UNICARD LIMITED
Company number 04817824 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Unicard has executed a bold transformation from sub-£1M revenue niche player to credible UK transport ticketing leader through the ECEBS acquisition and cloud migration, delivering 23.2% revenue growth despite integration headwinds. The company is well-positioned to capture the upcoming public transport investment cycle driven by UK devolution and franchising reforms, though the £4.6M cash drawdown and ongoing margin compression from integration require careful management to ensure the balance sheet supports rather than constrains market opportunity capture. Founder control provides execution speed, but also creates key-person dependency that must be mitigated as the business scales.
Shareholders' funds
£3,172,277
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of the provision of software for electronic ticketing machines for travel.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-07-02
- Employees
- 116 (2025 accounts · was 118 in 2024)
- Registered office
- First Floor, Holes Bay House Marshes End, Upton Road, Poole, England, BH17 7AG
- Postcode
- BH17 7AG
- Capital
- 4 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-28
- Next due by
- 2027-08-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 63110 Data processing, hosting and related activities
- 63120 Web portals
Officers 2 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£660,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z869762X (Tier 1), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PEARTREE BUSINESS CENTRE, COBHAM ROAD FERNDOWN INDUSTRIAL, EST WIMBORNE, DORSET, BH21 7PP | 2015-01-22 |
| COBHAM ROAD, FERNDOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WIMBORNE, DORSET BH21 7PP | 2006-04-04 |
| ARROWSMITH COURT, STATION APPROACH, BROADSTONE, DORSET BH18 8AT | 2004-05-26 |
| BURLINGTON HOUSE, 40 BURLINGTON RISE, EAST BARNET, HERTFORDSHIRE EN4 8NN | 2003-07-11 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 49 similar companies in BH
2nd largest employer among its local peers (116 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2003.
No.3 of the largest data processing, hosting and related activities companies in Bournemouth →
Competitors Bournemouth
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6. TWIKAM LTD
This company ranks 3 among data processing, hosting and related activities in Bournemouth.
The class of 2003
38%
of the 163,089 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.