COGNISM LIMITED
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Cash
£9.9M
USD 13,231,000
-67.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£3.8M
USD 5,096,000
-87.9% vs 2023
Employees
497
-0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£32M
USD -42,316,000
-9.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £42,080,401 | £55,768,079 | +32.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£28,226,531 | -£31,816,140 | -12.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£28,886,809 | -£31,678,395 | -9.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£28,680,192 | -£31,567,600 | -10.1% | |
| Cash | £1,062,093 | £2,369,060 | £30,416,230 | £9,904,926 | -67.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,799,219 | £7,355,918 | £31,643,210 | £3,814,942 | -87.9% | |
| Net assets | £1,799,219 | £6,992,119 | £31,643,210 | £3,814,942 | -87.9% | |
| Equity | £1,799,219 | £6,992,119 | £31,643,210 | £3,814,942 | -87.9% | |
| Average employees | 61 | 85 | 501 | 497 | -0.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £26,334,032 | £36,537,655 | +38.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £890,852 | £659,530 | -26% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.749 per USD (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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -67.1% | -57.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -68.2% | -56.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -89.2% | -834.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.68x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -20.05x | -59.19x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the Group's future liquidity and reviewed cash-flow projections covering the period to 31 December 2026. Taking account of these forecasts, and despite the $42 million net loss, the Investors have injected $15 million by way of a convertible loan note, the proceeds of which are in hand at the date of app”
Group structure
- COGNISM LIMITED · parent
- Mailtastic Ltd 100%
- Netstag GmbH 100%
- Cognism Pte 100%
- Zupi Pte 100%
- Cognism, Inc 100%
- Cognism Software BC Ltd 100%
- Cognism Dooel Skopje 100%
- Cognism Do o za Programiranje 100%
- Kaspr SAS 100%
- Cognism GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “On 27 August 2025, the Group divested of its Mailtastic business unit which sold an email signature SaaS platform. The total consideration for the sale was €3 2m, of which €0 5m was held in escrow. The directors estimate a gain on disposal of approximately €2 4m ($2 8m) before tax.”
- “On 26 September 2025, subsequent to the year end and prior to the approval of these financial statements, the Group received $15 million from its Investors by way of a convertible loan note, the proceeds of which were in hand at the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCA SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-04 | — | — |
| AKRAM, Imran | Director | 2020-02-25 | May 1980 | British |
| CODLING, James Robert | Director | 2026-04-10 | Aug 1977 | British |
| DAFFERN, Peter Michael | Director | 2025-03-19 | Oct 1965 | British |
| DRAMALIOTI-TAYLOR, Maria | Director | 2025-03-11 | Jun 1969 | Greek |
| ISILAY, Sinan James | Director | 2015-01-16 | Feb 1978 | British |
| MELYMUKA, Matthew William | Director | 2019-07-09 | Apr 1987 | American |
| MOOREFIELD HAHN, Adrienne | Director | 2025-12-16 | Nov 1990 | American |
| NOLOP, Emily Catherine | Director | 2025-12-16 | Nov 1991 | American |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISILAY, Sinan | Secretary | 2015-01-16 | 2018-04-05 |
| CFPRO COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-04-05 | 2024-01-04 |
| BULJAT, Stjepan | Director | 2025-02-17 | 2025-03-11 |
| BUTINA, Darko | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2019-07-29 |
| DAFFERN, Peter Michael | Director | 2020-02-25 | 2025-02-17 |
| GARLICK, Phil | Director | 2021-09-16 | 2024-09-12 |
| HACKER, Paul | Director | 2025-05-20 | 2025-10-23 |
| HACKER, Paul | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2022-05-20 |
| JAMES, Thomas Compton | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2020-02-25 |
| KANNAN, Charanya | Director | 2022-08-30 | 2025-12-16 |
| KHAN, Ahmad Raza | Director | 2024-10-21 | 2025-02-17 |
| PALMER, Giles John | Director | 2025-02-17 | 2025-05-09 |
| ROSS, Aaron | Director | 2022-03-18 | 2023-02-28 |
| THÉVENON, David | Director | 2023-06-06 | 2025-04-30 |
| UPADEK, Kai | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2021-01-15 |
| YARED, Rana | Director | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-15 |
| ZABASU, Tatjana | Director | 2016-12-19 | 2020-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sinan James Isilay | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-05 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-05 | RP04SH01 | change-of-name | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-24 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.