EBAY (UK) LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company possesses adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and are not aware of any changes in the intercompany agreements. Consequently, the Company continues to adopt the going-concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Group structure

1. EBAY (UK) LIMITED · parent
   1. KnownOrigin Labs Limited (KO) 100% · UK

Significant events

• “2024 was a transformational year for the Company as in April, the Company went free to sell in Fashion for private sellers, aiming to reduce the barriers to engaging with the marketplace and bringing more listings and buyers onto the platform. Following the success of this launch, the Company removed all fees for private sellers across all categories, except vehicles, on October 1st, keeping more items in circulation and out of landfills as well as providing better value and more sustainable choices for consumers.”
• “On 6th December 2024, the Company entered into share purchase agreement with Certilogo Inc., based in USA. The Company sold 7,515 ordinary shares and 439 series A shares of KO for total cash consideration of £480k.”
• “The Company also declared a dividend in the amount of £1,804k to eMG, which was satisfied in-specie by the transfer of 28,269 ordinary shares and 1,651 series A shares of KO, ultimately to eIM, on 10th December 2024.”
• “In February 2025, the Company repaid and settled an unsecured loan of £36,000k received from its parent company, eMG, initially intended for a five-year term, ahead of its maturity date in 2027.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -9.7%

  £1,284,965,000 → £1,160,202,000

• Cash

  -43.7%

  £3,186,000 → £1,795,000

• Net assets

  -63.8%

  £97,058,000 → £35,156,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +553.3%

  -£6,137,000 → £27,821,000

• Profit before tax

  +1,249.6%

  £2,708,000 → £36,546,000

• Wages

  -10.3%

  £39,525,000 → £35,458,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers