HACK THE BOX LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35M
-12.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£18M
-64.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
214
+15.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£7M
+41.1% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £15,526,994 | £24,780,713 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£11,562,778 | -£7,478,881 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£11,627,890 | -£6,847,671 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£11,755,063 | -£7,376,740 | |
| Cash | £2,993,931 | £3,826,644 | £6,459,170 | £46,755,084 | £39,661,456 | £34,691,352 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,979,692 | £5,147,188 | £6,128,651 | £223,289 | -£8,559,052 | -£15,359,652 | |
| Net assets | £2,984,577 | £5,143,029 | £6,082,036 | £103,727 | -£10,671,297 | -£17,553,997 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £103,727 | -£10,671,297 | -£17,553,997 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 14 | 19 | — | 186 | 214 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £12,508,064 | £15,832,724 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £1,258,440 | £1,653,533 |
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
-
Turnover
+59.6%
£15,526,994 £24,780,713
-
Cash
-12.5%
£39,661,456 £34,691,352
-
Net assets
-64.5%
-£10,671,297 -£17,553,997
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+15.1%
186 214
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+35.3%
-£11,562,778 -£7,478,881
-
Profit before tax
+41.1%
-£11,627,890 -£6,847,671
-
Wages
+26.6%
£12,508,064 £15,832,724
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 | 2020-06-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -74.5% | -30.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -75.7% | -29.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 135.1% | 48.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 99.8% | 122.5% | 136.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.00x | 0.80x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -177.21x | -44.34x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- HACK THE BOX LTD · parent
- Hack The Box Inc 100%
- Hack The Box SMPC 100%
- Hack The Box Pty Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2022, a Series B fundraise was completed, raising £43.6m.”
- “On September 15, 2025, the Group entered into a binding purchase agreement to acquire LetsDefend, Inc., an entity based in the USA. ... The completion of the acquisition will be in September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOOKER, James | Secretary | 2017-06-20 | — | — |
| FOUNTAS, Nikos | Director | 2023-04-05 | Mar 1988 | Greek |
| HOOKER, James | Director | 2019-03-08 | May 1984 | British |
| PYLARINOS, Charalampos Antonios | Director | 2017-06-20 | Apr 1984 | Greek |
| WITHAM, Gibbuda Emmett | Director | 2026-01-07 | Jul 1984 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSAKATANIS, Ioannis | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-10-22 |
| TZIRALIS, Georgios | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2022-12-28 |
| WITHAM, Gibbuda Emmett | Director | 2020-12-30 | 2023-09-14 |
| ZIKOPOULOS, Aristomenis | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2023-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octachoron Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-29 | Active |
| Octachoron Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-28 | Ceased 2022-12-29 |
| Marathon A.E.D.A.K.E.S | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-31 | Ceased 2021-03-26 |
| Mr Charalampos Antonios Pylarinos | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-20 | Ceased 2022-12-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-01-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-01-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-01-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.