CLOUDPAY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
+68.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£106m
-1.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
263
-7.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.5m
+93.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £47,768,000 | £49,878,000 | £54,823,000 | +9.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£10,430,000 | -£23,650,000 | -£1,514,000 | +93.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,308,000 | -£23,633,000 | -£1,532,000 | +93.5% | |
| Net profit | -£10,308,000 | -£23,633,000 | -£1,532,000 | +93.5% | |
| Cash | £10,550,000 | £2,038,000 | £3,440,000 | +68.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£77,886,000 | -£101,989,000 | -£103,809,000 | -1.8% | |
| Net assets | -£81,012,000 | -£104,228,000 | -£105,608,000 | -1.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 320 | 284 | 263 | -7.4% | |
| Wages | £16,174,000 | £16,970,000 | £17,128,000 | +0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £761,000 | £1,043,000 | £704,000 | -32.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £34,000 | £40,000 | £34,000 | -15% | |
| Highest paid director | £296,000 | £399,000 | £278,000 | -30.3% |
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 | -21.8% | -47.4% | -2.8% | |
| Net margin | -21.6% | -47.4% | -2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 280.9% | 428.4% | 434.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.24x | 0.23x |
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
- CLOUDPAY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED 2013-05-13 → present
- CLOUDPAY LIMITED 2012-10-09 → 2013-05-13
- PATERSONS HR AND PAYROLL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2004-12-03 → 2012-10-09
- PATERSONS PAYROLL SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2001-02-19 → 2004-12-03
- PATERSONS PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED 1998-06-11 → 2001-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Group structure
- CLOUDPAY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED · parent
- CloudPay Software Service (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- CloudPay Italy srl 100%
Significant events
- “On August 8, 2025, CloudPay Inc closed a $20 million financing arrangement. This included an additional $10million debt facility along with a matching $10 million equity investment from preexisting investors.”
- “After the year end during H1 2026, CloudPay Inc raised a further $15 million in equity investment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAJAHAN, Shinos | Secretary | 2025-07-25 | — | — |
| DANIEL, Leon Roger | Director | 2025-07-21 | Dec 1964 | British |
| FOLZ, Roland Manfred, Dr. | Director | 2025-07-21 | Feb 1964 | German |
| PEARCE, John Brian | Director | 2019-06-07 | Sep 1980 | British |
| RASWANT, Rahul, Mr. | Director | 2025-10-31 | Feb 1977 | American |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, John James Randal | Secretary | 2003-02-18 | 2003-02-18 |
| HOLLIS, John | Secretary | 2003-02-17 | 2003-07-07 |
| MYNOTT, Timothy James | Secretary | 2003-07-07 | 2003-10-06 |
| PATERSON, Karen Patricia | Secretary | 2003-10-06 | 2006-02-23 |
| PATERSON, Karen Patricia | Secretary | 1998-06-11 | 2003-01-24 |
| PATERSON, Philip Henry Cameron | Secretary | 2006-02-23 | 2010-07-31 |
| PEARSON, Andrew | Secretary | 2010-08-01 | 2017-07-20 |
| ROOK, Tony | Secretary | 2017-07-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-11 | 1998-06-11 |
| ANNABLE, David Richard | Director | 1998-07-16 | 1998-11-30 |
| BARNES, Edward Charles | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-12-02 |
| BARTLETT, Paul Hanson | Director | 2010-04-06 | 2017-07-20 |
| COOKE, Ian Francis | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2008-12-02 |
| COTGROVE, Peter Leonard George | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2008-12-02 |
| GREEN, John James Randal | Director | 2003-02-18 | 2005-02-15 |
| HOLLIS, John | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2010-04-06 |
| HOLLIS, John | Director | 2003-02-17 | 2008-12-02 |
| KEIL, Carl | Director | 2010-04-06 | 2014-07-02 |
| LEESE, David John | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2019-06-07 |
| MYNOTT, Timothy James | Director | 2003-07-07 | 2003-10-06 |
| PATERSON, Karen Patricia | Director | 2003-02-24 | 2010-04-06 |
| PATERSON, Karen Patricia | Director | 1998-06-11 | 2003-01-24 |
| PATERSON, Philip Henry Cameron | Director | 1998-06-11 | 2003-02-17 |
| PEARSON, Andrew | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2020-11-07 |
| QUAIL, Crispin Francis | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2009-04-24 |
| ROOK, Tony | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2018-03-02 |
| THOMSON, Andrew James Edward | Director | 2020-11-07 | 2025-08-07 |
| TURNBULL, Susan | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2000-11-30 |
| WACK, Patrick | Director | 2010-04-06 | 2014-07-02 |
| WHITE, Charlotte Jane | Director | 2020-11-07 | 2025-08-07 |
| WILSON, Mark Geoffrey | Director | 2019-06-07 | 2020-11-07 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-11 | 1998-06-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudpay Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.