MOOREPAY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-03 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10M
-25.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£42M
+14% vs 2024
Employees
249
+11.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,708,000 | £30,332,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,876,000 | £4,508,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,227,000 | £6,540,000 | |
| Net profit | £6,182,000 | £5,150,000 | |
| Cash | £13,051,000 | £9,718,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £37,685,000 | £42,731,000 | |
| Net assets | £36,698,000 | £41,848,000 | |
| Equity | £36,698,000 | £41,848,000 | |
| Average employees | 224 | 249 | |
| Wages | £11,410,000 | £13,033,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.0% | 14.9% | |
| Net margin | 21.5% | 17.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.3% | 50.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 3.36x | 2.25x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements as detailed in note 2 on page 16 of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MOOREPAY LIMITED · parent
- Moorepay Compliance Limited 100%
- Jamy Investments Limited 100%
- Natural HR Limited 100%
- Moorepay Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 6 December 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Buddy, a provider of a cloud-based payroll management platform with operations in Malta and the UK. An initial cash consideration of £7.8m was paid. The acquisition enhances the Company's technology capabilities and supports its strategic focus on expanding its HR and payroll offering. At the date of signing the financial statements, the initial accounting for the business combination has not yet been finalised.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Chris | Secretary | 2021-08-16 | — | — |
| PETTER, John Richard Martin | Director | 2018-07-18 | May 1970 | British |
| TROY, Joseph James | Director | 2025-12-10 | Sep 1963 | American |
| VOLLMER, Anthony | Director | 2023-04-28 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, Malcolm Robert | Secretary | 2016-05-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| COPESTICK, Helen | Secretary | 2021-04-19 | 2021-08-16 |
| FARRIMOND, Nicholas Brian | Secretary | 2004-01-23 | 2004-11-17 |
| FISHER, Anthony Philip | Secretary | — | 2000-03-21 |
| LEPPARD, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2018-02-01 | 2021-04-19 |
| MEADES, Derek Leslie | Secretary | 2002-02-28 | 2004-01-23 |
| NUNN, Carol Jayne | Secretary | 2004-11-17 | 2006-04-03 |
| RICHARDSON, John David | Secretary | 2006-04-03 | 2013-09-09 |
| SCHENCK, Daniel William | Secretary | 2013-09-09 | 2016-05-01 |
| SCORE, Timothy | Secretary | 2000-03-21 | 2002-02-28 |
| AL-SALEH, Adel Bedry | Director | 2011-12-22 | 2017-12-19 |
| ANDERSON, Ronald Hamilton Sharp | Director | — | 2000-03-21 |
| CUMBERS, Alan Brian | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| DENLEY, Gareth Phillip | Director | 2000-03-21 | 2004-01-23 |
| FISHER, Anthony Philip | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| GREAVES, Andrew David | Director | 2003-02-28 | 2004-01-23 |
| KINCH, Alan Royston | Director | 2019-06-29 | 2025-12-01 |
| LATTIMER, Alan | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2004-10-15 |
| LEGDON, Jonathan | Director | 2017-12-19 | 2018-07-09 |
| MEADES, Derek Leslie | Director | 2002-02-28 | 2004-01-23 |
| MONSHAW, Andrew Phillip | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2018-02-01 |
| MOORE, Ian Oscar Whittingham | Director | — | 2000-03-21 |
| NICOL, Alexander James Wilson | Director | — | 2000-03-21 |
| PRESLAND, Peter Eric | Director | 2000-03-21 | 2001-08-17 |
| ROSS, Stuart | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-02-01 |
| SCORE, Timothy | Director | 2000-03-21 | 2002-02-28 |
| STIER, John Robert | Director | 2004-01-23 | 2015-04-20 |
| STONE, Christopher Michael Renwick | Director | 2004-01-23 | 2011-12-22 |
| TRAYHORN, Robert Sinclair | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| TROON, Anita Jean | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| VINCENT, Robert Stanley | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| WAIN, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2017-12-19 | 2019-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorepay Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-19 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-08-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£28,708,000 £30,332,000
-
Cash
-25.5%
£13,051,000 £9,718,000
-
Net assets
+14%
£36,698,000 £41,848,000
-
Employees
+11.2%
224 249
-
Operating profit
-7.5%
£4,876,000 £4,508,000
-
Profit before tax
+5%
£6,227,000 £6,540,000
-
Wages
+14.2%
£11,410,000 £13,033,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers