{"name":"SQW LIMITED","company_number":"01701564","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1983-02-22","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Oxford Centre For Innovation Blue Boar Court, 9 Alfred Street, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 4EH","postcode":"OX1 4EH","sic_codes":[{"code":70229,"description":"Management consultancy activities other than financial management"}],"principal_activity":"The principal acitivity of the Company is the provision of economic and social development consultancy services.","previous_names":[{"name":"SEGAL QUINCE WICKSTEED LIMITED","changed_on":"2001-01-03"},{"name":"SEGAL QUINCE & ASSOCIATES LIMITED","changed_on":"1989-02-17"},{"name":"CORTUNAIR LIMITED","changed_on":"1983-08-10"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-31","next_due":"2027-12-31"},"employees":{"count":56,"accounts_date":"2026-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2026-03-31","turnover":4753272,"profit_loss":-45454,"net_assets":3037361,"cash":1020777,"average_employees":56},{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","turnover":5691694,"profit_loss":164617,"net_assets":3082815,"cash":1462457,"average_employees":59},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":5602308,"profit_loss":155879,"net_assets":3032198,"cash":1724101,"average_employees":54},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":2876319,"cash":748777},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":2765280,"cash":965491}],"officers":{"current":6,"resigned":25,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":4,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"SQW LIMITED is a well-established niche player in the UK economic and social development consultancy market, with over four decades of heritage and a reputation that positions it favourably against both smaller boutiques and larger generalist competitors. While the balance sheet is robust – with net assets of £3.08m representing over 54% of turnover – reported operating margins of approximately 4% sit significantly below sector norms of 8-15%, partly explained by Group overhead allocation but still suggesting underlying margin pressure. The firm faces near-term headwinds from public spending constraints and procurement delays, though its investment in quantitative capabilities and employee share ownership scheme indicate strategic awareness of the sector's structural shifts. The key challenge will be translating its specialist reputation and financial resilience into margin improvement and sustainable growth in a contracting public advisory market.","website":"https://www.sqw.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/sqw","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sqw/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sqw/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01701564","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sqw/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sqw/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sqw/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sqw/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/sqw"}