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Secret Orange

Secret Orange is a business software developer based in Glasgow, incorporated in Scotland in 2005 (SC278713).

What they do

“Independent technology advice for established B2B SaaS companies. Making the hard technology decisions, including where AI genuinely adds value, and staying involved to see them through.”

In its own words, on secretorange.co.uk

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Secret Orange is a business software developer based in Glasgow. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 20 Jan 2005 as company SC278713. (Companies House) Its website says: “Independent technology advice for established B2B SaaS companies. Making the hard technology decisions, including where AI genuinely adds value, and staying involved to see them through.” (secretorange.co.uk)

Companies House lists 2 active officers, among them Lee Russell Gunn (director, since Jan 2005) and Carol Anne Carleton Gunn (secretary, since Jan 2005). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “An open source licensing cheat sheet”, from 28 Jul 2026. (Latest from Secret Orange, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Jan 2026, show 1 employee on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Latest from Secret Orange

An open source licensing cheat sheet

28 Jul 2026, from secretorange.co.uk, posted by the company

OAuth

14 Apr 2026, from secretorange.co.uk, posted by the company

SAML vs OAuth

14 Apr 2026, from secretorange.co.uk, posted by the company

Financials

Net assets: £59.4k (31 Jan 2026), up 47% on £40.4k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand: £82.3k (31 Jan 2026), up 54% on £53.3k a year earlier
Employees: 1 on average (31 Jan 2026), unchanged on a year earlier (1)

Net assets at year ends 2025 to 2026

Next accounts due 31 Oct 2027.

From the accounts made up to 31 Jan 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 end	Net assets	Cash	Staff
31 Jan 2026	£59.4k	£82.3k	1
31 Jan 2025	£40.4k	£53.3k	1
31 Jan 2024		£57.8k	-1

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

28 Jul 2026from the companyAn open source licensing cheat sheet
14 Apr 2026from the companyOAuth
14 Apr 2026from the companySAML vs OAuth
31 Jan 2026accountsAccounts year end
31 Jan 2025accountsAccounts year end
31 Jan 2024accountsAccounts year end
20 Jan 2005directorLee Russell Gunn appointed Director
20 Jan 2005directorCarol Anne Carleton Gunn appointed Secretary
20 Jan 2005incorporatedSecret Orange incorporated as SC278713

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

Use this data

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Record completeness 68 of 100; not yet held: logo, turnover, news coverage, funding rounds.

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How it compares

Net assets £59.4k: 817th of 4,216 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £82.3k: 355th of 1,605 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 1 on average: joint 1,573rd of 4,480 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 20 Jan 2005: 713th of 8,995 software firms, oldest first.
Net assets £59.4k: 219th of 1,078 glasgow software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £82.3k: 92nd of 407 glasgow software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 1 on average: joint 384th of 1,124 glasgow software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 20 Jan 2005: 148th of 2,472 glasgow software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-09. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.

Clients named by Secret Orange

BBC · BP · Channel 4 · GSK · Shell · SSE

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