HANDEPAY LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
None on the register
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
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2023-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 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 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 38.0% | 25.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 31.5% | 23.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 55.4% | 27.7% |
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 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2023-03-31 vs 2022-03-31
-
Turnover
-2.5%
£15,161,000 £14,780,000
-
Cash
-64.2%
£341,000 £122,000
-
Net assets
+33.3%
£10,336,000 £13,773,000
-
Employees
+6%
149 158
-
Operating profit
-33.8%
£5,760,000 £3,815,000
-
Profit before tax
-29%
£5,911,000 £4,194,000
-
Wages
+18.9%
£5,604,000 £6,662,000
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