CREST SOFTWARE LIMITED
Company number 02533074 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Crest Software Limited is a 34-year-old boutique software and consultancy firm that has achieved financial stability through conservative management—debt-free with £97k in cash—but now faces a strategic inflection point. The 29% decline in net assets year-on-year, combined with a decade of stagnant growth, signals a business that has plateaued under its current model and ownership structure. To unlock value, the company must decide between aggressive reinvestment of its cash reserves into scalable offerings or accept its position as a lifestyle business with limited growth trajectory. The governance complexity of three significant controllers with only two directors adds execution risk to any strategic pivot.
Shareholders' funds
£102,337
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-08-21
- Employees
- 8 (2025 accounts · was 9 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Waverley House, 115-119 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, England, BH8 8DY
- Postcode
- BH8 8DY
- Capital
- 205 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-21
- Next due by
- 2027-09-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62012 Business and domestic software development
- 62020 Information technology consultancy activities
Officers 2 current · 5 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB860480 (Tier 1), registered since 2025.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- crestsoftware.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LEACH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LIMITED | 2001-01-09 |
| EARTHTEC (UK) LIMITED | 1993-05-04 |
| R. RUTHERFORD & CO. LIMITED | 1990-11-22 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PARLEY COURT, PARLEY GREEN LANE HURN, CHRISTCHURCH, DORSET BH23 6BB | 2007-11-06 |
| UNIT 1 FOREST GATE, PEWSHAM, CHIPPENHAM, WILTSHIRE SN15 3RS | 2007-10-22 |
| CLEVELAND HOUSE, SYDNEY ROAD, BATH, BA2 6NR | 2001-11-27 |
| 15 QUEEN SQUARE, BATH, AVON, BA1 1EG | 1996-03-19 |
| 87 VICTORIA STREET, ST ALBANS, HERTS, AL1 3XX | 1990-11-27 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 623 similar companies in BH
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (8 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1990.
Competitors Bournemouth
This company ranks 92 among business and domestic software development in Bournemouth.
The class of 1990
50%
of the 20,399 companies incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2007-07-18
- Where
- Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT353107 | Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole | Leasehold | 2007-07-18 | — |
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