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Company No. 05258105 · Incorporated 13 Oct 2004

Smart Card Software Limited

Registered name: SMART CARD SOFTWARE LIMITED

Part of Visa Inc. group

Smart Card Software Limited made £0 revenue and a £125k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.

Smart Card Software Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £125k. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Swanley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62012Business and domestic software development
Status
Active
Location
Swanley, London
Age
22 yrs · since 2004
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2024

Key figures

Small team
Revenue
£0
Growth —
Profit
−£125k
Growth —
Profit margin
—
 
Employees
—
Change —
Profit / employee
—
 
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£0£0£0
Operating profit−£2k£84.1k−£87.7k
Profit before tax−£1.8m−£5.6m−£125k
Profit after tax−£1.8m−£5.6m−£125k
Profit (best available)−£1.8m−£5.6m−£125k
Employees (average)22—
Ratios
Profit margin———
Revenue per employee£0£0—
Profit per employee−£923k−£2.8m—
Growth (year on year)
Headcount growth—0%—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£216k£1.6m—
Net assets———
Current assets£4.9m£1.6m—
Debtors£4.7m£0—
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
—
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
—
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
—
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
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Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
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Now —
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
—
Now —
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Visa Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Smart Card Software Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£125k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026

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