HIFX EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£7.6m
-28.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+22.2% vs 2024
Employees
173
-11.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
-24.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,440,000 | £25,943,000 | £25,807,000 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £4,286,000 | £4,960,000 | £3,496,000 | -29.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,319,000 | £4,987,000 | £3,747,000 | -24.9% | |
| Net profit | £3,282,000 | £3,709,000 | £2,906,000 | -21.7% | |
| Cash | £15,505,000 | £10,619,000 | £7,590,000 | -28.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,762,000 | £10,534,000 | £11,608,000 | +10.2% | |
| Net assets | £11,553,000 | £9,341,000 | £11,413,000 | +22.2% | |
| Equity | £11,553,000 | £9,341,000 | £11,413,000 | +22.2% | |
| Average employees | 211 | 195 | 173 | -11.3% | |
| Wages | £14,630,000 | £13,787,000 | £13,549,000 | -1.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £347,000 | £348,000 | £359,000 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,000 | £19,000 | £25,000 | +31.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £347,000 | £348,000 | £288,000 | -17.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 19.1% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 14.3% | 11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.6% | 47.1% | 30.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.9% | — | 62.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.40x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | 99.20x | 69.92x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- HIFX EUROPE LIMITED 2014-07-30 → present
- HIFX LIMITED 2014-07-04 → 2014-07-30
- HIFX PLC 2004-01-26 → 2014-07-04
- HIFX LIMITED 1998-04-09 → 2004-01-26
- WILDCHANGE LIMITED 1998-02-26 → 1998-04-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has assessed the company's going concern and confirms that the Directors are satisfied that the company has adequate resources to continue in business for at least 12 months from the date the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIANCHI, Juan Cristobal | Director | 2015-01-13 | Feb 1971 | Chilean |
| HUTCHINSON, Darren David | Director | 2025-09-30 | Sep 1979 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWN, Steven Michael | Secretary | 2012-09-06 | 2014-07-30 |
| OLDROYD, Simon John | Secretary | 1999-06-30 | 2012-09-06 |
| OPENSHAW BLOWER, Andrew Mark John | Secretary | 1998-03-18 | 1999-06-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-26 | 1998-03-18 |
| ARNOLD, Anthony Charles | Director | 1998-05-22 | 2006-02-13 |
| BOSS, Jeffrey Max | Director | 2021-03-30 | 2026-07-30 |
| BOWN, Steven Michael | Director | 2008-01-02 | 2015-01-19 |
| BUTCHER, Daniel Philip | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2006-01-03 |
| BUTCHER, Laurence | Director | 1998-05-22 | 2014-05-20 |
| CLARKE, Stephen John | Director | 2003-08-19 | 2006-06-30 |
| DOUGLAS, Ian Alan | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2012-07-30 |
| EATON, Peter Gary | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2012-07-30 |
| FINNIGAN, Brett | Director | 2012-07-30 | 2014-05-20 |
| GONZALEZ, Marcela Del Socorro | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2023-03-29 |
| HALEWOOD, John Edward | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2011-10-20 |
| HALEWOOD, Judith Margaret | Director | 2011-12-05 | 2012-07-30 |
| HODGSON, Richard | Director | 2015-03-29 | 2020-03-06 |
| KNOWLES, Matthew | Director | 2003-05-30 | 2017-02-03 |
| MASON, David George | Director | 2003-05-07 | 2008-08-15 |
| MEYRICK, Andrew | Director | 1998-10-16 | 2003-04-29 |
| PARKINSON, Richard Christopher William | Director | 1998-03-18 | 1998-04-14 |
| RIDDLER, Anthony | Director | 2001-11-12 | 2002-09-20 |
| SPARKS, Alison Ingrid | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2022-07-21 |
| TAYLOR, Shaun Peter | Director | 1998-05-22 | 2014-05-20 |
| VAUGHAN, Alfred Joseph | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2012-09-06 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-26 | 1998-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eft Services Holding B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-07-31 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-07-31 | Active |
| Euronet (London) Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.