £615k
- Idelta LimitedRev. £518k · Profit £193k
- Phusion Im LimitedRev. £275k · Profit −£53.2k
- Aaa Group LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£71k
- Ping Network Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Virga Group LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Sword Technology Solutions LimitedRev. £2.9m · Profit −£187k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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