SMARTKYC LIMITED

Company number 08892868 ·

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Executive summary

SmartKYC Limited operates in the structurally growing UK RegTech sector with a credible AI-driven KYC/AML platform, but its financial profile after nine years of trading reveals significant competitive disadvantages relative to sector norms. The company's deepening accumulated losses (reaching £5.0M by FY2025), technical insolvency, and dependence on creditor forbearance—presumably from its Luxembourg-based group parent—place it well below typical performance benchmarks for scaling RegTech businesses that have achieved sustainable market positions. While the dramatic cash improvement in FY2025 and international board composition suggest ongoing strategic ambition, the absence of visible profitability inflection after nearly a decade of operations raises legitimate questions about the company's long-term viability as an independent entity in an increasingly consolidated market.

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Shareholders' funds

-£5,039,443

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2014-02-13
Employees
6 (2025 accounts · was 7 in 2024)
Registered office
83 Victoria Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1H 0HW
Postcode
SW1H 0HW
Capital
900 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-24
Next due by
2027-09-07
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 62012 Business and domestic software development

Officers 6 current

Ralf EMMERICH Director
Appointed 2023-12-15
Appointed 2020-07-01
Appointed 2014-09-02
Appointed 2014-02-13
Appointed 2014-02-13

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by Beck Et Al. Services Luxembourg, Sa (B179684) — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA151369 (Tier 2), registered since 2015.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website
smartkyc.com
Phone
052053367, 052139535

Discover smartKYC, the leading AI-driven KYC and AML screening & monitoring platform that automates counterparty due diligence with unmatched accuracy and global coverage.

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1A 2BN, ENGLAND2018-09-20
30 DAWES ROAD, LONDON, SW6 7EN, ENGLAND2017-11-29
10 BLOOMSBURY WAY, LONDON, WC1A 2SL, ENGLAND2017-11-08
19 HEATHMANS ROAD, LONDON, SW6 4TJ2017-10-24

Among its peers

Among the biggest employers

of 771 similar companies in SW, with 6 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

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Competitors London

This company ranks 1210 among business and domestic software development in London.

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The class of 2014

34%

of the 4,792 companies in this sector incorporated in 2014 are still active today; 63% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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