COGNIZANT UK FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-08 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-25
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2B
USD 2,245,629,000
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£102M
USD 136,917,000
Period ending 2023-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | |
| Operating profit | — | |
| Profit before tax | £102,352,545 | |
| Net profit | £78,963,146 | |
| Cash | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,678,723,929 | |
| Net assets | £1,678,723,929 | |
| Equity | £1,678,723,929 | |
| Average employees | — | |
| Wages | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 10.98x |
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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate as the company's forecasts and projections show that the company should be able to operate within its current cash reserves, maintains a positive net current assets position, and can draw on the Cognizant Group cashpool.”
Significant events
- “On 7 March 2024, the Company raised additional finance of $570,000,000 through the issuance of 570 ordinary equity shares to its immediate parent, Cognizant (Mauritius) Limited.”
- “On 8 March 2024, an amount of $600,000,000 was extended to Cognizant Worldwide Limited under a loan agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE ROCCA-SERRA, Elisa | Director | 2023-05-31 | Jul 1976 | French |
| SHARMA, Vivek | Director | 2022-08-26 | Dec 1975 | British |
| YU, James Suk-Won | Director | 2022-08-26 | Mar 1968 | American |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| UY, Mary Charmian | Director | 2022-08-26 | 2023-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-08-26 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-18 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-18 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-09-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.