Hyperoptic: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Hyperoptic Ltd's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Jhw Bidco Limited. In the year to December 2025 Hyperoptic Ltd reported turnover of £139m.
- In the year to December 2025, Hyperoptic had turnover of £139m, up 22.1% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £172m, losing £123.96 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 1,492 people, with staff costs of £39m.
- Hyperoptic Ltd is controlled by Jhw Bidco Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Hyperoptic Ltd's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 28 September 2026.
- Registered name
- HYPEROPTIC LTD
- Company number
- 07222543
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 13 April 2010
- Registered office area
- West London
- Industry code on the register
- 61100: Telecommunications
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 28 September 2026
What does Hyperoptic do?
Hyperoptic provides full-fibre broadband and home phone services to homes and businesses in UK towns and cities, with a long history of connecting apartment buildings. It earns money from monthly broadband subscriptions sold directly to customers over its own fibre network. Building its own network lets it offer symmetrical speeds, with upload as fast as download. The company was founded in London in 2011 by Dana Tobak and Boris Ivanovic.
In brief: full-fibre broadband · own network · monthly subscriptions · founded in London
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: hyperoptic.com.
Who owns Hyperoptic?
The Companies House register records Jhw Bidco Limited as the person with significant control of Hyperoptic Ltd, company number 07222543. Jhw Bidco Limited is itself company number 08494829.
That places Hyperoptic Ltd inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Hyperoptic?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Hyperoptic Ltd.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Dana Rachel Pressman Tobak | 13 April 2010 |
| Samuel Horrocks | 1 September 2025 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Hyperoptic file?
Hyperoptic Ltd reported turnover of £139m in the year to December 2025. That was up 22.1% on £114m the year before.
It reported 1,492 employees. The year before it reported 1,724.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £172m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £144m the year before.
Staff costs came to £39m. That is an average of £26,000 a head. It ended the year with £3m at the bank and net liabilities of £409m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £139m | £114m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£172m (filed) | -£144m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,492 | 1,724 |
| Staff costs | £39m | £38m |
| Average staff cost per head | £26,000 | £22,000 |
| Bank and cash | £3m | £12m |
| Net assets | -£409m | -£311m |
| Interest paid | £99m | |
| Interest received | £0.2m | |
| Directors' pay | £1.2m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Hyperoptic?
Hyperoptic Ltd has registered 5 charges at Companies House, of which 1 is still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
The outstanding charge
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| National Westminster Bank PLC (And Its Successors in Title and Permitted Transferees) | 18 November 2019 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Hyperoptic compares
Of the 10 broadband and mobile, Hyperoptic is 9th on turnover, 9th on profit margin and 3rd on growth. EE keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £26.80.
| Rank | Broadband and mobile | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | BT | £19,654m | £10.60 |
| 9th | Hyperoptic | £139m | −£123.96 |
| + 8 more broadband and mobile ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Hyperoptic files as Hyperoptic Ltd, whose person with significant control is Jhw Bidco Limited, with turnover of £139m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Hyperoptic
What does Hyperoptic do?
Hyperoptic provides full-fibre broadband and home phone services to homes and businesses in UK towns and cities, with a long history of connecting apartment buildings. It earns money from monthly broadband subscriptions sold directly to customers over its own fibre network. Building its own network lets it offer symmetrical speeds, with upload as fast as download. The company was founded in London in 2011 by Dana Tobak and Boris Ivanovic.
How does Hyperoptic compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Hyperoptic is 9th of the 10 companies in our battle of broadband and mobile, behind BT. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of broadband and mobile →
Who owns Hyperoptic?
The Companies House register records Jhw Bidco Limited as the person with significant control of Hyperoptic Ltd.
How much does Hyperoptic make?
Hyperoptic Ltd reported turnover of £139m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £172m.
How many people work at Hyperoptic?
Hyperoptic Ltd reported 1,492 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Hyperoptic?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for Hyperoptic Ltd. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Hyperoptic Ltd's filings at Companies House, company number 07222543, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Hyperoptic: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/hyperoptic/. Figures from Companies House filings for HYPEROPTIC LTD (07222543).
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