EBURY MASS PAYMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£126m
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.6m
+106.8% vs 2025
Employees
34
-39.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
+182% vs 2025
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
These Financial Statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. On 9 December 2025, the Board of Directors approved a plan to wind down the Company and cease operations. Consequently, the going concern basis of preparation is no longer appropriate under IAS 1.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,794,000 | £19,617,000 | £14,578,000 | -25.7% | |
| Operating profit | £4,098,000 | £476,000 | £2,439,000 | +412.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,806,000 | £929,000 | £2,620,000 | +182% | |
| Net profit | £4,287,000 | -£521,000 | £2,402,000 | +561% | |
| Cash | £100,193,000 | £110,003,000 | £126,195,000 | +14.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,440,000 | £2,462,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,084,000 | £2,222,000 | £4,596,000 | +106.8% | |
| Equity | £5,084,000 | £2,222,000 | £4,596,000 | +106.8% | |
| Average employees | 45 | 56 | 34 | -39.3% | |
| Wages | £2,684,000 | £3,607,000 | £2,429,000 | -32.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £87,000 | £319,000 | £83,000 | -74% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £8,000 | £23,000 | £6,000 | -73.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £87,000 | £342,000 | — | — |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 2.4% | 16.7% | |
| Net margin | 16.0% | -2.7% | 16.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 75.3% | 19.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.6% | 98.2% | 96.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.02x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | 20.70x | — |
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
- EBURY MASS PAYMENTS LIMITED 2020-05-04 → present
- FRONTIERPAY LIMITED 2017-01-03 → 2020-05-04
- THE FX FIRM LIMITED 2009-10-30 → 2017-01-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“These Financial Statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. On 9 December 2025, the Board of Directors approved a plan to wind down the Company and cease operations. Consequently, the going concern basis of preparation is no longer appropriate under IAS 1.”
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the strategic direction of the Company has changed. On 9 December 2025, following a shareholder decision, the Board of Directors approved a plan to wind down the Company and cease operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDEZ LOBATO, Juan Manuel | Director | 2022-08-26 | Sep 1972 | Spanish |
| GHUWALEWALA, Karan | Director | 2025-08-15 | Dec 1988 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACCOUNTS RAPPORT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-30 | 2010-10-31 |
| AMAR JONES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-11-01 | 2017-10-04 |
| SANDRINGHAM COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2017-10-04 | 2020-01-07 |
| AHMED, Aftab | Director | 2009-10-30 | 2011-01-21 |
| BENNETT, Sam Alexander | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-09-26 |
| ESTEBAN, Jose Garcia | Director | 2021-01-21 | 2024-10-04 |
| FEST, Martin | Director | 2020-01-07 | 2021-01-21 |
| GALLEGO, Venancio | Director | 2020-01-07 | 2022-08-30 |
| MUNOZ FENOLLOSA, Ana | Director | 2024-11-21 | 2025-02-18 |
| MUNRO, Robert George | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2020-01-07 |
| WALTERS, Owain | Director | 2009-10-30 | 2025-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebury Mass Payments Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-10-20 | Active |
| Mr Owain Walters | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-31 | Ceased 2017-10-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.