MASTERCARD PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-08 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£113M
+96.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£1B
+11.1% vs 2023
Employees
129
-10.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£121M
+40.1% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £109,257,000 | £130,602,000 | |
| Operating profit | £44,450,000 | £64,670,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £86,416,000 | £121,032,000 | |
| Net profit | £66,073,000 | £74,333,000 | |
| Cash | £57,455,000 | £113,148,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,344,854,000 | £1,494,267,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,343,016,000 | £1,492,411,000 | |
| Equity | £1,343,016,000 | £1,492,411,000 | |
| Average employees | 144 | 129 | |
| Wages | £15,004,000 | £16,172,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £131 | £63 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+19.5%
£109,257,000 £130,602,000
-
Cash
+96.9%
£57,455,000 £113,148,000
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£1,343,016,000 £1,492,411,000
-
Employees
-10.4%
144 129
-
Operating profit
+45.5%
£44,450,000 £64,670,000
-
Profit before tax
+40.1%
£86,416,000 £121,032,000
-
Wages
+7.8%
£15,004,000 £16,172,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 40.7% | 49.5% | |
| Net margin | 60.5% | 56.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 2.5% | 5.0% | |
| Current ratio | 9.74x | 8.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | 45.80x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MASTERCARD PAYMENT GATEWAY SERVICES LIMITED 2015-05-19 → present
- DATACASH LTD. 1997-09-05 → 2015-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In preparing the financial statements the directors have taken into account all information that could reasonably be expected to be available for the following 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements and beyond. As a result of the review and the support from Mastercard International Incorporated, the intermediate parent company, the directors are confident the Company has sufficient resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and on this basis, they consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company granted one further loan to Vocalink Holdings Ltd for £19,000,000 on 1st April 2025. This is unsecured with a maturity date of 1 December 2025. Interest is chargeable at 6.14% per annum.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAKEWAY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2026-01-01 | Apr 1982 | American |
| PARPOU, Maria | Director | 2022-05-04 | Aug 1968 | British |
| WILLMAN, Alfred David | Director | 2024-02-01 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Paul Greig | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| BUTCHER, Keith | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | 2007-12-20 |
| KNIGHT, Shane Henry | Secretary | 2009-12-01 | 2010-11-18 |
| NASIB, Stevenson Ellesworth | Secretary | 1997-09-05 | 2000-02-14 |
| URQUHART, Graham Kenneth | Secretary | 2000-02-17 | 2002-03-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-09-05 | 1997-09-05 |
| ASPINWALL, Peter Charles Frank | Director | 1997-09-05 | 1998-09-05 |
| BHALLA, Ajay | Director | 2011-08-23 | 2013-12-20 |
| BLASS, Joseph Hillel | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2009-07-29 |
| BREEZE, Gavin Duncan Paul | Director | 1997-09-05 | 2008-03-31 |
| BUNTEN, Alexander James Charles | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2020-08-17 |
| BURTON, Paul Greig | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| BUTCHER, Keith | Director | 2002-03-04 | 2007-12-20 |
| CAVE, Terrence William | Director | 2004-07-23 | 2005-12-06 |
| COMPTON, Julian Warren | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2001-12-31 |
| COUCH, James Alexander | Director | 2021-11-15 | 2024-02-01 |
| DARK, Andrew John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-04-14 |
| DOUGLAS, Keith Robert, Mr. | Director | 2018-09-21 | 2022-05-04 |
| FINCIOEN, Tine Christiane, Ms. | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2021-07-12 |
| FRIEDMAN, Marc Eliot | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2014-06-01 |
| MAFFEIS, Milena María | Director | 2021-07-12 | 2024-09-09 |
| MARCHAK, Christopher Michael | Director | 2024-09-09 | 2026-01-01 |
| NAYLOR, Giles Edward | Director | 2011-01-20 | 2016-12-31 |
| PARTRIDGE, Andrew John, Mr. | Director | 1997-09-05 | 1998-09-05 |
| PETERS, Jean-Marc Adrien Pierre | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2018-11-26 |
| PRASAD, Raghav | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2018-01-01 |
| SCERCH, Andrea, Mr. | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-07-03 |
| SIMOES DE MATOS, Sandra Monica | Director | 2020-08-17 | 2021-11-15 |
| SIMOES DE MATOS, Sandra Monica | Director | 2018-11-26 | 2019-06-28 |
| SKILLETT, Barry | Director | 2011-08-23 | 2015-01-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Robert Scott | Director | 2017-07-03 | 2019-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mastercard Payment Gateway Services Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.