STRIPE PAYMENTS UK LTD
Operating as the UK subsidiary of the private US technology group Stripe Inc, the company is an FCA-regulated electronic money institution providing payment processing, billing platforms, and point-of-sale systems for internet businesses.
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Cash
£113m
-53.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£175m
-2.1% vs 2024
Employees
340
+18.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£30m
+50.7% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £698,824,563 | £896,450,092 | £1,127,888,012 | +25.8% | |
| Operating profit | £19,971,606 | £16,138,728 | £24,142,420 | +49.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £24,295,092 | £20,077,265 | £30,249,410 | +50.7% | |
| Net profit | £41,623,083 | £16,127,502 | £25,604,516 | +58.8% | |
| Cash | — | £244,537,239 | £112,718,591 | -53.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £179,711,103 | £179,481,633 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | — | £179,068,653 | £175,372,152 | -2.1% | |
| Equity | — | £179,068,653 | £175,372,152 | -2.1% | |
| Average employees | 278 | 288 | 340 | +18.1% | |
| Wages | £47,304,303 | £48,249,119 | £61,471,498 | +27.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £64,154 | £60,000 | £60,000 | 0% |
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 | 2.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.0% | 1.8% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.0% | 13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 91.6% | 92.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.08x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | 9.06x | 14.69x | 22.87x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- 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. Together with the strong financial position and a letter of comfort from its ultimate parent company, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully”
Significant events
- “Up until 2 January 2026, the Company's ultimate parent company was Stripe, Inc. On 2 January 2026, Stripe, Inc. implemented a holding company reorganisation and the Company's new ultimate parent company changed to Stripe Global Holdings Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRACE, Sarah | Secretary | 2022-08-01 | — | — |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-04-09 | — | — |
| MCGRATH, Helen Claire | Director | 2026-02-10 | Nov 1985 | British |
| O'CALLAGHAN, Stephen Denis | Director | 2024-04-26 | Mar 1983 | Irish |
| SMITH, Louise Marie | Director | 2022-12-06 | Jun 1972 | British |
| VAN GAEL, Jurgen Anne Francois Marie | Director | 2024-06-06 | Nov 1981 | Belgian |
| STRIPE, LLC | Corporate Director | 2013-04-09 | — | — |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Scott Alexander | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2022-10-21 |
| MCGRATH, Helen | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | 2024-04-04 |
| ZIEGER, Jon Michael | Secretary | 2013-09-04 | 2020-01-01 |
| BURROWS, Emma Louise | Director | 2020-12-17 | 2024-04-05 |
| COLLINS, Brian Adrian | Director | 2015-01-23 | 2021-09-03 |
| COLLISON, John | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2019-10-31 |
| GAO, Mengfei | Director | 2024-04-26 | 2025-09-04 |
| HOTTEN, Kathryn Ann | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2020-06-12 |
| MCDOUGALL, Iain Rodney | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2020-06-30 |
| MCGRATH, Helen Claire | Director | 2024-07-15 | 2025-07-11 |
| MOELLER, Ellen Frances | Director | 2021-09-24 | 2022-01-17 |
| ROBERTS, Maxwell Franklyn | Director | 2021-09-24 | 2023-11-30 |
| ROY, Shefali | Director | 2015-01-07 | 2016-06-17 |
| VAN GAEL, Jurgen Anne Francois Marie | Director | 2023-02-28 | 2024-04-05 |
| VAN WOEART, Christopher Edward | Director | 2020-06-30 | 2022-10-28 |
| ZIEGER, Jon Michael | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2020-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.