COLUMBUS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
USD 1,542,933
-13.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
USD 16,633,735
+26.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
17
-5.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
USD 3,550,891
+16.7% 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 | £4,809,512 | £5,143,828 | £5,494,289 | +6.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£940,309 | £276,035 | £696,847 | +152.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,831,058 | £2,258,278 | £2,635,170 | +16.7% | |
| Net profit | -£2,776,806 | £2,260,494 | £2,593,367 | +14.7% | |
| Cash | £921,759 | £1,321,866 | £1,145,034 | -13.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,131,377 | £9,725,692 | £12,344,145 | +26.9% | |
| Net assets | -£7,493,852 | £9,725,692 | £12,344,145 | +26.9% | |
| Equity | -£7,493,852 | £9,725,692 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 20 | 18 | 17 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £592,595 | £559,794 | £556,998 | -0.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,575 | £2,685 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £277,306 | £253,414 | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -19.6% | 5.4% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | -57.7% | 43.9% | 47.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.3% | 2.8% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 151.2% | 27.9% | -15.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.13x | 0.11x | |
| Interest cover | -0.50x | 0.14x | 0.36x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence beyond the going concern assessment period.”
Group structure
- COLUMBUS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Columbus US Topco LLC 100%
- Columbus US Holdco LLC 100%
- Beekman Associates LLC 100%
- RightSpend Singapore Pte Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2026 the repayment date for the loan notes and the loan note interest accrued was extended from September 2026 to September 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, David William | Director | 2020-09-04 | Apr 1983 | British |
| GILBERTSON, David Stuart | Director | 2020-09-04 | Sep 1956 | British |
| GLUCKMAN, Daniel David | Director | 2020-09-04 | May 1995 | British |
| HORNBY, John Mark | Director | 2020-09-04 | Aug 1965 | British |
| HOUGH, Dermot Patrick | Director | 2021-09-22 | Sep 1971 | British |
| SEERS, Iain | Director | 2020-08-27 | Jul 1966 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ldc Ix Lp (Held By Ldc (Nominees) Limited) | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% (as firm), Voting 25–50% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2020-09-04 | Active |
| Mr Iain Seers | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-27 | Ceased 2020-09-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-11-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-10-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-30 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-09-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.