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SMART CARD SOFTWARE LIMITED
Cash
£2M
+618.5% vs 2022
Net assets
£42M
+462.9% vs 2022
Employees
2
0% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£6M
-201.4% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 05258105
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2004-10-13
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-09-30
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62012
Profit before tax
6-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest 2023-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£7,290 | -£2,000 | £84,086 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£7,143 | -£1,846,867 | -£5,566,459 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£7,143 | -£1,846,867 | -£5,580,217 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £216,363 | £216,363 | £1,554,479 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £9,364,205 | £7,517,338 | £42,315,015 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £9,373,136 | £9,376,843 | £9,371,348 | £9,364,205 | — | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sargeant Partnership Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is reliant on the continued support of its parent who has the financial support of the ultimate controlling company, Visa Inc., which has sufficient cash and liquidity to fund the operation if necessary and a letter of support has been provided from Visa International Service Association. Having considered all of the above the accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- Bell Identification B.V. trading as Token ID · 100% held · Rotterdam · Providers of smart card software solutions
Significant events
- “On 15 May 2025, the company allotted 118,580 ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.00005 per share at a price of £25.08127 per share, raising total proceeds of £2,974,749. The shares were issued after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements were authorised for issue, and therefore have not been reflected in the statement of financial position as at 30 September 2024.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEAN, Sharon Julie | Director | 2023-10-02 | Jun 1971 | British |
| PITHOUSE, Prini Patel | Director | 2025-11-24 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURRAN, Glynis | Secretary | 2004-11-18 | 2005-03-15 |
| HARVEY, Christopher Robert | Secretary | 2005-03-15 | 2016-01-25 |
| KIM, Jae Kyung | Secretary | 2016-01-25 | 2019-10-21 |
| BREAMS REGISTRARS AND NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-10-13 | 2004-11-18 |
| CURRAN, Patrick Brian | Director | 2004-11-18 | 2016-01-25 |
| HOFFMEISTER, James Holton | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2025-11-24 |
| KIM, Jae Kyung | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2019-10-21 |
| LIVINGSTON, Robert Philip | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2023-10-02 |
| MATHUR, Rahul | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2019-10-21 |
| PILLING, Martin Anthony | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2018-05-25 |
| RISHI, Satish | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2016-09-14 |
| SCOTT, Martin Philip | Director | 2016-01-25 | 2019-10-21 |
| BREAMS REGISTRARS AND NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-10-13 | 2004-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visa Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-10-21 | Active |
| Rambus Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-06-03 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-08-02 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-06-19 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-06-12 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-06-12 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-06-11 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-05-01 | AD03 | address | move registers to sail company with new address |
| 2024-04-30 | AD02 | address | change sail address company with new address |
| 2024-01-31 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory