SMART CARD SOFTWARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+618.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£42M
+462.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£6M
-201.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2023-09-30
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-09-30; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -0.1% | -0.0% | 0.2% |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- SMART CARD SOFTWARE LIMITED · parent
- Bell Identification B.V. trading as Token ID 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 5
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-09-30 vs 2022-09-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+618.5%
£216,363 £1,554,479
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
0%
2 2
-
Operating profit
+4,304.3%
-£2,000 £84,086
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-201.4%
-£1,846,867 -£5,566,459
lowest in 3 filed years
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