CODA plc is a mid-sized international financial software company based in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. Founded in 1979, it was purchased in 2008 by Unit4, a supplier of Enterprise Software

Enterprise software

Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software , is software used in organizations, such as in a business or government, contrary to software chosen by individuals...

, based in the Netherlands. CODA creates, markets and implements a range of business software

Business software

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 systems designed specifically to meet the needs of Finance Directors and Finance Departments. These include:

• financial management systems like accounting software
  Accounting software
  Accounting software is application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and trial balance. It functions as an accounting information system...
  
   and procurement software
  Procurement software
  Procurement software is business software that helps to automate the purchasing function of organizations. Activities including raising and approving purchase orders, selecting and ordering the product or service, receiving and matching the invoice and order, and paying the bill is handled...
  
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• financial analysis applications like reporting, consolidation and planning and budgeting systems;
• financial control systems, like process management and control software for compliance with legislation like Sarbanes Oxley.

History

CODA was founded in Leeds

Leeds

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, Yorkshire in 1979 by Rodney Potts and Christopher Lennox and in the early 1990s the company's head office was moved to Harrogate

Harrogate

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. Today CODA has around 600 employees working from 14 country operations around the world. Chippenham software and consulting company, SciSys

SciSys

SciSys PLC is a European computer software and services company based in the United Kingdom and Germany.-Overview:SciSys is a medium sized bespoke software and services company that specialises in solving complex problems, for example:...

, purchased CODA in 2000, renaming its holding company CODASciSys plc in 2002. In 2006, CODASciSys announced a demerger to form two listed companies, CODA (the financial software company) and SciSys (a space and public sector IT company).
In 2008, CODA became part of the Unit 4 Agresso

Unit 4 Agresso

Unit4 N.V. is a Dutch software company that provides enterprise software applications and related professional services, in order to support businesses and organizations of all sizes, globally...

group of companies.

Software

CODA software is designed for multi-currency, multi-language, multi-country, multi-company and multi-site operations, and is used by around 2,600 medium and large organizations in over 100 countries in a variety of markets and within both public and commercial sectors.