FREETRADE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-11 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£19M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
Equity attributable
Employees
135
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,260,000 | £28,141,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£24,429,000 | -£3,570,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,680,000 | -£2,710,000 | |
| Net profit | -£23,006,000 | -£2,477,000 | |
| Cash | £19,726,000 | £19,207,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,068,000 | £23,653,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,068,000 | £23,380,000 | |
| Equity | £24,068,000 | £23,380,000 | |
| Average employees | 154 | 135 | |
| Wages | £15,883,000 | £10,243,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £6,047,000 | £188,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -96.7% | -12.7% | |
| Net margin | -91.1% | -8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -101.5% | -15.1% | |
| Current ratio | 5.25x | 4.69x | |
| Interest cover | -297.91x | -198.33x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte Touche
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources for that period and confirm that they consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FREETRADE LIMITED · parent
- Freetrade Nominees Limited 100%
- Freetrade Core Limited 100%
- Freetrade Europa AB 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 April 2025, Market Data Limited, a subsidiary of IG Group Holdings plc, acquired Freetrade Limited in an all-cash transaction which valued the entire ordinary share capital of Freetrade at £171.6 million.”
- “During the period, we also made the difficult decision to wind down our Swedish operations to focus on our UK growth. Shortly thereafter, we acquired the customer book of Stake UK as they decided to focus on their home market.”
- “In 2024 Freetrade decided to close operations in Sweden, which were conducted through Freetrade Europa AB. This was with the aim of focusing resources on existing UK based operations through Freetrade Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAMS, Clifford James | Director | 2025-07-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| HEALY, Michael David | Director | 2026-02-13 | Jun 1988 | Irish |
| NEBEHAJ, Viktor | Director | 2018-10-03 | Dec 1979 | Hungarian |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DODDS, Naoko, Mrs. | Secretary | 2015-12-05 | 2016-01-31 |
| MCWHIR, Calum | Secretary | 2018-01-19 | 2018-12-13 |
| TEDMAN, Daniel | Secretary | 2019-02-11 | 2023-04-05 |
| VERRECCHIA, Philippa Daisy | Secretary | 2023-04-06 | 2025-09-11 |
| GROUPSHIP CONSULTING LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-02-01 | 2017-09-30 |
| BAINES, John Duncan | Director | 2022-12-14 | 2025-04-01 |
| BLACHER, Perry Rael | Director | 2020-06-08 | 2025-04-01 |
| BROOKING, Paul James | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2025-04-08 |
| CHAPMAN, Stuart Malcolm | Director | 2022-08-24 | 2025-04-01 |
| DODDS, Adam | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2024-07-08 |
| FIORANELLI, Davide | Director | 2025-01-02 | 2025-04-01 |
| FIORANELLI, Davide | Director | 2015-12-05 | 2021-03-22 |
| MILLER, Harley Samuel | Director | 2022-01-28 | 2025-04-01 |
| MOHAMED, Andre | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2018-09-17 |
| O'SHEA, Laura-Jane | Director | 2025-08-11 | 2025-12-31 |
| TURNER, William James | Director | 2021-03-22 | 2021-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Data Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Adam Dodds | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-21 |
| Mr Davide Fioranelli | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-09 |
| Mr Andre Mohamed | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-14 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-02-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2025-10-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-29 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 8
- 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.