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Revolut misses annual accounts deadline for second year running

Revolut misses annual accounts deadline for second year running

Revolut will delay filing its 2022 accounts for a second consecutive year, according to Reuters.

The company reportedly said that it has received a three month extension for the filing of its 2022 accounts, and that it looks forward to announcing its 2022 audit and annual report “in due course.”

According to Companies House, the filings were due on the 13th of September this year.

In March this year, Revolut filed its highly anticipated 2021 accounts which, despite showing the firm’s first annual profit, also included significant caveats from the company’s auditor, BDO.

While the accounts were signed off, BDO flagged concerns that it could not verify £477m of revenue, nor vouch for their “completeness or occurrence”, due to the configuration of Revolut's internal IT systems. The risk of material misstatements was most acute for the company's foreign exchange, wealth and crypto business.

The delay adds more question marks to Revolut’s ongoing attempts at securing a UK banking license from the FCA. The Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) reportedly told the Treasury in March that it planned to issue a statutory warning to the firm over concerns about the company's balance sheet.

In May this year, CEO Nikolay Storonsky stated that the delay in the issuance of the license was due to regulators being spooked by the ongoing banking crises stemming from Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. If Revolut’s banking license is not approved, it can still operate in the UK, but will not be able to offer mortgages and loans in the country, one of the company’s long-term objectives.

Revolut CFO Mikko Salovaara quit the company earlier this year citing personal reasons. Salovaara joined Revolut in January 2021, at the same time the company submitted its banking license application.

A Revolut spokesperson confirmed that BDO is auditing Revolut’s 2022 accounts, according to Sifted.

Comments: (2)

A Finextra member
A Finextra member 20 September, 2023, 12:53Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

I recall that "Five Revolut executives have handed in their resignation including UK chief risk officer, Victoria Stubbs; UK Head of Regulatory Compliance, Justine Wootton and UK Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) Mathew Seneviratne, a source close to Revolut told City A.M.....Global chief compliance officer Harry Gill quit earlier this year while Deirdre Halligan, Revolut’s Head of Global Affairs and Wealth & Trading also resigned."                   

I don't think I will be opening an account there anytime soon.... though I am sure everything is just fine and dandy! 

A Finextra member
A Finextra member 21 September, 2023, 07:22Be the first to give this comment the thumbs up 0 likes

It would be astounding if, as the article suggests, "Revolut will delay filing its 2022 accounts for a second consecutive year, according to Reuters."

 

Possibly Revolut will delay filing it's Annual Accounts / Financial statements for the second consecutive year but the accounts to 31 December 2022 will only now be due for filing.

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