Software Circle Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

AIM:SFT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
31 Jan 25	BuyUK£74,998	Richard Lightfoot	Individual	325,910	UK£0.23
31 Jan 25	SellUK£75,026	Richard Lightfoot	Individual	326,202	UK£0.23
04 Nov 24	BuyUK£26,994	Matthias Riechert	Individual	110,633	UK£0.24

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: SFT insiders have sold more shares than they have bought in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SFT?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	27,543,942	7.06%
Hedge Funds	31,280,704	8.02%
General Public	32,886,050	8.43%
Institutions	76,663,358	19.7%
Private Companies	105,074,344	26.9%
Public Companies	116,634,908	29.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 91.32% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
29.9%	CHAPTERS Group AG	116,634,908	UK£28.6m	0%	no data
25.1%	Value Focus Beteiligungs GmbH	97,910,910	UK£24.0m	0%	no data
11.9%	Polleit & Riechert Investment Management LLP	46,589,941	UK£11.4m	-16.6%	17.91%
8.02%	Sun Mountain Partners, LLC	31,280,704	UK£7.7m	-0.77%	100.0%
6.1%	Yen Liow Wui	23,809,094	UK£5.8m	0%	no data
2.23%	Baader Bank AG, Asset Management Arm	8,686,625	UK£2.1m	0%	0.19%
1.55%	Shareholder Value Management Aktiengesellschaft	6,030,000	UK£1.5m	3.88%	0.21%
1.51%	Ip 1 Ltd	5,882,352	UK£1.4m	0%	no data
1.41%	Jefferies Group LLC, Asset Management Arm	5,500,000	UK£1.3m	184%	0.09%
0.84%	LBBW Asset Management Investment GmbH	3,286,428	UK£805.2k	0%	0.01%
0.7%	Matthias Riechert	2,723,573	UK£667.3k	4.23%	no data
0.34%	Investment Funds Direct Limited, Securities Investments	1,308,865	UK£320.7k	0%	0.08%
0.33%	Van Dijk Participaties En Advies	1,281,082	UK£313.9k	0%	no data
0.3%	HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited	1,181,737	UK£289.5k	-7.03%	no data
0.2%	Commerzbank AG, Asset Management Arm	780,000	UK£191.1k	-5.05%	no data
0.2%	Unicorn Asset Management Ltd.	768,633	UK£188.3k	0%	0.03%
0.16%	Richard Lightfoot	619,510	UK£151.8k	-0.05%	no data
0.1%	Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments	394,200	UK£96.6k	0%	no data
0.086%	HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited	335,046	UK£82.1k	290%	no data
0.072%	Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd.	280,000	UK£68.6k	0%	no data
0.07%	Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd.	275,000	UK£67.4k	37.5%	no data
0.052%	EQ Investors	204,000	UK£50.0k	-29.4%	0.04%
0.045%	IG Group Holdings Plc, Asset Management Arm	176,415	UK£43.2k	2.99%	no data
0.036%	DEGIRO B.V., Asset Management Arm	141,274	UK£34.6k	0%	0.01%
0.036%	Gavin Cockerill	138,777	UK£34.0k	0%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/02/07 03:56
End of Day Share Price	2025/02/07 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/03/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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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.

Analyst	Institution
Mark Brewer	Hardman & Co.
Jonathan Lienard	Nplus1 Brewin
Jonathan Lienard	Singer Capital Markets