Software Circle plc

AIM:SFT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£61.6m

Software Circle Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Software Circle's CEO is Gavin Cockerill, appointed in May 2022, has a tenure of 4.17 years. total yearly compensation is £231.50K, comprised of 64.8% salary and 35.2% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.052% of the company’s shares, worth £32.24K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.2 years and 6.5 years respectively.

Key information

Gavin Cockerill

Chief executive officer

UK£231.5k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage64.79%
CEO tenure4.2yrs
CEO ownership0.05%
Management average tenure4.2yrs
Board average tenure6.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Analysis Article Oct 15

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CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Gavin Cockerill's remuneration changed compared to Software Circle's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-UK£3m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-UK£2m

Mar 31 2025UK£232kUK£150k

-UK£329k

Dec 31 2024n/an/a

UK£65k

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

UK£458k

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-UK£956k

Mar 31 2024UK£180kUK£129k

-UK£2m

Dec 31 2023n/an/a

-UK£2m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-UK£3m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-UK£2m

Mar 31 2023UK£106kUK£93k

-UK£1m

Dec 31 2022n/an/a

-UK£1m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-UK£806k

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-UK£682k

Mar 31 2022UK£93kUK£90k

-UK£559k

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-UK£42k

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-UK£508k

Mar 31 2021UK£93kUK£90k

-UK£974k

Dec 31 2020n/an/a

-UK£3m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-UK£3m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-UK£3m

Mar 31 2020UK£93kUK£90k

-UK£3m

Compensation vs Market: Gavin's total compensation ($USD310.17K) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD417.64K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Gavin's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.


CEO

Gavin Cockerill (48 yo)

4.2yrs
Tenure
UK£231,500
Compensation

Mr. Gavin Graham Cockerill serves as Group Chief Executive Officer at Software Circle plc (formerly known as Grafenia Plc) since 2023 and served as its Acting Chief Executive Officer since May 2022 until 2...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Gavin Cockerill
Group CEO & Director4.2yrsUK£231.50k0.052%
£ 32.2k
Iain Brown
CFO & Director2.8yrsUK£186.50k0.061%
£ 37.6k
Richard Lightfoot
Company Secretary & Executive Director10.8yrsUK£144.52k0.16%
£ 97.9k
4.2yrs
Average Tenure
48yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: SFT's management team is considered experienced (4.2 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Gavin Cockerill
Group CEO & Director8.5yrsUK£231.50k0.052%
£ 32.2k
Iain Brown
CFO & Director6.5yrsUK£186.50k0.061%
£ 37.6k
Richard Lightfoot
Company Secretary & Executive Director8.5yrsUK£144.52k0.16%
£ 97.9k
Simon Barrell
Independent Non Executive Director8.1yrsUK£25.00k0.033%
£ 20.2k
Bradley Ormsby
Independent Non-Executive Director1.8yrsUK£13.37kno data
Matthias Riechert
Chairman of the Board3.8yrsUK£25.00k0.82%
£ 504.4k
Marc Maurer
Non-Executive Director1.8yrsno datano data
6.5yrs
Average Tenure
50yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: SFT's board of directors are considered experienced (6.5 years average tenure).


Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/10 13:38
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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Market Prices30 years
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Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Software Circle plc is covered by 2 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark BrewerHardman & Co.
Jonathan LienardSinger Capital Markets