EQUALS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-29
- EQUALS GROUP LIMITED 2025-04-29 → present
- EQUALS GROUP PLC 2019-06-26 → 2025-04-29
- FAIRFX GROUP PLC 2014-05-15 → 2019-06-26
- FAIRFX (UK) PLC 2014-03-04 → 2014-05-15
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- EQUALS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Equals Money PLC 100%
- Equals Money UK Limited 100%
- Equals Connect Limited 100%
- Equals Money International Limited 100%
- Roqett Limited 100%
- Hamer and Hamer Limited 100%
- Equals Money Europe S.A. 100%
- Equals Pay LLC 100%
- Equals Money Finance Ireland Limited 100%
- City Forex Limited 100%
- FairFX Limited 100%
- Spectrum Payment Services Limited 100%
- Cardone Capital Limited 100%
- Oconex Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-01-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-29 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-04-29 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one