COMPUTER APPLICATION SERVICES LIMITED

Company number SC102278 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£342,032

Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the Company during the financial year continued to be that of development, maintenance and commercial licencing of computer software.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1986-12-12
Employees
34 (2026 accounts · was 36 in 2025)
Registered office
3/2 Quantum Court, Heriot-Watt Research Park South, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH14 4AP
Postcode
EH14 4AP
Capital
3 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2026-03-31
Next due by
2027-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-21
Next due by
2027-09-04
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 62012 Business and domestic software development
  • 62020 Information technology consultancy activities

Officers 5 current · 16 resigned

Subscribers only Secretary
Subscribers only Appointed 2026-10-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2025-08-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2019-10-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2014-01-16
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2013-10-16

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Group structure

Controlled by CAPITAL FOR COLLEAGUES PLC — since 2023-06-30

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 6

£723,564 total awarded value where published.

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7187308 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
HERIOT-WATT COMPUTER APPLICATION SERVICES LIMITED1997-08-12
DUNWILCO (36) LIMITED1987-02-17

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
MERCURY HOUSE, RESEARCH AVENUE NORTH, HERIOT-WATT RESEARCH PARK, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN,, EH14 4AP2016-10-28
ORIGO CENTRE, RESEARCH AVENUE NORTH, HERIOT WATT RESEARCH PARK, RICCARTON, EDINBURGH, EH14 4AP1998-11-06
25 CHARLOTTE STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 4EZ1987-03-18

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 678 similar companies in EH

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (34 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1986.

Competitors Edinburgh

This company ranks 61 among business and domestic software development in Edinburgh.

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The class of 1986

50%

of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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