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Sphere Research

Sphere Research is a business software developer based in Edinburgh, incorporated in Scotland in 2016 (SC552214).

What they do

“Welcome to Sphere Research. SPHERE is a research network advancing patient care through collaborative HEMS, ambulance and academic research.”

In its own words, on sphereresearch.co.uk

Ayeoh Overview

Sphere Research is a business software developer based in Edinburgh. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 8 Dec 2016 as company SC552214. (Companies House) Its website says: “Welcome to Sphere Research. SPHERE is a research network advancing patient care through collaborative HEMS, ambulance and academic research.” (sphereresearch.co.uk)

Companies House lists 4 active officers, among them David Benedict Cazalet (director, since Aug 2019), Keith Miller (director, since Sep 2021) and Alvaro Leonardo Bolivar Rojas (director, since Mar 2022). (Companies House, profile card) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Dec 2025, show 4 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Financials

Net liabilities
£3.3m (31 Dec 2025), up from £1.2m a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand
£316k (31 Dec 2025), up 21% on £261k a year earlier
Employees
4 on average (31 Dec 2025), unchanged on a year earlier (4)

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2025

Next accounts due 30 Sep 2027.

2 charges 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 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-£3.3m£316k4
31 Dec 2024-£1.2m£261k4

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. 15 Jun 2026directorAndrew Robert Abramson appointed Director
  2. 31 Dec 2025accountsAccounts year end
  3. 31 Dec 2024accountsAccounts year end
  4. 23 Mar 2022directorAlvaro Leonardo Bolivar Rojas appointed Director
  5. 30 Sep 2021directorKeith Miller appointed Director
  6. 22 Aug 2019directorDavid Benedict Cazalet appointed Director
  7. 8 Dec 2016incorporatedSphere Research incorporated as SC552214

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 64 of 100; not yet held: three years of accounts, turnover, news coverage, funding rounds.

Licence: free to read and cite with a link to ayeoh.io; bulk, API or commercial reuse needs an ayeoh licence. Cite as: ayeoh.io, “Sphere Research”, ayeoh.io/c/sphere-research, accessed 5 Nov 2026.

How it compares

  • Net liabilities £3.3m: 4,481st of 4,488 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Cash £316k: 178th of 1,755 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Employees 4 on average: joint 495th of 4,779 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Incorporated 8 Dec 2016: joint 3,520th of 11,935 software firms, oldest first.
  • Net liabilities £3.3m: 1,015th of 1,016 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Cash £316k: 55th of 395 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Employees 4 on average: joint 130th of 1,070 edinburgh software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
  • Incorporated 8 Dec 2016: 753rd of 2,895 edinburgh 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.

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