BANGO PLC
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Cash
£5.3M
+59.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22M
-16% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£7.7M
-118.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Telecommunications 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 | £46,098,000 | £53,370,000 | £52,215,000 | -2.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£5,145,000 | -£2,712,000 | -£5,819,000 | -114.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,204,000 | -£3,539,000 | -£7,748,000 | -118.9% | |
| Net profit | -£8,826,000 | -£3,651,000 | -£7,581,000 | -107.6% | |
| Cash | £3,720,000 | £3,337,000 | £5,313,000 | +59.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,894,000 | £34,249,000 | £45,233,000 | +32.1% | |
| Net assets | £27,493,000 | £26,182,000 | £21,982,000 | -16% | |
| Equity | £27,493,000 | £26,182,000 | £21,982,000 | -16% | |
| Average employees | 274 | 233 | — | — | |
| Wages | £23,897,000 | £21,652,000 | £19,832,000 | -8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,291,709 | £1,670,539 | £1,486,880 | -11% |
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 | -11.2% | -5.1% | -11.1% | |
| Net margin | -19.1% | -6.8% | -14.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.3% | -7.9% | -12.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.5% | 61.8% | 71.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.75x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | -3.22x | -2.97x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BANGO PLC 2005-06-17 → present
- BANGO LIMITED 2005-04-27 → 2005-06-17
- LAW 2426 LIMITED 2005-03-08 → 2005-04-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, this statement is not a guarantee as to the Group and the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- BANGO PLC · parent
- Bango.net Limited 100%
- Bango Resale Holdings Limited1 100%
- Bango Resale Limited1 100%
- Bango 22 Limited 100%
- Bango Inc2 100%
- Bango Brasil Technologia Ltda3 100%
- Bango Kabushiki Kaisha4 100%
- Bango Resale EU Limited5 100%
- Bango Resale Limited6 100%
- Bango Portugal Unipessoal LDA7 100%
- Bango Resale Australasia Pty Ltd8 100%
- Docomo Digital Finco Trade GmbH9 100%
- DD Brasil Tecnologia Ltda10 100%
- Docomo Digital CH Finance AG11 100%
- Bango Germany GmbH12 100%
- Bango™ Resale Australia (NZ Branch)13 100%
- Bango Ibérica S.L14 100%
- Bango 22 Private Limited15 100%
- Bango Italy S.R.L16 100%
- MyAlert Mexico Servicios S.A de C.V17 100%
- Bango Singapore Pte Ltd18 100%
- Bango Resale APAC Pte. Ltd19 100%
- iTouch Limited1 100%
- Bango Resale Taiwan Limited20 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2023, the Group entered into a three year loan agreement with NHN Corporation, a South Korean company for $8.0M (SKW 10.4B). The loan was secured with a fixed annual interest rate of 6%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Rachel | Secretary | 2017-05-09 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Raymond | Director | 2005-05-12 | May 1958 | British |
| ANTONELLIS, Darcy | Director | 2023-09-18 | Apr 1962 | American |
| GANSKY, Lisa | Director | 2021-10-19 | May 1958 | American |
| LARBEY, Paul Douglas | Director | 2020-01-22 | May 1973 | British |
| MAGRATH, Duncan Jonathan | Director | 2026-06-25 | May 1964 | British |
| WELDON, Marcus Karl | Director | 2021-10-19 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WILSON, Matthew Phillip | Director | 2025-01-20 | Jan 1986 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSTEIN, Henry | Secretary | 2006-06-30 | 2017-05-24 |
| OAKLEY, Karen Louise | Secretary | 2005-05-12 | 2006-06-30 |
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-08 | 2005-05-12 |
| BURGER, Rudy, Mr. | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2016-11-18 |
| BURY, Frank Simon | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2025-06-30 |
| BURY, Lindsay Claude Neils | Director | 2011-05-23 | 2011-05-31 |
| BURY, Lindsay Claude Neils | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2011-05-23 |
| CRUICKSHANK, Nancy | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| D'AGOSTINO, Gianluca Cristian | Director | 2016-11-18 | 2021-10-31 |
| ELIAS-JONES, Rachel Louise | Director | 2016-03-14 | 2018-10-24 |
| GARNER, Matthew Jonathan | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2025-01-20 |
| MALHOTRA, Anil | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2025-06-30 |
| PEACOCK, William Eric, Sir | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2024-09-12 |
| PERKINS, Anthony John | Director | 2024-06-12 | 2026-06-25 |
| RAND, Carolyn Ann | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-03-01 |
| RIGBY, Martin Paul | Director | 2007-03-29 | 2019-05-17 |
| SAXTON, Peter William Harley | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2012-11-21 |
| SEABROOK, Geoffrey Stephen | Director | 2005-05-20 | 2007-08-08 |
| SEAR, David Valentine James | Director | 2010-08-20 | 2020-01-22 |
| TUCKER, Gerald Louis | Director | 2012-11-21 | 2016-11-18 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-03-08 | 2005-05-12 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-03-08 | 2005-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 319 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 8
- 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.