FREEMARKETFX LIMITED
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Cash
£12m
+18% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+17.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
123
+7.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+109.1% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £14,706,280 | £16,707,673 | £21,871,543 | +30.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,540,528 | -£3,313,497 | -£2,326,780 | +29.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,834,842 | £873,616 | £1,826,974 | +109.1% | |
| Net profit | -£1,834,842 | £873,616 | £1,826,974 | +109.1% | |
| Cash | £11,466,733 | £10,360,151 | £12,219,856 | +18% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,164,405 | £11,278,933 | £13,295,398 | +17.9% | |
| Equity | £10,164,405 | £11,278,933 | £13,295,398 | +17.9% | |
| Average employees | 97 | 114 | 123 | +7.9% | |
| Wages | £8,890,911 | £10,444,174 | £13,701,807 | +31.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £703,188 | £518,663 | £685,619 | +32.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,000 | £6,813 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £627,024 | £327,413 | £310,619 | -5.1% |
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 | -24.1% | -19.8% | -10.6% | |
| Net margin | -12.5% | 5.2% | 8.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 17.9% | 12.5% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.52x | 6.97x | 3.12x |
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
- FREEMARKETFX LIMITED 2011-11-22 → present
- CEDEL CAPITAL LIMITED 2010-06-18 → 2011-11-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group and 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”
Group structure
- FREEMARKETFX LIMITED · parent
- FreemarketFX Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In November 2025, FreemarketFX entered into a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), under which funds paid may convert into equity in the investee upon a future qualifying financing event”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Jamie | Secretary | 2025-07-23 | — | — |
| ADAMS, Andrew Duncan | Director | 2024-07-15 | Aug 1963 | British |
| CROSSWELL, Charlotte Louise Benham | Director | 2017-07-01 | Jul 1972 | British |
| HUNN, Alexander Graham | Director | 2010-06-18 | Feb 1970 | British |
| KINGSTON, Louise | Director | 2025-10-22 | Nov 1981 | British |
| RAISBECK, Murray Alexander | Director | 2025-10-22 | Feb 1978 | British |
| RICCI, Richard Thomas | Director | 2015-12-23 | Aug 1962 | British,American |
| WHITTAKER, Guy | Director | 2020-11-01 | Sep 1956 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNN, Alexander | Secretary | 2010-06-18 | 2025-07-23 |
| DAVIDSON, Fraser Robert | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2017-12-14 |
| DONALDSON, Matthew | Director | 2012-10-10 | 2013-05-31 |
| HOLGATE, Michael | Director | 2023-05-16 | 2025-10-22 |
| LEECH, Ian Robert | Director | 2023-03-08 | 2025-10-22 |
| MATHEWS, Thomas Peter | Director | 2010-06-18 | 2011-09-19 |
| OVERTON, Martin John | Director | 2014-01-23 | 2014-07-14 |
| TOWNSEND, Mark Edward | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2017-08-15 |
| WOOLHAM, Shirley Louise | Director | 2020-04-03 | 2023-03-08 |
| WRAY AND ENTWISLE LTD | Corporate Director | 2010-06-18 | 2010-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhl (Uk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-28 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-07-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.