PAYPOINT COLLECTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+3.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£1.3m
-30.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£727k
-111.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,521,000 | £29,020,000 | £26,126,000 | £17,698,000 | £1,224,000 | -93.1% | |
| Operating profit | £12,146,000 | £12,580,000 | £12,277,000 | £5,920,000 | -£624,000 | -110.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,440,000 | £13,707,000 | £13,567,000 | £6,532,000 | -£727,000 | -111.1% | |
| Net profit | £11,828,000 | £11,661,000 | £10,175,000 | £4,899,000 | -£545,000 | -111.1% | |
| Cash | £17,976,000 | £19,461,000 | £23,883,000 | £14,908,000 | £15,454,000 | +3.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £5,913,000 | £5,112,000 | £2,387,000 | -53.3% | |
| Net assets | £18,077,000 | £23,738,000 | £5,913,000 | £1,812,000 | £1,267,000 | -30.1% | |
| Equity | £18,077,000 | £23,738,000 | £5,913,000 | £1,812,000 | £1,267,000 | -30.1% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £641,000 | £661,000 | £738,000 | £805,000 | £841,000 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £198,000 | £213,000 | £77,000 | -63.8% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £122,000 | £146,000 | £47,000 | -67.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 42.6% | 43.3% | 47.0% | 33.5% | -51.0% | |
| Net margin | 41.5% | 40.2% | 38.9% | 27.7% | -44.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 207.6% | 115.8% | -26.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 95.1% | 97.9% | 98.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.05x | 1.06x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -3.78x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PAYPOINT COLLECTIONS LIMITED 1998-08-04 → present
- YAMTRADE LIMITED 1998-06-15 → 1998-08-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 7 May 2026, the Competition Appeal Tribunal ('CAT') handed down its judgment concerning the claim brought by Global-365. The CAT found PayPoint liable for an historical infringement of competition law, which ceased in 2018... CAT awarded damages of £169,334 plus interest”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-22 | — | — |
| HARDING, David Robert | Director | 2023-08-14 | Aug 1974 | British |
| WILES, Nicholas Winston Braid | Director | 2019-12-19 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNE, Sarah | Secretary | 2019-12-16 | 2022-01-28 |
| CLIFFORD, Amanda Elizabeth | Secretary | 1998-07-15 | 1998-08-04 |
| COURT, Susan Catherine | Secretary | 1999-10-04 | 2019-12-13 |
| HANSON, Shay Dinata | Secretary | 1999-05-31 | 1999-09-24 |
| MCDOUGALL, Ian Paul, Mr. | Secretary | 1998-08-04 | 1999-05-31 |
| MCLELLAND, Brian | Secretary | 2022-01-28 | 2023-12-29 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-15 | 1998-07-15 |
| ASTBURY, Mark Harvey Ayrton | Director | 2004-10-20 | 2007-01-23 |
| ASTBURY, Mark Harvey Ayrton | Director | 2000-07-28 | 2004-08-31 |
| BOTT, Stephen John | Director | 1999-07-12 | 2004-07-20 |
| BULL, Ian Alan | Director | 1998-09-22 | 2004-07-20 |
| CLIFFORD, Amanda Elizabeth | Director | 1998-07-15 | 1998-08-04 |
| COLLISON, David | Director | 1998-08-04 | 1999-06-21 |
| DALE, Alan Christopher | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-12-06 |
| EARLE, George William Eric David | Director | 2004-10-20 | 2017-02-10 |
| HEADON, Patrick Vincent | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2019-12-19 |
| KENTLETON, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2020-06-30 |
| MORRISON, David John | Director | 2002-09-25 | 2004-10-20 |
| NEWLANDS, David Baxter | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2004-10-20 |
| PAULL, Charles Arthur | Director | 1998-08-04 | 1998-09-22 |
| SAXTON, Peter William Harley | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2001-07-07 |
| STEELE, Kim | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2004-09-13 |
| SYKES, Claire Elizabeth | Director | 1998-07-15 | 1998-08-04 |
| VON TROTHA TAYLOR, Dominic Clamor | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2019-04-01 |
| WATKIN REES, Timothy David | Director | 1998-09-22 | 2018-03-31 |
| WILTSHIRE, Mark | Director | 2000-01-26 | 2001-05-02 |
| NOROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-15 | 1998-07-15 |
| NORTON ROSE LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-15 | 1998-07-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paypoint Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.