BACKBASE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
+588.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.3M
+20.5% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
134
-9.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6M
+6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,477,571 | £17,255,660 | £17,728,406 | +2.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,340,125 | £1,536,178 | £1,628,493 | +6% | |
| Profit before tax | £970,178 | £1,340,026 | £1,536,178 | £1,628,493 | +6% | |
| Net profit | £771,822 | £997,139 | £1,108,122 | £1,410,965 | +27.3% | |
| Cash | £295,039 | £6,830,743 | £155,400 | £1,069,562 | +588.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,785,860 | £5,782,999 | £6,891,121 | £8,302,086 | +20.5% | |
| Net assets | — | £5,782,999 | £6,891,121 | £8,302,086 | +20.5% | |
| Equity | £4,785,860 | £5,782,999 | £6,891,121 | £8,302,086 | +20.5% | |
| Average employees | 156 | 153 | 148 | 134 | -9.5% | |
| Wages | £11,838,900 | £12,338,426 | £12,124,028 | £12,359,518 | +1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.7% | 8.9% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.7% | 6.4% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 23.2% | 22.3% | 19.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 17.1% | 35.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.18x | 5.70x | 2.78x |
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
- RSM Ireland Business Advisory Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The ultimate parent company, Twinspark B.V. has confirmed that will provide sufficient financial support to Backbase UK Limited to enable the company to continue to trade and to meet their liabilities as they fall due. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-01-23 | — | — |
| PLEITER, Jacob Geerlof | Director | 2015-09-21 | Mar 1973 | Dutch |
| BACKBASE BV | Corporate Director | 2015-09-21 | — | — |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jacob Geerlof Pleiter | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 41 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-24 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-04 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-17 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.