CB PAYMENTS, LTD
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Cash
£195M
EUR 227,843,000
+53.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£62M
EUR 72,015,000
-28.1% vs 2023
Employees
141
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9.9M
EUR 11,582,000
+143% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £95,722,246 | £112,932,705 | +18% | |
| Operating profit | £3,231,033 | £8,586,369 | +165.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,086,584 | £9,928,847 | +143% | |
| Net profit | £2,247,750 | £6,711,530 | +198.6% | |
| Cash | £127,358,766 | £195,321,903 | +53.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £85,825,975 | £61,735,962 | -28.1% | |
| Net assets | £85,825,975 | £61,735,962 | -28.1% | |
| Equity | £85,825,975 | £61,735,962 | -28.1% | |
| Average employees | 144 | 141 | -2.1% | |
| Wages | £30,536,648 | £32,652,379 | +6.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £343,763 | £386,627 | +12.5% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.857 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.4% | 7.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.8% | 13.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.4% | 90.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 6.40x | — |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 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.”
Significant events
- “The APP Fraud Reimbursement Scheme, introduced by the Payments Systems Regulator (PSR), came into force on October 7 2024.”
- “The UK's crypto financial promotions regime, introduced by the FCA in October 2023.”
- “The Parent announced and completed restructuring event during 2023 to manage operating expenses in response to ongoing market conditions impacting the crypto-economy and ongoing business prioritization efforts.”
- “In July 2024, the FCA announced its decision to impose a financial penalty of €4.1 million (£3.5 million) for certain unintentional breaches of the VREQ between October 2020 and October 2023, which was settled in August 2024.”
- “On February 3, 2025, the Company was registered by the FCA to carry out specific cryptoasset activities under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. On April 11, 2025, the Company gained approval for its VASP license.”
- “Subsequent to year-end, a certain number of the Company's customer accounts were potentially impacted by a data privacy issue that occurred at Coinbase, Inc., the Company's exchange service provider.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREWAL, Paul | Secretary | 2021-03-02 | — | — |
| AKINYEYE, Philip | Director | 2024-02-13 | Sep 1987 | British |
| FARMER, David | Director | 2023-12-20 | Apr 1989 | British |
| GROSE, Keith Michael | Director | 2024-09-05 | Oct 1988 | British |
| HAAS, Alesia Jeanne | Director | 2018-12-03 | Dec 1976 | American |
| MARTIN, Sean Edward | Director | 2024-05-08 | Aug 1965 | British |
| SEIFERT, Daniel | Director | 2023-07-27 | Jul 1979 | German |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Brian | Secretary | 2019-02-06 | 2020-03-31 |
| LEMPRES, Michael Timothy | Secretary | 2018-10-26 | 2019-02-06 |
| SUAREZ, Juan | Secretary | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-02 |
| HALCO SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-08-06 | 2024-02-20 |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-07-29 | 2018-10-26 |
| ARMSTRONG, Brian | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2016-05-16 |
| BROOKS, Brian Paul | Director | 2019-03-29 | 2020-03-31 |
| CHIU, Adolfo Hao Yun Chou | Director | 2019-08-06 | 2020-09-10 |
| EHRSAM, Fred | Director | 2015-07-29 | 2017-01-27 |
| FARMER, David Alexander | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2018-03-29 |
| FEROZ, Zeeshan | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2020-09-10 |
| HIRJI, Asiff Sherali | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2019-06-03 |
| HUGHES, Marcus | Director | 2020-09-10 | 2021-12-09 |
| LEMPRES, Michael Timothy | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2019-02-06 |
| MCGRATH, Nathalie | Director | 2016-04-16 | 2018-10-26 |
| MINARIK, Katherine | Director | 2023-02-17 | 2024-03-31 |
| MURUGESAN, Nana | Director | 2022-04-19 | 2023-12-19 |
| STILWELL, Peter | Director | 2023-02-17 | 2024-05-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-16 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.