Register entry · No. SC154934
API SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Last filed accounts
Net liabilities of £5,902,473: it owed more than it owned.
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Charges
2 outstanding: a lender holds security over its assets and is paid first if it fails.
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Company status
Active.
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Accounts on time
Next due 31 Oct 2027.
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Confirmation statement on time
Next due 29 Dec 2026.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 8 current officers checked are disqualified.
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Directors
7 current directors; 1 left in the last 12 months.
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Trading history
Incorporated 15 Dec 1994 (31 years ago).
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Name changes
Never renamed.
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Registered office
THE GARMENT FACTORY, 10 MONTROSE STREET, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, G1 1RE
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Nature of business
- 62020 Information technology consultancy activities
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Accounts
- Next due
- 31 Oct 2027
- Last made up to
- 31 Jan 2026
- Type
- GROUP
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 29 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 15 Dec 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 2
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- 4
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- API SOFTWARE LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 Jan 2026 | not published | £-1,237,454 | £6,910,234 | £-5,902,473 | 180 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | not published | £-1,274,476 | £4,143,481 | £-4,323,640 | — |
| 31 Jan 2024 | — | £-2,759,427 | £1,833,326 | £-3,045,418 | 155 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | £13,252,726 | £-1,668,519 | £1,063,081 | £-285,996 | 137 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | £10,804,518 | £-707,191 | £2,470,279 | £1,382,522 | 102 |
| 31 Jan 2021 | £9,041,854 | £544,292 | £2,899,082 | £2,169,760 | 82 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
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People
Officers All 16, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Gordon McHarg Systems And Software Engineer | Director | 15 Dec 1994 | — | August 1967 | British · United Kingdom |
| Andrew Peter Davison Fund Manager | Director | 25 Feb 2021 | — | August 1967 | British · Scotland |
| Kenneth Bain Chief Financial Officer | Director | 25 Feb 2021 | — | July 1973 | British · United Kingdom |
| Karen Slatford Company Director | Director | 25 Oct 2021 | — | September 1956 | British · England |
| Jeremy Byron Roche Company Director | Director | 25 Oct 2021 | — | January 1965 | British · England |
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | 1 Dec 2021 | — | — | British |
| Taylor Rampton Private Equity Investor | Director | 16 Jul 2024 | — | August 1994 | British · United Kingdom |
| Michael John Garrett | Director | 13 Oct 2026 | — | February 1971 | British · England |
Owners and controllers All 5, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Api Software Holdings Limited company · Sc896237 · United Kingdom | Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent; Right to appoint and remove directors | 17 Jul 2026 | — | — |
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Is API SOFTWARE LIMITED still trading?
The register shows API SOFTWARE LIMITED as active.
What does API SOFTWARE LIMITED do?
It files the industry code 62020 (Information technology consultancy activities).
When was API SOFTWARE LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 15 December 1994.
When are API SOFTWARE LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 31 October 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 January 2026.
When is API SOFTWARE LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
By 29 December 2026.
Who runs API SOFTWARE LIMITED?
API SOFTWARE LIMITED has 7 current directors and 1 other current officer. They're listed under People on this page.
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