SUMUP SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Cash
£530k
-65.3% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£20m
+25.9% vs 2024
Employees
41
-16.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£315k
+109% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £9,793,606 | £11,994,847 | £15,787,237 | +31.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£2,451,402 | -£469,028 | £3,170,262 | +775.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£5,171,294 | -£3,508,791 | £315,036 | +109% | |
| Net profit | — | -£6,716,814 | -£5,171,294 | -£3,491,013 | £7,061,377 | +302.3% | |
| Cash | £604,596 | £1,210,896 | £1,820,787 | £1,526,220 | £529,536 | -65.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,985 | -£6,563,120 | £4,039,690 | £2,471,723 | £17,608,454 | +612.4% | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£24,119,559 | -£27,566,317 | -£20,415,249 | +25.9% | |
| Equity | £143,985 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 28 | 55 | 60 | 49 | 41 | -16.3% | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,518,246 | £3,281,847 | £3,481,626 | +6.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £71,342 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £1,797 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £37,454 | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -25.0% | -3.9% | 20.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -52.8% | -29.1% | 44.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -60.7% | -19.0% | 18.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 373.4% | 533.6% | 208.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.81x | 1.59x | 14.63x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -0.79x | -0.13x | 0.95x |
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 SYSTEMS LIMITED 2024-09-02 → present
- THE GOOD TILL CO LTD. 2013-02-20 → 2024-09-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements of the Company have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Board has assessed the appropriateness of the going concern basis of accounting when preparing the financial statements...”
Significant events
- “The Company operates an overseas branch registered in Ireland. The branch has been inactive throughout the financial year.”
- “On 20th August 2024 the Company entered into an English Law Debenture as part of its accession to the Senior Loan finance agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Catriona | Secretary | 2024-09-02 | — | — |
| GRIFFITHS, Luke Benjamin | Director | 2024-09-02 | Jul 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Andrew Arnold | Secretary | 2018-06-15 | 2020-08-31 |
| BEAVON, Luke Stephen William | Director | 2023-05-17 | 2025-08-01 |
| CHOWDHURY, Animesh | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2023-03-31 |
| HUNOT, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2014-02-24 | 2023-03-31 |
| MILLS, Alastair Richard | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2020-10-26 |
| REDWAN, Ahmed | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2013-02-25 |
| ROWBORY, Oliver James | Director | 2014-02-24 | 2023-03-31 |
| STELLA, Maximilian | Director | 2020-10-26 | 2024-09-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Luke Benjamin Griffiths | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-09-02 | Active |
| Mr Luke Stephen William Beavon | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-11-20 | Ceased 2025-08-01 |
| Mr Maximilian Stella | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-11-20 | Ceased 2024-09-02 |
| Sumup Mg Holdings Sarl | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-02-16 | Ceased 2023-02-27 |
| Mr Jonathan Andrew Hunot | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-27 |
| Mr Oliver James Rowbory | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-27 |
| Mr Animesh Chowdhury | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-02 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-02 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-27 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.