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Company No. 08412581 · Incorporated 20 Feb 2013

Sumup Systems Limited

Registered name: SUMUP SYSTEMS LIMITED

Sumup Systems Limited made £15.8m revenue and £7.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Sumup Systems Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £15.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.1m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “other information service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 63990Other information service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
13 yrs · since 2013
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. From the filing: “SumUp MG Holdings S.à.r.l.,”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with less
Revenue
£15.8m
Growth ▲31.6%
Profit
£7.1m
Growth —
Profit margin
44.7%
Gross 95.7%
Employees
41
Change ▼16.3%
Profit / employee
£172k
Revenue/employee £385k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12m£15.8m
Cost of sales£2.5m£675k
Gross profit£9.5m£15.1m
Operating profit−£469k£3.2m
Profit before tax−£3.5m£315k
Profit after tax−£3.5m£7.1m
Profit (best available)−£3.5m£7.1m
Staff costs£3.8m£4.1m
Employees (average)4941
Ratios
Profit margin−29.1%44.7%
Gross margin79.2%95.7%
Revenue per employee£245k£385k
Profit per employee−£71.2k£172k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲31.6%
Headcount growth—▼16.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.5m£530k
Net assets−£27.6m−£20.4m
Fixed assets£173k£195k
Current assets£6.2m£18.7m
Debtors£299k£75.5k
Deferred income£567k£685k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
44.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
95.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£385k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£172k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
4.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.5%
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
—
Now −£20.4m
Cash at bank
▼65%
Now £530k
Headcount
▼16%
Now 41
Deferred income
▲21%
Now £685k
Fixed assets
▲13%
Now £195k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Subsidiaries (1)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £7.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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