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WORLD FIRST UK LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 05022388
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2004-01-21
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- UK Adopted International Accounting Standards
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company have adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Ant International have indicated, by way of a letter of support to the Directors, their unconditional support for at least 12 months from the date of authorisation of these financial statements. This includes the provision of capital, technology and human resources to support future business growth and enable the company to continue to meet its regulatory capital requirements. Given the liquidity and capital resources arrangements in place, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, a significant legal entity restructure was undertaken to strategically realign the legal entities within Ant International and Ant Group according to the core business activities. This restructure culminated in the "spin off" of Ant International from Ant Group on the 4th December 2024, when the ultimate parent company of World First UK Limited changed from Ant Group to Ant International.”
- “As part of the legal entity restructure, all of the subsidiaries of World First UK Limited were sold internally to fellow Ant International companies on the following dates: World First Asia Pte. Ltd. on the 2nd December 2024; World First Netherlands B.V. on the 28th November 2024; World First Pty Limited on the 30th September 2024; World First Japan K. K on the 27th September 2024.”
- “A new product, World Card was launched at the end of 2024 and complements the World Account, launched in 2017 and our cornerstone product, which provides a highly flexible, multi-currency platform for international trade.”
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People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, Leiming | Director | 2019-02-13 | Jul 1961 | Canadian |
| LAU, Hoi Yan Irene | Director | 2023-04-21 | Jul 1987 | British |
| SHI, Wenyi | Director | 2022-06-24 | Nov 1976 | Chinese |
| ZHOU, Yi | Director | 2024-10-29 | Jun 1978 | Chinese |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, Lorraine May | Secretary | 2018-03-29 | 2018-05-11 |
| FAHEY, Jane | Secretary | 2018-05-23 | 2019-03-06 |
| FISCHER, Rosheen | Secretary | 2012-02-20 | 2017-12-29 |
| ODUKOYA, Tolulope | Secretary | 2019-03-28 | 2021-10-19 |
| QUIN, Jonathan Roger Aitken | Secretary | 2004-01-21 | 2012-02-20 |
| BATSVIK-MILLER, Magnus | Director | 2013-04-02 | 2016-01-14 |
| BERNSTEIN, Bradford Eric | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2019-02-13 |
| CHENG, Li | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2020-03-13 |
| CLEMENTI, David Cecil, Sir | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2019-02-13 |
| COYLE, James | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2019-02-13 |
| DOBSON, Elisabeth Jane | Director | 2012-08-08 | 2016-01-14 |
| FEAGIN, Douglas Lehman | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2020-05-26 |
| FILSHIE, Alexander | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2017-06-23 |
| FISCHER, Rosheen Ann | Director | 2022-10-14 | 2023-01-26 |
| GRISWOLD, Kyle Adams | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2019-02-13 |
| HENSON, Jabu | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2014-04-16 |
| JIA, Hang | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2022-03-17 |
| LIANG, Tzu Chung | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2021-09-29 |
| PARKER, Jeffrey Thomas Alan | Director | 2020-05-26 | 2022-09-06 |
| QUIN, Jonathan Roger Aitken | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2023-10-10 |
| ROBINSON, Nicholas James Gray | Director | 2004-01-21 | 2018-06-30 |
| SULLIVAN, Alex Leigh Rhys | Director | 2012-04-16 | 2015-11-18 |
| ZHAO, Ying | Director | 2020-03-13 | 2024-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jack Ma Yun | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-02-13 | Ceased 2023-12-28 |
| Mr Jonathan Roger Aitken Quin | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-13 |
| Mr Nicholas James Gray Robinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-13 |
| Sir David Cecil Clementi | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-13 |
| Mr Bradford Eric Bernstein | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-13 |
| Mr Kyle Griswold | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-13 |
| Mr Richard Garman | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-13 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-05-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control statement |
| 2025-05-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-17 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type group |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-03-15 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-09-27 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
| 2023-09-27 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with new address |
| 2023-04-27 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-24 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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