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HANDEPAY LTD.
Cash
£122K
-64.2% vs 2022
Net assets
£14M
+33.3% vs 2022
Employees
158
+6% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£4M
-29% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 05504126
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2005-07-09
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Fintech median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2023-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £15,161,000 | £14,780,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £5,760,000 | £3,815,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £5,911,000 | £4,194,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,777,000 | £3,437,000 | |
| Cash | — | £341,000 | £122,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,401,000 | £13,786,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £10,336,000 | £13,773,000 | |
| Equity | £5,559,000 | £10,336,000 | £13,773,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 149 | 158 | |
| Wages | — | £5,604,000 | £6,662,000 |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the financial support provide from its immediate parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources available to it to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
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
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-25 | — | — |
| HARDING, David Robert | Director | 2023-08-14 | Aug 1974 | British |
| LATHAM, Mark David | Director | 2014-03-25 | Sep 1979 | British |
| PAUL, Christopher Richard Thomas | Director | 2021-02-03 | Jan 1980 | British |
| TWENTYMAN, Andrew George | Director | 2024-09-06 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAXTER, Melanie | Secretary | 2013-05-01 | 2013-07-25 |
| CARNE, Sarah | Secretary | 2021-02-03 | 2022-03-23 |
| HYSLOP, Nigel | Secretary | 2007-01-22 | 2013-04-30 |
| MCLELLAND, Brian | Secretary | 2022-03-23 | 2023-12-29 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Secretary | 2018-08-30 | 2019-04-30 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Secretary | 2005-07-09 | 2007-01-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-07-09 | 2005-07-09 |
| DALE, Alan Christopher | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-12-06 |
| FORD, Benjamin | Director | 2022-10-18 | 2022-10-18 |
| HOLNESS, Anna | Director | 2022-01-04 | 2024-09-06 |
| HYSTOP, Nigel St John Layton | Director | 2007-04-30 | 2013-04-30 |
| KENNEDY, Ian Stuart | Director | 2019-11-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| MACAULEY, Andrew | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2021-02-03 |
| PEAKE, Andrew John | Director | 2005-07-09 | 2007-01-22 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Director | 2005-07-09 | 2007-01-22 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-07-09 | 2005-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paypoint Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-03 | Active |
| Mr Paulus Reginaldus Van Vliet | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2019-06-27 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
| Andrew Macauley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-07-09 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
| Andrew John Peake | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2017-07-09 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-04 | CH04 | officers | change corporate secretary company with change date |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-09-10 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-09-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-02-02 | AP04 | officers | appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-11-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-03-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-11-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-03-23 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-03-31
16.63
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.890 × 6.56 = +5.84
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.248 × 6.72 = +1.67
- Book equity / Total liabilities 8.690 × 1.05 = +9.12
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory