SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC

Active
Company number 02136901Public limited companyIncorporated 1987

Key figures

£24,450,000+1.4%
Net assets 2025/26
+1.4%
Average annual growth 2024/25–2025/26
010 m20 m30 m2024/252025/26

† SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 77330

Where the company stands among the 385 active companies whose first SIC code is 77330 (Renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers)).

Net assets£24,450,000
Higher than 98% · median £33,235
Total assets£52,488,000
Higher than 96% · median £131,514
Cash£2,821,000
Higher than 99% · median £45,694
Employees469
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age39.4 years
Older than 93% · median 13.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. XEROX FINANCE LIMITED£253.7m
  2. RICOH CAPITAL LIMITED£65.4m
  3. CSI LEASING UK LIMITED£33.1m
  4. SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC£24.5m
  5. IBM UNITED KINGDOM ASSET LEASING LIMITED£21.3m
  6. ANGLOTECH GROUP LIMITED£8.6m
  7. KEEL LEASING LIMITED£8.3m
  8. JOHN LING & SON LIMITED£6m
  9. SOUTHBANK ASSET FINANCE LIMITED£5.6m
  10. ZAHRA LIMITED£4.7m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 385. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC

What kind of company is it?

SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02136901. It was incorporated on 3 Jun 1987. Its status is active. The registered office is in Leeds (LS11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is renting and leasing of office machinery and equipment (including computers) (77330).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £874,000. Net assets were £24,450,000, up 1.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,821,000. Total assets were £52,488,000 and total liabilities £16,726,000. The company had an average of 469 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 385 active companies whose first SIC code is 77330: By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £33,235). By total assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £131,514). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £45,694). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 93% of them (median age 13.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 33 public contract award notices from 25 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £5.3m. Its most frequent buyer is CBG Buying (2 contracts). 19 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £30.1k, from Department for Work and Pensions.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, furniture and lighting. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 17.8% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 6 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Profit for the year1,080,000874,000
Cash at bank and in hand3,795,0002,821,000
Total assets52,279,00052,488,000
Total liabilities15,835,00016,726,000
Net assets / total equity24,116,00024,450,000
Average number of employees483469

