WORLD FIRST UK LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +32.8%

  £14,808,000 → £19,660,000

• Cash

  -36%

  £95,185,000 → £60,896,000

• Net assets

  +8.8%

  £60,498,000 → £65,792,000

• Employees

  -15.4%

  26 → 22

• Operating profit

  +77.9%

  £4,014,000 → £7,141,000

• Profit before tax

  -6.7%

  £5,033,000 → £4,695,000

• Wages

  -4.3%

  £3,574,000 → £3,421,000

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

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.

Accounting basis

UK Adopted International Accounting Standards

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company have adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Ant International have indicated, by way of a letter of support to the Directors, their unconditional support for at least 12 months from the date of authorisation of these financial statements. This includes the provision of capital, technology and human resources to support future business growth and enable the company to continue to meet its regulatory capital requirements. Given the liquidity and capital resources arrangements in place, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “During 2024, a significant legal entity restructure was undertaken to strategically realign the legal entities within Ant International and Ant Group according to the core business activities. This restructure culminated in the "spin off" of Ant International from Ant Group on the 4th December 2024, when the ultimate parent company of World First UK Limited changed from Ant Group to Ant International.”
• “As part of the legal entity restructure, all of the subsidiaries of World First UK Limited were sold internally to fellow Ant International companies on the following dates: World First Asia Pte. Ltd. on the 2nd December 2024; World First Netherlands B.V. on the 28th November 2024; World First Pty Limited on the 30th September 2024; World First Japan K. K on the 27th September 2024.”
• “A new product, World Card was launched at the end of 2024 and complements the World Account, launched in 2017 and our cornerstone product, which provides a highly flexible, multi-currency platform for international trade.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.