SUMUP PAYMENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£310m
EUR 355,700,000
+34.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£24m
EUR 27,914,000
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
107
+72.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
EUR 2,953,000
+59.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology 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 | £163,405,715 | £175,180,823 | £219,059,829 | +25% | |
| Operating profit | £758,273 | £1,623,258 | £2,583,290 | +59.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £758,273 | £1,612,475 | £2,575,440 | +59.7% | |
| Net profit | £309,216 | £2,417,883 | -£695,971 | -128.8% | |
| Cash | £215,242,769 | £230,392,336 | £310,221,525 | +34.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,732,042 | £22,668,381 | £24,386,011 | +7.6% | |
| Net assets | £14,732,042 | £22,668,381 | £24,345,020 | +7.4% | |
| Equity | £14,732,042 | £22,668,381 | £24,345,020 | +7.4% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 62 | 107 | +72.6% | |
| Wages | £5,707,461 | £7,994,360 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £865,109 | £689,283 | £580,848 | -15.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,817 | £12,442 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £612,661 | £202,567 | £207,850 | +2.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 1.4% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 7.2% | 10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.3% | 92.1% | 93.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.07x | 1.06x |
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
- SUMUP PAYMENTS LIMITED 2013-02-26 → present
- KA-CHING PAYMENTS LIMITED 2011-11-07 → 2013-02-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SUMUP PAYMENTS LIMITED · parent
- SumUp Medios De Pagos 100%
- SUMUP SOCIEDADE DE CREDITO DIRETO S.A. 14.65%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Catriona | Secretary | 2020-05-14 | — | — |
| DELPY, Steven David | Director | 2025-09-02 | Apr 1977 | British |
| GRIFFITHS, Luke Benjamin | Director | 2025-06-25 | Jul 1972 | British |
| MCKEE, Hermione | Director | 2023-11-10 | Oct 1981 | British |
| RIESENKAMPFF, Nikolai, Dr | Director | 2023-12-15 | May 1971 | German |
| SHANAHAN, Ken Victor | Director | 2013-07-26 | Aug 1956 | Irish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLEIN, Daniel | Secretary | 2011-11-07 | 2013-05-01 |
| STANFORD, Daniel John | Secretary | 2019-10-24 | 2020-02-24 |
| WALSH, Gareth Patrick, Mr. | Secretary | 2013-05-01 | 2020-05-14 |
| BEAVON, Luke | Director | 2023-11-03 | 2025-08-01 |
| DELPY, Steven David | Director | 2022-01-16 | 2022-11-28 |
| KLEIN, Daniel | Director | 2011-11-07 | 2025-09-17 |
| OAKES, James John | Director | 2013-07-09 | 2022-03-21 |
| PAUL, Simana | Director | 2023-11-06 | 2025-03-27 |
| RICHTER, Florian Alexander | Director | 2012-07-02 | 2013-05-08 |
| RIESENKAMPFF, Alexander | Director | 2013-05-28 | 2015-06-22 |
| TORKLER, Andre | Director | 2013-07-26 | 2014-10-06 |
| WALSH, Gareth Patrick, Mr. | Director | 2014-11-27 | 2023-07-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Luke Benjamin Griffiths | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-09-03 | Active |
| Ms Hermione Mckee | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-11-10 | Active |
| Ms Simana Paul | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-11-06 | Ceased 2025-03-27 |
| Mr Luke Beavon | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-11-03 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Sumup Holdings Luxembourg S.À R.L. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-02-16 | Ceased 2023-02-27 |
| Daniel Klein | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-16 |
| Gareth Walsh | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-16 |
| Sumup Holdings Ch Ag | Legal person | Shares 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Sumup Holdings S.A.R.L. | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Pure Energy Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Sumup Holdings Luxembourg S.A.R.L. | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Pure Ventures Trust | Corporate entity | Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-29 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.