CROWDCUBE LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
+31.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.6m
-13.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
73
-6.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.7m
+56.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-09-23.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,549,480 | £9,761,263 | £10,656,144 | +9.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,650,910 | -£6,381,693 | -£3,092,047 | +51.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,650,612 | -£6,186,257 | -£2,673,112 | +56.8% | |
| Net profit | -£6,650,612 | -£6,224,759 | -£2,745,853 | +55.9% | |
| Cash | £5,415,878 | £3,057,207 | £4,009,204 | +31.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,209,728 | £7,203,339 | -12.3% | |
| Net assets | £10,541,897 | £7,621,939 | £6,611,553 | -13.3% | |
| Equity | £10,541,897 | £7,621,939 | £6,611,553 | -13.3% | |
| Average employees | 100 | 78 | 73 | -6.4% | |
| Wages | £6,737,145 | £6,088,841 | £4,640,616 | -23.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £927,063 | £592,000 | £544,000 | -8.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £23,763 | £18,796 | £11,680 | -37.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £240,000 | £254,851 | £261,518 | +2.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -88.1% | -65.4% | -29.0% | |
| Net margin | -88.1% | -63.8% | -25.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -77.7% | -42.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.3% | 23.3% | 23.0% | |
| Current ratio | 6.74x | 3.58x | 4.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -79.22x |
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
- CROWDCUBE LIMITED 2011-04-14 → present
- CROWDCUBE PLC 2009-09-10 → 2011-04-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CROWDCUBE LIMITED · parent
- Crowdcube Capital Limited 100%
- Crowdcube Europe SLU 100%
- Crowdcube Nominees Limited 100%
- Crowdcube Nominees (Europe) Limited 100%
- Crowdcube France SAS 100%
- Crowdfunder Limited 23%
- Semper SAS 100%
- Semper Unitas Limited 100%
- Semper Nominees Limited 100%
- Clue Crowd Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 10 February 2026, 75,000 A Ordinary shares with a nominal value of £0.001 each were allotted for non-cash consideration of £0.06 each.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYLER, Mark | Secretary | 2019-03-06 | — | — |
| BROOKING, Paul James | Director | 2025-05-22 | Nov 1976 | British |
| BUNTING, Timothy Brian | Director | 2014-08-01 | Aug 1963 | British |
| COOPER, Matthew John | Director | 2023-02-15 | Dec 1977 | British |
| MILLER, Lee Katherine | Director | 2023-05-17 | Mar 1982 | British |
| SIMMONS, William Thomas Anthony | Director | 2014-12-10 | Oct 1977 | British |
| STEWART, Brett Sean | Director | 2024-10-19 | Feb 1977 | American |
| WILLIAMS, Simon James | Director | 2016-10-03 | Jan 1958 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASSEY, Paul Richard Fitzroy | Secretary | 2014-09-12 | 2018-08-01 |
| SIMMONS, William Thomas Anthony | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2019-03-06 |
| WESTLAKE, Darren Michael | Secretary | 2009-09-10 | 2014-09-12 |
| DAVISON, Jeremy Robert | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2014-09-12 |
| ELLIOTT, Rose | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2010-10-21 |
| FEIT, Ryan Michael | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2024-02-20 |
| HAMER, David Justin Irving | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2014-09-12 |
| LANG, Luke James | Director | 2010-07-08 | 2021-05-27 |
| LANG, Mark | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2014-09-12 |
| MILLER, Jonathan Patrick | Director | 2012-05-10 | 2014-01-09 |
| NICOL, Stuart Donald | Director | 2014-02-14 | 2016-01-16 |
| SIBILIA, Jonathan Nicholas Hugo | Director | 2018-11-09 | 2025-05-22 |
| WESTLAKE, Darren Michael | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2023-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Darren Michael Westlake | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-13 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-08 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-13 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.