Software Circle plc

AIM:SFT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£89.7m

Software Circle Management

Management criteria checks 4/4

Software Circle's CEO is Gavin Cockerill, appointed in May 2022, has a tenure of 2.58 years. total yearly compensation is £179.70K, comprised of 71.9% salary and 28.1% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.036% of the company’s shares, worth £31.92K. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 4.9 years respectively.

Key information

Gavin Cockerill

Chief executive officer

UK£179.7k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage71.9%
CEO tenure2.6yrs
CEO ownership0.04%
Management average tenure2.6yrs
Board average tenure4.9yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Software Circle plc (LON:SFT) Looks Just Right With A 26% Price Jump

Oct 15
Software Circle plc (LON:SFT) Looks Just Right With A 26% Price Jump

Software Circle plc's (LON:SFT) P/S Still Appears To Be Reasonable

Mar 28
Software Circle plc's (LON:SFT) P/S Still Appears To Be Reasonable

Grafenia Plc's (LON:GRA) Shares May Have Run Too Fast Too Soon

Oct 17
Grafenia Plc's (LON:GRA) Shares May Have Run Too Fast Too Soon

Is Grafenia (LON:GRA) Using Too Much Debt?

Aug 08
Is Grafenia (LON:GRA) Using Too Much Debt?

Does Grafenia (LON:GRA) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Dec 20
Does Grafenia (LON:GRA) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Is Grafenia (LON:GRA) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

Jan 18
Is Grafenia (LON:GRA) Using Debt In A Risky Way?

What Can We Learn About Grafenia's (LON:GRA) CEO Compensation?

Nov 27
What Can We Learn About Grafenia's (LON:GRA) CEO Compensation?

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Gavin Cockerill's remuneration changed compared to Software Circle's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
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

Dec 31 2019n/an/a

-UK£3m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-UK£3m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-UK£3m

Mar 31 2019UK£92kUK£90k

-UK£3m

Dec 31 2018n/an/a

-UK£2m

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

-UK£2m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

-UK£1m

Mar 31 2018UK£91kUK£17k

-UK£946k

Compensation vs Market: Gavin's total compensation ($USD225.96K) is below average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD351.13K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Gavin's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.

CEO

Gavin Cockerill (46 yo)

2.6yrs

Tenure

UK£179,700

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 & Director2.6yrsUK£179.70k0.036%
£ 31.9k
Iain Brown
CFO & Director1.3yrsUK£143.96k0.032%
£ 28.7k
Richard Lightfoot
Company Secretary & Executive Director9.2yrsUK£141.51k0.16%
£ 142.6k

2.6yrs

Average Tenure

46yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: SFT's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Gavin Cockerill
Group CEO & Director6.9yrsUK£179.70k0.036%
£ 31.9k
Iain Brown
CFO & Director4.9yrsUK£143.96k0.032%
£ 28.7k
Richard Lightfoot
Company Secretary & Executive Director6.9yrsUK£141.51k0.16%
£ 142.6k
Simon Barrell
Independent Non Executive Director6.5yrsUK£20.83k0.033%
£ 29.4k
Bradley Ormsby
Non-Executive Directorless than a yearno datano data
Matthias Riechert
Chairman of the Board2.2yrsUK£21.46k0.70%
£ 626.4k
Marc Maurer
Non-Executive Directorless than a yearno datano data

4.9yrs

Average Tenure

49.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: SFT's board of directors are considered experienced (4.9 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 11:31
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
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 3 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 LienardNplus1 Brewin
Jonathan LienardSinger Capital Markets