CLEARPAY FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£38M
-45.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£37M
+521.6% vs 2023
Employees
94
-15.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£41M
+254.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £103,754,176 | £146,752,698 | |
| Operating profit | £11,425,219 | £40,551,519 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,425,219 | £40,551,519 | |
| Net profit | £8,708,002 | £29,777,509 | |
| Cash | £70,126,535 | £38,230,323 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,925,972 | £36,838,261 | |
| Equity | £5,925,972 | £36,838,261 | |
| Average employees | 111 | 94 | |
| Wages | £9,020,797 | £8,166,184 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £43,643 | £20,388 |
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
+41.4%
£103,754,176 £146,752,698
-
Cash
-45.5%
£70,126,535 £38,230,323
-
Net assets
+521.6%
£5,925,972 £36,838,261
-
Employees
-15.3%
111 94
-
Operating profit
+254.9%
£11,425,219 £40,551,519
-
Profit before tax
+254.9%
£11,425,219 £40,551,519
-
Wages
-9.5%
£9,020,797 £8,166,184
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 | 11.0% | 27.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 20.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.3% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | 0.87x | 2.81x |
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
- CLEARPAY FINANCE LIMITED 2017-11-07 → present
- SMARTCHECK LIMITED 2004-08-05 → 2017-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. As at 31 December 2024, the Company has available net assets of £36,838,261 (2023: £5,925,972) and is in a position to continue its operations and meet its obligations as they become due. Furthermore, the Company's Ultimate Parent company, Block, Inc. has agreed to provide financial support for at least the next 12 months from the date of this report to allow the Company to continue trading and to meet its liabilities as they fall due for payment.”
Group structure
- CLEARPAY FINANCE LIMITED · parent
- Clearpay Receivables Warehouse 2020-1 Limited 100%
- Clearpay Receivables Warehouse 2020-2 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 November 2024, as part of Block, Inc.'s internal legal entity restructuring efforts, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries were transferred from its immediate parent undertaking, Afterpay Pty Ltd, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Block, to Block XYZ Technology LLC ("Block XYZ" or "Immediate Parent") another indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Block.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYER, Richard | Director | 2022-02-01 | Aug 1967 | American |
| HATTON, Lee Alexandra | Director | 2025-11-17 | Sep 1975 | New Zealander |
| JONES, Keith John | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DWYER, Daniel John | Secretary | 2004-08-05 | 2004-08-05 |
| HALTON, Gary Robert | Secretary | 2013-07-16 | 2018-08-23 |
| DWF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-08-05 | 2008-05-30 |
| AZALDE, Victoria | Director | 2023-02-28 | 2025-05-26 |
| BAUM, Anthony | Director | 2013-02-19 | 2014-03-31 |
| DOHERTY, Daniel | Director | 2021-04-12 | 2022-09-02 |
| DWYER, Daniel James | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2004-08-05 |
| EISEN, Anthony Mathew | Director | 2018-08-23 | 2022-02-01 |
| ELLIS, Sam Oliver | Director | 2021-04-12 | 2022-09-30 |
| GRIMES, Gerald Michael | Director | 2017-07-06 | 2018-01-03 |
| HALTON, Gary Robert | Director | 2017-07-18 | 2018-08-23 |
| HALTON, Gary Robert | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2014-03-31 |
| HANCOCK, David | Director | 2018-08-23 | 2019-10-08 |
| JONES, Keith John | Director | 2014-02-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| LOWDE, Rebecca Lynne | Director | 2021-04-12 | 2022-02-01 |
| MOLNAR, Nick | Director | 2018-08-23 | 2021-04-12 |
| MONTARELLO, Natale Ronald | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2022-01-14 |
| MONTARELLO, Natale Ronald | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2017-07-18 |
| NORDA, Sejal | Director | 2022-09-22 | 2023-03-03 |
| ODES, Barry | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2020-12-03 |
| ODES, Barry | Director | 2018-08-23 | 2019-06-29 |
| PENGLIS, Steven | Director | 2004-08-05 | 2013-02-19 |
| SCHEIBLE, Carl | Director | 2019-06-29 | 2021-03-31 |
| SOLH, Crissy Mouna | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2025-11-17 |
| STEVENS, Alistair | Director | 2013-02-19 | 2013-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-01 | Active |
| Afterpay Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-23 | Ceased 2022-02-01 |
| Thinksmart Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.