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Exception

Exception is a business software developer based in Edinburgh, incorporated in Scotland in 2002 (SC239401).

What they do

“Exception helps ambitious organisations turn AI into measurable business outcomes. UK-based, senior delivery teams. Book a 30-minute AI strategy call.”

In its own words, on exceptionuk.com

Financials

Net assets
£647k (31 Dec 2025), down 13% on £747k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand
£18.9k (31 Dec 2025), down 92% on £249k a year earlier
Total equity
£747k (31 Dec 2024)
Employees
7 on average (31 Dec 2025), down 77% on 30 a year earlier

Net assets at year ends 2023 to 2025

Next accounts due 30 Sep 2027.

From the accounts made up to 31 Dec 2025, small-company accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year endNet assetsCashStaff
31 Dec 2025£647k£18.9k7
31 Dec 2024£747k£249k30
31 Dec 2023£823k£110k48

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

  1. 31 Dec 2025accountsAccounts year end
  2. 31 Dec 2024accountsAccounts year end
  3. 31 Dec 2023accountsAccounts year end
  4. 21 Jul 2022directorAlasdair James Hendry appointed Director
  5. 11 Nov 2002incorporatedException incorporated as SC239401

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Record completeness 72 of 100; not yet held: turnover, news coverage, funding rounds, grants.

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On the record

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2025

3 Aug 2026 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2024

26 Nov 2025 · Companies House

3 directors resigned

21 Mar 2025 · Companies House

Won a public contract from South Yorkshire Police: IT Service Review - Independent Peer Review and Support (£16k)

31 Oct 2024 · Find a Tender

Full accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2023

8 Oct 2024 · Companies House

Full accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2022

24 Aug 2023 · Companies House

Small company accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2021

28 Sep 2022 · Companies House

A director appointed

21 Jul 2022 · Companies House

Small company accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2020

5 Oct 2021 · Companies House

Small company accounts filed for the year to 31 December 2019

7 Dec 2020 · Companies House

Incorporated at Companies House

11 Nov 2002 · Companies House

Clients named by Exception

Nuclear Restoration Services · Scottish Prison Service

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