PAYPAL UK LTD
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Cash
£1.7bn
-7.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£96m
+8.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
43
+34.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.2m
+1.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £255,283,000 | £1,418,804,000 | £1,363,554,000 | -3.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£15,735,000 | -£73,299,000 | -£40,980,000 | +44.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,564,000 | £9,087,000 | £9,183,000 | +1.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,173,000 | £7,045,000 | £7,119,000 | +1.1% | |
| Cash | £2,417,796,000 | £1,853,907,000 | £1,715,591,000 | -7.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £81,281,000 | £89,097,000 | £96,427,000 | +8.2% | |
| Net assets | £81,281,000 | £89,041,000 | £96,343,000 | +8.2% | |
| Equity | £81,281,000 | £89,041,000 | £96,343,000 | +8.2% | |
| Average employees | 11 | 32 | 43 | +34.4% | |
| Wages | £447,000 | £6,510,000 | £11,382,000 | +74.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £61,000 | £1,119,000 | £1,181,000 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,000 | £25,000 | £15,000 | -40% | |
| Highest paid director | £61,000 | £796,000 | £769,000 | -3.4% |
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 | -6.2% | -5.2% | -3.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.4% | -82.3% | -42.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.1% | 96.1% | 95.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.04x | 1.05x | |
| Interest cover | -17.20x | — | -7.22x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After review, the directors believe the Company has the ability to sustain operations in excess of twelve months following the signature of these audited financial statements. Therefore, these financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In March 2026, the Company received notices of investigations and related requests for information from the FCA under the Competition Act 1998 regarding certain provisions in PayPal's contractual agreements with Visa and Mastercard relating to funding and use of the PayPal digital wallet.”
- “On 26 April 2026, the Company transitioned to a hybrid safeguarding method for the protection of relevant funds held on behalf of customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, David Jonathan | Director | 2023-11-01 | Mar 1962 | British |
| BLADON, Simon Daniel | Director | 2024-04-17 | Sep 1973 | British |
| CINO, Kate Rochford | Director | 2024-07-08 | Oct 1982 | American |
| DAVEY, Benjamin Nicholas | Director | 2024-07-08 | Jan 1972 | British |
| LEACH, Jane Susannah | Director | 2024-07-08 | May 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONG, Elaine Yuh | Secretary | 2023-11-01 | 2024-05-21 |
| BELLOC, Vincent Jean Claude | Director | 2024-07-08 | 2024-12-06 |
| BYRNE, Sean Anthony | Director | 2023-03-20 | 2024-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paypal Holdings, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-20 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 30 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.