DIGITAL ID LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-01 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-50% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+20.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
109
-3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-6.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DIGITAL ID LTD 2016-12-17 → present
- CHALM SOFTWARE LIMITED 2003-04-23 → 2016-12-17
- DIGITAL ID PICTURE SYSTEMS LIMITED 1993-06-24 → 2003-04-23
- COURTFLAME LIMITED 1993-05-18 → 1993-06-24
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £38,685,045 | £38,685,975 | |
| Operating profit | — | £5,643,290 | £5,304,415 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,227,257 | £5,723,733 | £5,349,288 | |
| Net profit | £1,182,612 | £4,357,876 | £3,970,288 | |
| Cash | £738,754 | £3,035,853 | £1,519,261 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,386,082 | £25,067,784 | £29,417,842 | |
| Net assets | £14,784,460 | £19,142,336 | £23,112,624 | |
| Equity | £14,784,460 | £19,142,336 | £23,112,624 | |
| Average employees | 103 | 113 | 109 | |
| Wages | £9,470,992 | £4,077,265 | £4,205,233 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 14.6% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.3% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 22.5% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 5.25x | 7.17x | |
| Interest cover | — | 70.45x | 202.24x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 9th February 2025, the company acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Connected ID Limited, a trading company incorporated in the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DODD, Stephen Paul | Director | 2018-08-10 | Mar 1978 | British |
| LEARNED, Andrew | Director | 2018-12-21 | Apr 1983 | American |
| NETTESHEIM, Daniel | Director | 2018-08-10 | Dec 1972 | American |
| POLAK, Thomas | Director | 2025-08-06 | Sep 1991 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAFER, Robert David | Secretary | 1993-06-10 | 1998-05-31 |
| FELL, Irene | Secretary | 1998-05-31 | 2012-05-14 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-05-18 | 1993-06-10 |
| CHAFER, Robert David | Director | 1993-06-10 | 1998-05-31 |
| DODD, Stephen Paul | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2018-08-10 |
| FELL, Barry Howard | Director | 1995-05-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| FELL, Barry Howard | Director | 1993-06-10 | 1993-09-01 |
| FELL, Jonathan Howard | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2023-01-03 |
| FELL, Jonathan Howard | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2018-08-10 |
| HINCHCLIFFE, David Graham | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2026-04-30 |
| HINCHCLIFFE, David Graham | Director | 2016-02-12 | 2018-08-10 |
| MUSCATO, Todd | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2020-04-27 |
| NAJJAR, Michael | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2018-12-21 |
| SCHNADIG, David | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2018-12-21 |
| TUCKER, James Wilford | Director | 2018-08-10 | 2018-12-21 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-05-18 | 1993-06-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easybadge Limited | Corporate entity | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
0%
£38,685,045 £38,685,975
-
Cash
-50%
£3,035,853 £1,519,261
-
Net assets
+20.7%
£19,142,336 £23,112,624
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-3.5%
113 109
-
Operating profit
-6%
£5,643,290 £5,304,415
-
Profit before tax
-6.5%
£5,723,733 £5,349,288
-
Wages
+3.1%
£4,077,265 £4,205,233
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