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Layer Systems

Layer Systems is a business software developer based in Glasgow, incorporated in Scotland in 2010 (SC379219).

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Layer Systems is a business software developer based in Glasgow. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 26 May 2010 as company SC379219. It was earlier called EXCHANGELAW (468) LIMITED. (Companies House)

Companies House lists 2 active officers, among them Michelle Livingstone (director, since Jul 2010) and Nicholas Kewney (director, since Jan 2011). (Companies House, profile card) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 May 2026, show 14 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Financials

Net liabilities
£360k (31 May 2026), down from £563k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand
£169k (31 May 2026), up 56% on £109k a year earlier
Employees
14 on average (31 May 2026), unchanged on a year earlier (14)

Net assets at year ends 2025 to 2026

Next accounts due 29 Feb 2028.

1 charge registered at Companies House as outstanding: security over the company's assets for borrowing or another obligation, per the 1 Oct 2026 register snapshot. See the charges

From the accounts made up to 31 May 2026, 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 May 2026-£360k£169k14
31 May 2025-£563k£109k14

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 May 2026accountsAccounts year end
  2. 31 May 2025accountsAccounts year end
  3. 18 Jan 2011directorNicholas Kewney appointed Director
  4. 21 Jul 2010directorMichelle Livingstone appointed Director
  5. 26 May 2010incorporatedLayer Systems incorporated as SC379219

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Record completeness 52 of 100; not yet held: website, logo, three years of accounts, turnover.

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How it compares

  • Net liabilities £360k: 4,450th of 4,488 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Cash £169k: 281st of 1,755 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Employees 14 on average: joint 164th of 4,779 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Incorporated 26 May 2010: joint 1,671st of 11,935 software firms, oldest first.
  • Net liabilities £360k: 1,141st of 1,152 glasgow software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Cash £169k: 79th of 449 glasgow software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Employees 14 on average: joint 40th of 1,205 glasgow software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Incorporated 26 May 2010: joint 363rd of 3,296 glasgow software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-05. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.

On the record

Licensed to sponsor visas (Skilled Worker)

Home Office sponsor register

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 May 2026

12 Aug 2026 · Companies House

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

9 Sep 2025 · Companies House

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

11 Sep 2024 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 May 2023

21 Jul 2023 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 May 2022

26 Sep 2022 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 May 2021

21 Feb 2022 · Companies House

Total exemption full accounts filed for the year to 31 May 2020

31 May 2021 · Companies House

Incorporated at Companies House

26 May 2010 · Companies House

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