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HACK THE BOX LTD
Cash
£6M
+68.8% vs 2020
Net assets
£6M
+18.3% vs 2020
Employees
19
+35.7% vs 2020
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2021-12-31
Profile
- Company number
- 10826193
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2017-06-20
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 62090
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK AI & Enterprise SaaS median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2021-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £2,993,931 | £3,826,644 | £6,459,170 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,979,692 | £5,147,188 | £6,128,651 | |
| Net assets | £2,984,577 | £5,143,029 | £6,082,036 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 13 | 14 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Group or the Company or to cease their operations, and as they have concluded that the Group and the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Subsidiaries
- Hack The Box Inc · 100% held · USA · Development and sale of software
- Hack The Box SMPC · 100% held · Greece · Marketing, administrative and R&D services
- Hack The Box Pty Ltd · 100% held · Australia · Marketing, administrative and R&D services
Significant events
- “In December 2022, a Series B fundraise was completed, raising £43.6m.”
- “On September 15, 2025, the Group entered into a binding purchase agreement to acquire LetsDefend, Inc., an entity based in the USA. ... The completion of the acquisition will be in September 2025.”
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 · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOOKER, James | Secretary | 2017-06-20 | — | — |
| FOUNTAS, Nikos | Director | 2023-04-05 | Mar 1988 | Greek |
| HOOKER, James | Director | 2019-03-08 | May 1984 | British |
| PYLARINOS, Charalampos Antonios | Director | 2017-06-20 | Apr 1984 | Greek |
| WITHAM, Gibbuda Emmett | Director | 2026-01-07 | Jul 1984 | American |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSAKATANIS, Ioannis | Director | 2023-12-06 | 2025-10-22 |
| TZIRALIS, Georgios | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2022-12-28 |
| WITHAM, Gibbuda Emmett | Director | 2020-12-30 | 2023-09-14 |
| ZIKOPOULOS, Aristomenis | Director | 2019-03-08 | 2023-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octachoron Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-29 | Active |
| Octachoron Topco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-28 | Ceased 2022-12-29 |
| Marathon A.E.D.A.K.E.S | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-31 | Ceased 2021-03-26 |
| Mr Charalampos Antonios Pylarinos | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-06-20 | Ceased 2022-12-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-03-28 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-03-20 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-12-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-09-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-05-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-05-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-03-06 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2023-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-01-24 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2023-01-24 | SH08 | capital | capital name of class of shares |
| 2023-01-24 | SH08 | capital | capital name of class of shares |
| 2023-01-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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