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EQUALS GROUP LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 08922461
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2014-03-04
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 64999
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Board have concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. However, the Board do not have reasonable basis to believe that the use of the going concern basis of accounting will be appropriate for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Equals Money PLC · 100% held · England and Wales · Trading
- Equals Money UK Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Trading
- Equals Connect Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Trading
- Equals Money International Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Trading
- Roqett Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Trading
- Hamer and Hamer Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Trading
- Equals Money Europe S.A. · 100% held · Belgium · Trading
- Equals Pay LLC · 100% held · United States of America · Trading
- Equals Money Finance Ireland Limited · 100% held · Ireland · Dormant
- City Forex Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- FairFX Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Spectrum Payment Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Cardone Capital Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Oconex Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
Significant events
- “On 11 December 2024, the Boards of Equals and Bidco announced that they had reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all cash acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Equals (the "Acquisition").”
- “Under the terms of the Acquisition, Equals Shareholders shall be entitled to receive 140 pence in cash, comprising a cash consideration of 135 pence per share plus a special dividend payment of 5 pence in cash per share (the "Special Dividend").”
- “The Acquisition is to be effected by means of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme") which requires the sanction of the Court, the approval of Equals Shareholders and other conditions.”
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
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALIOGLU, Tughan | Director | 2025-04-14 | Oct 1989 | British |
| BOON, Matthijs | Director | 2025-04-14 | Nov 1976 | Dutch |
| KNOLL, Joseph | Director | 2025-04-14 | Oct 1978 | American |
| NADEEM, Shujaat, Dr | Director | 2025-04-25 | Aug 1965 | British |
| SKIBNEVSKIY, Nikolay | Director | 2025-04-14 | Jun 1993 | Israeli |
| TAYLOR, Ian Alexander Irving Strafford | Director | 2014-03-04 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Clive | Secretary | 2015-03-26 | 2016-12-30 |
| QUIRKE, Anthony James | Secretary | 2016-12-31 | 2021-08-01 |
| TAYLOR, Ian Alexander Irving Strafford | Secretary | 2014-03-04 | 2015-03-26 |
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-08-01 | 2025-08-02 |
| BONES, Christopher John, Professor | Director | 2021-04-09 | 2025-04-14 |
| CHOWDHURY, Ajay | Director | 2014-07-28 | 2020-07-29 |
| COOPER, Richard Quentin Mortimer | Director | 2019-10-14 | 2025-04-14 |
| DRUMMOND, Jason Kingsley | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2014-11-21 |
| HEAD, Robert Michael | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2020-10-01 |
| HERBERT, Sian | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2025-04-14 |
| HUGHES, Alan Renatus Frederick | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2025-04-14 |
| JEFFERY, Nicholas Simon | Director | 2014-07-28 | 2016-07-20 |
| PEARSON, John | Director | 2014-11-21 | 2020-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alakazam Holdings Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2026-01-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-07 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2025-06-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | withdrawal of a person with significant control statement |
| 2025-05-28 | AD04 | address | move registers to registered office company with new address |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-04-29 | CERT10 | change-of-name | certificate re registration public limited company to private |
| 2025-04-29 | RR02 | change-of-name | reregistration public to private company |
| 2025-04-29 | MAR | incorporation | re registration memorandum articles |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-04-25 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-24 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-22 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Credit score requires extracted accounts data.
Activity Score
Composite activity score · components 0–100 · reference 2026-05-10
35.8
COLD
/ 100
- Filings velocity 83
- Capital events 20
- Officer churn 25
- Headcount trajectory 50
- Accounts trajectory 50
Risk penalty: −10
- 10 filing(s) in last 12 months
- 1 capital event(s) in last 24 months
- 0 appointed, 1 resigned (12mo)
- Outstanding charges