KNOWNORIGIN LABS LIMITED
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Cash
£298k
+587.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£4m
+14.4% vs 2024
Employees
40
-11.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+26.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,362,945 | £8,575,681 | £8,901,725 | +3.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,845,651 | £1,118,305 | £1,469,217 | +31.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,807,625 | £1,266,059 | £1,601,371 | +26.5% | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,584,003 | £939,805 | £1,209,859 | +28.7% | |
| Cash | £119,932 | £258,948 | £43,362 | £298,117 | +587.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,664,887 | £3,125,944 | £3,511,527 | £4,040,033 | +15.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,626,443 | £2,837,612 | £3,463,432 | £3,963,296 | +14.4% | |
| Equity | — | £2,837,612 | £3,463,432 | £3,963,296 | +14.4% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 61 | 45 | 40 | -11.1% | |
| Wages | — | £5,280,318 | £4,610,004 | £3,954,805 | -14.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £233,349 | £273,137 | £237,282 | -13.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £6,144 | £6,369 | £5,093 | -20% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -19.7% | 13.0% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | — | -16.9% | 11.0% | 13.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -59.0% | 31.8% | 36.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.7% | 78.4% | 19.2% | 17.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 1.27x | 3.79x | 5.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | -53.60x | — | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- KNOWNORIGIN LABS LIMITED 2020-12-07 → present
- KNOWN ORIGIN LABS LIMITED 2020-11-27 → 2020-12-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's Directors have evaluated the uncertainties and instability in the economic and market conditions arising from ongoing inflationary pressures and fluctuating interest rates, alongside management's decision to scale down the Company's business operations from next year onwards. After careful consideration, they have determined that these factors do not materially impact the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Consequently, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Company's management has decided to scale down business operations.”
- “In February 2026, eBay Inc., the ultimate parent of the Company, announced a restructuring plan. This plan affects the workforce of the Company. The restructuring cost to the Company has been estimated to be approximately £1,404,264.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURCH, Lucy | Director | 2025-10-17 | Feb 1983 | British |
| KEOGHAN, Kirsty | Director | 2025-10-17 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EY CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-07-28 | 2022-12-08 |
| GRAY, Andrew Michael | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2025-10-17 |
| MOORE, David | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2022-06-22 |
| MORGAN, James Edward | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2022-06-22 |
| NG, Christian Kwok Fung | Director | 2021-12-22 | 2022-06-22 |
| POPE, Gwyneth | Director | 2022-06-22 | 2022-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebay Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-10 | Active |
| Ebay (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-22 | Ceased 2024-12-10 |
| Mr Andrew Michael Gray | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-27 | Ceased 2022-06-22 |
| Mr James Edward Morgan | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-27 | Ceased 2022-06-22 |
| Mr David Moore | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-27 | Ceased 2022-06-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-01-03 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-03 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-01-03 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2023-12-30 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-30 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-12-30 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2023-03-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.