LYCAMOBILE UK LIMITED

Company number 05903820 ·

Active

The annual accounts for this company are overdue.

Executive summary

LYCAMOBILE UK LIMITED presents a HIGH risk profile driven by its transition to negative shareholders' equity (£-30,296) in FY2023 and critically low cash reserves of £816. The overdue accounts status compounds concerns about transparency and governance. However, the company's position within the international Lycamobile group structure may provide implicit financial support that mitigates the standalone solvency risk. Further investigation into group intercompany arrangements and the nature of the liability book is essential before drawing final conclusions on the entity's viability.

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Shareholders' funds

-£34,658

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continued to be the provision of telecommunication services as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator ("MVNO") within the UK market. Lycamobile UK Limited ("the Company") first launched mobile operations in the United Kingdom in September 2008 and is now one of the largest MVNO's in the United Kingdom, with industry awards for excellence and innovation for its services and products. As an MVNO provider, the Company provides telecommunication services to the customers via third party national mobile networks provided by Mobile Network Operators under contractual agreements.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2006-08-11
Employees
111 (2024 accounts · was 97 in 2023)
Registered office
3rd Floor Walbrook Building, 195 Marsh Wall, London, E14 9SG
Postcode
E14 9SG
Capital
200 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30 Overdue
Financial year end
30 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-11
Next due by
2027-08-25
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 61900 Other telecommunications activities

Officers 1 current · 9 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2026-05-20

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

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

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2019138 (Tier 2), registered since 2009.

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

Political donations 19

£2,154,712 in registered political donations since 2011.

  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £45,000 2016-07-22 Cash
  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £542,500 2016-03-09 Cash
  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £26,800 2016-03-09 Non Cash

Showing the 3 most recent of 19.

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
lycamobile.com
Phone
+44 7973101322, 02071320322, +44 2071320322

Providing low-cost high-quality international calls to over 15 million customers across 23 countries

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
54 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, SURREY, CR0 6AA2008-10-27
54 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD, CROYDON, SURREY, CR0 6AA2008-10-27
136 OAK AVENUE, CROYDON, SURREY, CR0 8EJ2007-06-04

Among its peers

2nd largest employer

of 124 similar companies in E, with 111 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

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Competitors London

This company ranks 161 among other telecommunications activities in London.

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The class of 2006

22%

of the 744 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 75% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 6 titles

Leasehold
6
Most recent registration
2014-10-22
Where
Greater London (6)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
AGL325646 Greater London Leasehold 2014-10-22 —
AGL325647 Greater London Leasehold 2014-10-22 —
AGL325648 Greater London Leasehold 2014-10-22 —
AGL325651 Greater London Leasehold 2014-10-22 —
AGL325654 Greater London Leasehold 2014-10-22 —
EGL242551 Greater London Leasehold 2013-11-04 —

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