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

33 contracts

SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC is named as a supplier in 33 public contract award notices from 25 public sector buyers since 2016. The 11 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £5.3m. 19 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers25
CBG Buying
2 contracts
Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC)
2 contracts
Kent County Council (t/a KCS)
2 contracts
Kent County Council (t/a Procurement Services)
2 contracts
NEUPC Ltd
2 contracts
Contracts
  1. The Provision of Multifunctional Print Devices and Associated Digital Transformation SolutionsDudley Metropolitan Borough Council · £500,000
  2. Multi Functional Devices and Digital SolutionsKent County Council (t/a Procurement Services) · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £600,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Jun 2030
  3. Supply and Delivery of Education and Office Furniture‡Scotland Excel · shared by 17 suppliers, up to £32,000,000 in total · 7 lots
  4. Supply & Delivery of Loose Furniture‡Dumfries and Galloway Council · £430,873
  5. CA15183 - Multifunctional Devices and Associated Products and Services Including Print and Design Services‡Crescent Purchasing Consortium Limited · shared by 27 suppliers, up to £18,750,000 in total · runs until Apr 2028
Show 28 more
  1. Multifunctional Devices and Associated Products & Services‡Waythrough · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £300,000,000 in total
  2. MFD's (Multi-Functional Devices) Calico Reference FCP054THE CALICO GROUP LIMITED · £94,561
  3. Multifunctional Devices (MFDs / Printers)Swale Borough Council · £54,163 · runs until Mar 2030
  4. CA14075 - Multifunctional Print Devices and Associated Digital Transformation Solutions Framework‡University of Essex · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £45,454,545 in total · runs until Sep 2027
  5. Multifunctional Print Devices and Associated Digital Transformation Solutions Framework‡University of Essex · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £500,000,000 in total
  6. Supply of Audio-Visual Solutions‡Kent County Council (T/A Procurement Services) · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £1 in total
  7. Supply of Multi-Functional Devices‡Flagship Housing Group · £50,000 · runs until Aug 2029
  8. CA13138 - Multifunctional Devices and Associated Digital Solutions Framework‡CBG Buying · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £14,285,715 in total
  9. Multifunctional Devices and Associated Digital Solutions Framework‡CBG Buying · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total
  10. Photocopier and Printing Services 2023BROADACRES HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD · £65,000 · runs until Sep 2028
  11. CA10745 - Loxford School Trust - Mini Competition Invitation for Print Services‡Loxford Trust · £928,689
  12. Y20031 - Supply of Multi-Functional Devices and Digital Solutions‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS Procurement Services) · 2 lots
  13. Supply, Delivery & Installation of Education & Office Furniture‡Scotland Excel · shared by 14 suppliers, up to £32,000,000 in total · 6 lots
  14. CA7747 - Multifunctional Devices and Digital Transformation Solutions Framework‡Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) · shared by 13 suppliers, up to £23,000,000 in total
  15. Multifunctional Devices and Digital Transformation Solutions Framework‡Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £440,000,000 in total · 2 lots
  16. Extension of Framework Agreement Y17035 - Supply of Multi-Functional Devices & Document Solutions, Digital Duplicators, Print Room & Managed Print Services.‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS) · 3 lots
  17. National Education Printer Agreement 2 (Nepa 2)‡NEUPC Ltd · shared by 20 suppliers, up to £80,000,000 in total
  18. Supply, Delivery & Installation of Education Furniture‡East Ayrshire Council · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total · 5 lots
  19. Servers for 5G Test Bed‡Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · shared by 20 suppliers, up to £13,000,000 in total
  20. ICT Framework‡Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · shared by 9 suppliers
  21. Supply of Audio Visual Solutions‡Kent County Council (t/a KCS) · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £100,000,000 in total
  22. CA5607 - South Devon College - Further Competition under Framework Y17035. MFD and Print room Equipment‡South Devon College · £53,090
  23. Multi-Functional Devices Tender‡Transport Systems Catapult
  24. Provision of a Managed Print Service‡University of Bath · £2,700,000
  25. Provision of Multifunctional Devices & Document Solutions - Lot 1‡OXFORD CITY COUNCIL · £245,000
  26. Multifunctional Devices and Associated Print Services and Supplies‡Northern Procurement Group Limited · shared by 21 suppliers, up to £1,235,000,000 in total
  27. Broadacres Printing Services 2016‡Broadacres Housing Association · £130,000
  28. National Education Printer Agreement (Provision of print equipment and managed print services) - AWARD‡NEUPC Ltd · shared by 13 suppliers

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

2 grants

SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLC is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £30.1k.

Grants
  1. SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLCDepartment for Work and Pensions · £24,102 · Kickstart Scheme
  2. SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLCDepartment for Work and Pensions · £6,000 · Kickstart Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 17.8% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 16.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 73.7% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter50.4% womenLower middle17.9% womenUpper middle13% womenUpper pay quarter16.4% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 17% lower
women 17.7% lower
2023/24
women 19% lower
women 19% lower
2022/23
women 24% lower
women 19% lower
2021/22
women 20% lower
women 18% lower
2020/21
women 19% lower
women 20% lower
2019/20
women 26% lower
women 26% lower
2018/19
women 23% lower
women 25% lower
2017/18
women 27.4% lower
women 29.2% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements5
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SHARP ELECTRONICS (EUROPE) LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SHARP ELECTRONICS (EUROPE) LIMITED)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SHARP ELECTRONICS (EUROPE) LIMITED)
Earlier years (2)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SHARP ELECTRONICS (EUROPE) LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (SHARP ELECTRONICS (EUROPE) LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, furniture and lighting, optical, medical and measuring instruments and miscellaneous metal articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 8 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £24.5m, 469 employees
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £24.1m, 483 employees
  3. Sharp Electronics Europe Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to SHARP BUSINESS SYSTEMS UK PLCPreviously IOT PLC
  5. Name changed to IOT PLCPreviously INTEGRATED OFFICE TECHNOLOGY PLC
  6. Company incorporatedPublic limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.