Trust Payments (UK) Ltd
Registered name: TRUST PAYMENTS (UK) LTD
Part of Trust Payments Holdings Ltd groupTrust Payments (UK) Ltd made £12.8m revenue and a £5.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Trust Payments (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £5.6m and 88 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £12m | £12.6m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £3.6m | £5.3m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £8.4m | £7.2m | £7.1m |
| Operating profit | −£3.3m | −£2.6m | −£5.2m | −£5.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.5m | −£2.8m | −£5.3m | −£5.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.5m | −£2.8m | −£5.3m | −£5.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.5m | −£2.8m | −£5.3m | −£5.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 67 | 70 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −30.5% | −23.4% | −42.6% | −44% |
| Gross margin | 69.6% | 69.8% | 57.6% | 55.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £179k | £179k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | −£50.2k | −£42k | −£76.4k | −£64k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲4.5% | ▲2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲4.5% | ▲25.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £235k | £159k | £151k | £173k |
| Net assets | −£723k | −£3.5m | −£8.9m | −£14.5m |
| Fixed assets | £12.6m | £12.5m | £10m | £6.4m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £11.8m | £20.9m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £937k | £814k | £539k | £616k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −44%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£64k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£14.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲15%
- Now £173k
- Headcount
- ▲26%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £616k
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £6.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Trust Payments Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Trust Payments Ltd75–100%
- Trust Payments (UK) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Trustuk Payments LtdRev. £116m · Profit £3.9m
- Trust Retail LtdRev. £2.6m · Profit £628k
- Core Cloud Group LtdRev. £11k · Profit −£49.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£5.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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