GLOBAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS LTD
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Cash
£4.3m
+96.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.2m
+40.2% vs 2024
Employees
39
+21.9% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£15m
-28% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Based on the current burn rate, this level of funding would not be sufficient to maintain the liquidity required for the going concern period... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£5,199,746 | -£7,901,456 | -£11,619,262 | -£14,881,107 | -28.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£5,198,789 | -£7,798,216 | -£11,584,707 | -£14,822,913 | -28% | |
| Net profit | -£697,122 | -£5,198,789 | -£7,798,216 | -£11,584,707 | -£14,822,913 | -28% | |
| Cash | £711,075 | £9,351,662 | £2,352,416 | £2,188,656 | £4,304,206 | +96.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,179,152 | £10,376,874 | £2,711,918 | £5,871,088 | £8,210,638 | +39.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,179,152 | £10,324,374 | £2,659,418 | £5,818,588 | £8,158,138 | +40.2% | |
| Equity | £2,179,152 | £10,324,374 | £2,659,418 | £5,818,588 | £8,158,138 | +40.2% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 39 | +21.9% | |
| Wages | — | £2,661,316 | £3,877,808 | £4,429,502 | £4,223,673 | -4.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £493,000 | £890,000 | £1,002,519 | £1,043,910 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £46,392 | £30,000 | £15,542 | -48.2% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £370,000 | £456,737 | £460,287 | +0.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -50.1% | -291.4% | -197.9% | -181.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.8% | 6.3% | 25.6% | 19.4% | 10.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.13x | 4.90x | 9.35x |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Based on the current burn rate, this level of funding would not be sufficient to maintain the liquidity required for the going concern period... indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In May 2026 the Group has issued preference notes for the value of £5.4million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELWANI, Rajesh Ramesh | Director | 2020-11-15 | Jun 1974 | British |
| SEN, Arnab | Director | 2020-11-15 | Nov 1977 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENTON, Dominic Jon | Director | 2020-11-15 | 2026-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Prudential Assurance Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-10-31 | Active |
| Rajesh Ramesh Melwani | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-11-15 | Ceased 2024-01-22 |
| Arnab Sen | Individual | Appoints directors | 2020-11-15 | Ceased 2024-01-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-07-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 13
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.