GLOBAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-28 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-7% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+118.8% vs 2023
Employees
32
+14.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£12M
-48.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-14 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£5,199,746 | — | -£7,901,456 | -£11,619,262 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£5,198,789 | — | -£7,798,216 | -£11,584,707 | |
| Net profit | — | -£697,122 | — | -£5,198,789 | — | -£7,798,216 | -£11,584,707 | |
| Cash | — | £711,075 | £711,075 | £9,351,662 | £9,351,662 | £2,352,416 | £2,188,656 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,179,152 | — | £10,376,874 | — | £2,711,918 | £5,871,088 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,179,152 | — | £10,324,374 | — | £2,659,418 | £5,818,588 | |
| Equity | — | £2,179,152 | £15,272,587 | £10,324,374 | £10,324,374 | £2,659,418 | £5,818,588 | |
| Average employees | — | 2 | — | 21 | — | 28 | 32 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,661,316 | — | £3,877,808 | £4,429,502 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £493,000 | — | £890,000 | £1,002,519 |
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-7%
£2,352,416 £2,188,656
-
Net assets
+118.8%
£2,659,418 £5,818,588
-
Employees
+14.3%
28 32
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-47.1%
-£7,901,456 -£11,619,262
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-48.6%
-£7,798,216 -£11,584,707
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+14.2%
£3,877,808 £4,429,502
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2020-11-14 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -50.1% | — | -291.4% | -197.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 3.13x | 4.90x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -6261.06x | -76442.51x |
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
“Taking these factors into account, the Directors remain confident in the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the Financial Statements continue to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “GFO-X submitted an application to become a Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) in May 2024. The application was deemed complete in December 2024 by the UK FCA and is expected to be granted by the end of May 2025.”
- “GFO-X successfully signed all the necessary participants to launch the platform. GFO-X is one of the first digital platforms to secure partnerships with leading global banking institutions.”
- “The go-live date was delayed due to extended onboarding timelines. GFO-X is now on track to launch before the end of Q2 2025.”
- “The Parent Company has finalised the terms of a Series B extension, to raise another USD30m, this time co-led by M&G Investments and also Hivemind (both of whom are existing investors).”
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 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2024-09-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-03 | 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.