KNOWBE4 UK, LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-08 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+284.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£207M
+3,858.6% vs 2023
Employees
429
+410.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£45M
-4,763.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,434,707 | £24,301,693 | |
| Operating profit | £936,403 | -£40,041,667 | |
| Profit before tax | £957,909 | -£44,672,396 | |
| Net profit | £601,935 | -£45,716,948 | |
| Cash | £2,322,259 | £8,930,617 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,363,559 | £292,056,241 | |
| Net assets | £5,233,663 | £207,181,917 | |
| Equity | £5,233,663 | £207,181,917 | |
| Average employees | 84 | 429 | |
| Wages | £8,204,456 | £21,710,141 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | -164.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | -188.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.5% | -13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.2% | 38.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | — | -8.59x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis following the Directors' assessment of the Company's viability for the 12-month period after these statements' approval. This conclusion is supported by the Group's financial resources, diverse customer contracts, and ultimate parent company support, positioning the Company well to manage business risks effectively.”
Group structure
- KNOWBE4 UK, LTD. · parent
- Egress Software Technologies Limited 100%
- Egress Software Technologies, Inc. 100%
- Egress Software Technologies, Inc. 100%
- Egress Software Technologies IP Limited 100%
- Egress Software Technologies Pty Limited 100%
- Twist & Shout Communications Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 July 2024, the Company acquired the entirety of the equity instruments of Egress Software Technologies Limited ("Egress"), an industry leader in adaptive and integrated cloud email security domiciled in the UK for a purchase price with an aggregate fair value of £326.08 million.”
- “Following the on-going integration of Egress' business to KnowBe4, on 1 January 2025, Egress Software Technologies Limited sold its US and Canada entities to KnowBe4, Inc. for an aggregate cash purchase price of £6.88 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Yuneeb Ullah | Director | 2026-05-01 | Jul 1975 | Dutch |
| PALMA, Bryan John | Director | 2025-10-21 | Jul 1973 | American |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REICH, Robert Francis | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2026-05-01 |
| SJOUWERMAN, Stu | Director | 2017-07-26 | 2025-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Frederick Smith | Individual | Appoints directors | 2023-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-26 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+68.4%
£14,434,707 £24,301,693
-
Cash
+284.6%
£2,322,259 £8,930,617
-
Net assets
+3,858.6%
£5,233,663 £207,181,917
-
Employees
+410.7%
84 429
-
Operating profit
-4,376.1%
£936,403 -£40,041,667
-
Profit before tax
-4,763.5%
£957,909 -£44,672,396
-
Wages
+164.6%
£8,204,456 £21,710,141
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers