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Company description
OPEN FIFTH LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 2 November 2007; registered for 18 years; registered office reported in BRIDPORT, DORSET, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 62020 · Information technology consultancy activities.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 30 November 2025, it reported average employees 24. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 12 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- OPEN FIFTH LIMITED
- Company number
- 06416372
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 November 2025Next accounts due
31 August 2027Last statement made up to
2 November 2025Next statement due
16 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Fixed assets
- £3,052
- Current assets
- £856,328
- Current liabilities
- £841,834
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £17,546
- Cash at bank
- £557,377
- Equity
- £17,546
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
Earlier imported periods (1)
- Full AccountsNot supplied net assets
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Koha Library Management System
The National Archives · ocds-b5fd17-e28ad02c-93b2-4bdb-b809-1181d4c1a23e
- Supplier named in award
- Open Fifth Limited
- Award value
- £17,822.40
- Contract period
- 1 April 2026 – 31 March 2028
- Published
- 3 March 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 48160000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e28ad02c-93b2-4bdb-b809-1181d4c1a23e-2026-03-03T09:38:59Z
CPG/12976/25 - Digitised Content Repository for IDD and UKTO
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · ocds-b5fd17-8905889a-ae54-4628-aff1-12facc78256a
- Supplier named in award
- Open Fifth Ltd
- Award value
- £82,166
- Contract period
- 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2027
- Published
- 8 January 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8905889a-ae54-4628-aff1-12facc78256a-2026-01-08T12:07:09Z
Koha Library Management System
Ministry of Justice · ocds-b5fd17-32254590-7e73-405e-a9ae-7f358150df53
- Supplier named in award
- Open Fifth Limited
- Award value
- £75,000
- Contract period
- 7 August 2025 – 6 August 2028
- Published
- 22 August 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72322000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-32254590-7e73-405e-a9ae-7f358150df53-2025-08-22T10:23:38+01:00
Koha Library Management System Hosting and Support
The National Archives · ocds-b5fd17-34840afd-7f43-46dd-a1dc-ca206fe097ef
- Supplier named in award
- PTFS Europe Limited
- Award value
- £14,852.60
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2026
- Published
- 19 February 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-34840afd-7f43-46dd-a1dc-ca206fe097ef-2024-02-19T14:49:42Z
Library Management System
NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TRUST · ocds-b5fd17-5b89636e-47d4-4ba0-80ed-badb12f95811
- Supplier named in award
- PTFS EUROPE LIMITED
- Award value
- £37,984.80
- Contract period
- 30 June 2023 – 29 June 2028
- Published
- 17 July 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Tender Invite to seven bidders
- Main CPV
- 80000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5b89636e-47d4-4ba0-80ed-badb12f95811-2023-07-17T16:13:26+01:00
Koha Library Management System Support
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES · ocds-b5fd17-41e7bb4d-afb7-400d-9d9a-004e4c0faabf
- Supplier named in award
- PTFS EUROPE LIMITED
- Award value
- £14,420
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 17 March 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-41e7bb4d-afb7-400d-9d9a-004e4c0faabf-2022-03-17T11:17:48Z
Extension to existing contract MHCLG Provision and supply of Koha and VuFind software as a service and hosting for 2021/22.
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES · ocds-b5fd17-74595c2b-0259-4e37-ac08-c6b3312e946c
- Supplier named in award
- PTFS EUROPE LIMITED
- Award value
- £6,195
- Contract period
- 1 November 2021 – 31 October 2022
- Published
- 17 November 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-74595c2b-0259-4e37-ac08-c6b3312e946c-2021-11-17T08:04:21Z
MHCLG Provision and supply of Koha, Knowvation and VuFind software as a service and hosting for 2020/21.
MINISTRY OF HOUSING, COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT · ocds-b5fd17-69a4e2f3-dbf7-41d0-b049-29ca0249aede
- Supplier named in award
- PTFS EUROPE LIMITED
- Award value
- £13,492.50
- Contract period
- 1 November 2020 – 31 October 2021
- Published
- 5 December 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-69a4e2f3-dbf7-41d0-b049-29ca0249aede-2020-12-05T10:50:10Z
Library Management System
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES · ocds-b5fd17-87e73a53-14b7-439a-ab7f-f22d777a6115
- Supplier named in award
- PTFS EUROPE LIMITED
- Award value
- £14,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 3 March 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-87e73a53-14b7-439a-ab7f-f22d777a6115-2020-03-03T09:51:26Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Bywater Solutions Llc
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Country registered
- United States
- Legal authority
- Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
- Legal form
- Limited Liability Company
- Place registered
- California Secretary Of State
- Registration number
- 264608793
- Notified
- 22 September 2023
Mr Jonathan Guy Field
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification Statement Date: 2026-11-03T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Statement Due On: 2026-11-16T00:00:00Z
Mr Nicholas Leigh Dimant
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 September 2023
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Library Management System_26
Liverpool City Council · updated 7 August 2026
- Tender value
- £970,000
- Awards
- 3
Library Management System & Maintenance
Newcastle City Council · updated 16 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Provision of Online Hosted Services and Technical Support for Library
Royal Armouries Museum · updated 8 January 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
3 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: PTFS EUROPE LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.