EBAY GROUP SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-07 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
+132.9% vs 2023
Employees
107
-9.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+584.4% 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 | £18,078,485 | £27,309,376 | |
| Operating profit | £472,209 | £3,098,485 | |
| Profit before tax | £469,644 | £3,214,409 | |
| Net profit | £401,075 | £2,654,958 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,090,660 | £4,454,644 | |
| Net assets | £1,812,507 | £4,221,320 | |
| Equity | £1,812,507 | £4,221,320 | |
| Average employees | 118 | 107 | |
| Wages | £10,987,310 | £13,999,516 |
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 | 2.6% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 9.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.6% | 69.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.51x | 1.76x | |
| Interest cover | 16.50x | — |
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
“The Company's Directors' have evaluated the uncertainties and instability in the economic and market conditions arising from ongoing inflationary pressures and fluctuating interest rates. After careful consideration, they have determined that these factors do not materially impact the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its inter-company cash pool service agreement. The Company's forecasts and projections, which account for reasonably possible variations in trading performance, show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current cash reserves and borrowings. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company possesses adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future & is not aware of any changes in intercompany agreement. Consequently, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements. The Company has received a letter of support from its ultimate parent company, ebay Inc., stating that it is willing and able to financially support the operations of the Company during a period of 12 months from the date of approval of accounts.”
Significant events
- “There were no significant events affecting the Company since year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEOGHAN, Kirsty | Director | 2024-05-24 | Dec 1979 | British |
| MALHOTRA, Hersh | Director | 2023-05-04 | Nov 1986 | British |
| MEE, Sholto David Andrew | Director | 2024-05-24 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| D’ARRIGO, Maurizio | Director | 2023-05-04 | 2024-04-25 |
| LATIMER, Alec Patrick | Director | 2023-01-25 | 2025-03-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebay Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-01-25 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+51.1%
£18,078,485 £27,309,376
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+132.9%
£1,812,507 £4,221,320
-
Employees
-9.3%
118 107
-
Operating profit
+556.2%
£472,209 £3,098,485
-
Profit before tax
+584.4%
£469,644 £3,214,409
-
Wages
+27.4%
£10,987,310 £13,999,516
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