DISCUS SYSTEMS PLC
Company number 03449736 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Discus Systems PLC presents as a financially stable, long-established IT consultancy with strong liquidity (£248,934 cash) and consistent positive net assets (£252,260), though revenue and profitability are difficult to assess due to the company's use of small company filing exemptions that suppress the P&L account. The primary risks relate to concentrated family control under a single PSC, lack of independent governance despite PLC status, and limited visibility into current trading performance. Overall, the company presents a low solvency and liquidity risk profile, but prospective investors should request full management accounts and clarify the strategic rationale for maintaining PLC status before proceeding.
Shareholders' funds
£202,260
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be the supply of computer hardware, computer software and maintenance services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-10-14
- Employees
- 5 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- DISCUS SYSTEMS PLC, Patrick Farm Barns, Meriden Road Hampton-In-Arden, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 0LT
- Postcode
- B92 0LT
- Capital
- 50,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-07
- Next due by
- 2027-10-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62020 Information technology consultancy activities
Officers 4 current · 11 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7568924 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- discus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0099453392, 01675 430080, 059100740
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Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ST JOHNS COURT, ST JOHNS STREET, LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE, WS14 9DS | 2011-12-20 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 2,036 similar companies in B
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (5 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1997.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 169 among information technology consultancy activities in Birmingham.
The class of 1997
28%
of the 2,144 companies in this sector incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 71% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.