CMC MARKETS UK PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-13 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£90M
+100.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£443M
-7.8% vs 2024
Employees
556
-12% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£81M
-0.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CMC MARKETS UK PLC 2005-09-19 → present
- CMC GROUP PLC 1999-08-27 → 2005-09-19
- CURRENCY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION PLC 1992-08-06 → 1999-08-27
- CURRENCY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1989-12-01 → 1992-08-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £298,558,000 | £276,891,000 | |
| Operating profit | £60,476,000 | £68,775,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £81,384,000 | £80,864,000 | |
| Net profit | £65,858,000 | £63,276,000 | |
| Cash | £44,834,000 | £89,872,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £490,517,000 | £452,856,000 | |
| Net assets | £480,916,000 | £443,377,000 | |
| Equity | £480,916,000 | £443,377,000 | |
| Average employees | 632 | 556 | |
| Wages | £68,987,000 | £59,149,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.3% | 24.8% | |
| Net margin | 22.1% | 22.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.3% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.4% | 28.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.54x | 2.14x | |
| Interest cover | 40.26x | 30.11x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. As a result the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CMC MARKETS UK PLC · parent
- CMC Markets Germany GmbH 100%
- CMC Markets Nominees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 4 June 2025, the short-term loan to a member of key management personnel, as set out in note 29, was replaced with a new agreement on amended terms.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOOLEY, Roy Leslie | Secretary | 2023-07-03 | — | — |
| BENDALL, Jonathan David | Director | 2025-06-02 | Jan 1971 | British |
| BOOTH, Laurence Peter | Director | 2025-06-02 | Jan 1975 | British |
| CRUDDAS, Peter Andrew, Lord | Director | — | Sep 1953 | British |
| FINEBERG, David John | Director | 2013-08-01 | Apr 1979 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADSHAW, Jonathan | Secretary | 2012-05-01 | 2020-02-27 |
| CARMODY, Gary | Secretary | 1997-08-07 | 1997-10-16 |
| DAVIS, Patrick Wolfe | Secretary | 2020-02-28 | 2022-12-12 |
| FISH, Deborah Ann | Secretary | 2023-01-20 | 2023-07-03 |
| GREENWOOD, Thomas | Secretary | — | 1997-08-07 |
| NAZARI, Farzim | Secretary | 2001-06-25 | 2009-03-16 |
| PABARI, Ajay | Secretary | 1997-10-16 | 2001-06-25 |
| SYMONDS, Graham Leslie | Secretary | 2009-03-16 | 2012-04-30 |
| ADATIA, Asif Madatali | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-03-14 |
| BICKNELL, Barry Michael | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2007-07-27 |
| BRADBURY, John Richard | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2001-12-21 |
| DRAPAC, Goran | Director | 2002-07-20 | 2003-03-21 |
| ERSSER, John Frederick | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2008-09-09 |
| FOLEY, Grant Jeffrey | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2019-06-07 |
| GILES, Amanda Jane | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2003-01-10 |
| GREENWOOD, Thomas | Director | — | 1997-08-07 |
| HYNES, Roger Niall Alan | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2008-09-05 |
| JACKSON, John David | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2008-01-11 |
| KERR, Nigel | Director | 1999-12-09 | 2000-09-22 |
| LANGHAM, Geoffrey John | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-09-15 |
| MARSHALL, Euan William | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2023-09-01 |
| MOSS, Nicholas James | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-01-31 |
| PABARI, Ajay | Director | 1992-04-23 | 2004-04-07 |
| PETTIGREW, James Neilson | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2009-07-01 |
| REICHELT, Mark | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1997-10-17 |
| RICHARDS, Douglas John | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2013-03-27 |
| SOLEIMAN, Albert | Director | 2023-09-01 | 2025-02-25 |
| SPENCER, Paul | Director | 2006-05-05 | 2007-02-28 |
| STARKEY, Torben | Director | 2012-10-19 | 2013-12-02 |
| TREW, David Laclan Meacle | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2008-11-28 |
| WORSFOLD, David Francis | Director | 2019-10-15 | 2020-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmc Markets Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 263 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-7.3%
£298,558,000 £276,891,000
-
Cash
+100.5%
£44,834,000 £89,872,000
-
Net assets
-7.8%
£480,916,000 £443,377,000
-
Employees
-12%
632 556
-
Operating profit
+13.7%
£60,476,000 £68,775,000
-
Profit before tax
-0.6%
£81,384,000 £80,864,000
-
Wages
-14.3%
£68,987,000 £59,149,000
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