IDEX BIOMETRICS UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£5M
+26% vs 2023
Employees
30
-11.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+179.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As at 31 December 2024 the company had net liabilities and is dependent upon the continued financial support from its parent company, IDEX Biometrics ASA, to meet its obligations as they fall due. These factors cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Board has on balance concluded that the conditions for the going concern assumption are met.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,420,664 | £5,336,875 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£2,008,492 | £1,583,760 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£1,993,161 | £1,589,482 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,516,206 | £1,784,482 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £169,368 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | -£6,857,966 | -£5,073,484 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | -£6,857,966 | -£5,073,484 | |
| Equity | -£6,300,035 | -£7,202,089 | -£3,208,735 | -£5,341,760 | -£6,857,966 | -£5,073,484 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 34 | 30 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,608,976 | £2,256,640 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
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Turnover
+120.5%
£2,420,664 £5,336,875
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+26%
-£6,857,966 -£5,073,484
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Employees
-11.8%
34 30
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Operating profit
+178.9%
-£2,008,492 £1,583,760
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Profit before tax
+179.7%
-£1,993,161 £1,589,482
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Wages
-13.5%
£2,608,976 £2,256,640
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -83.0% | 29.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -62.6% | 33.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 29.3% | -31.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.16x | 0.11x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2221.26x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Dunkley's Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As at 31 December 2024 the company had net liabilities and is dependent upon the continued financial support from its parent company, IDEX Biometrics ASA, to meet its obligations as they fall due. These factors cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Board has on balance concluded that the conditions for the going concern assumption are met.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BESSEBERG, Kjell-Arne | Director | 2025-12-01 | Apr 1974 | Norwegian |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAUSEN, Carl Wilhelm Garmann | Director | 2014-08-29 | 2025-12-01 |
| GRAZIANI, Vincent Arthur | Director | 2021-01-27 | 2025-12-01 |
| KNUDTZON, Nicolay Henrik | Director | 2014-08-29 | 2019-05-29 |
| MARDIA, Hemant Kumar | Director | 2014-08-29 | 2018-04-01 |
| SVELA, Erling | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2025-08-31 |
| SWEARINGEN, Stanley Alvin | Director | 2018-04-01 | 2021-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idex Biometrics Asa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.