ZEN INTERNET LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-17 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+3.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£30M
+6.9% vs 2024
Employees
611
+7.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+216.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £120,661,000 | £126,668,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,896,000 | £3,119,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £870,000 | £2,755,000 | |
| Net profit | £320,000 | £1,957,000 | |
| Cash | £5,390,000 | £5,581,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,371,000 | £32,755,000 | |
| Net assets | £28,363,000 | £30,320,000 | |
| Equity | £28,363,000 | £30,320,000 | |
| Average employees | 569 | 611 | |
| Wages | £23,637,000 | £26,874,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £540,000 | £306,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+5%
£120,661,000 £126,668,000
-
Cash
+3.5%
£5,390,000 £5,581,000
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£28,363,000 £30,320,000
-
Employees
+7.4%
569 611
-
Operating profit
+64.5%
£1,896,000 £3,119,000
-
Profit before tax
+216.7%
£870,000 £2,755,000
-
Wages
+13.7%
£23,637,000 £26,874,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.7% | 40.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 90.29x | 239.92x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors conclude that the company has adequate cash resources, access to a bank facility and that financial projections indicate that future operational and capital commitments can be met with adequate headroom. On this basis, and at the time of approving the financial statements, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 16 December 2025, the company entered into an agreement with a third party to acquire a base of c10,600 broadband customers. This acquisition supports the company's strategy of expanding market share through full fibre Alternative Network providers. The acquisition cost will be accounted for as an intangible asset, reflecting its long-term value to the business. The initial payment is expected to be around £425k, with an additional amount of approximately £1.9m to be included as part of the asset. This latter figure represents the net present value of future payments, which are contingent on the retention of the acquired customer base.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Duncan Philip | Director | 2023-09-21 | Jan 1974 | British |
| KAY, Matthew Martin | Director | 2017-10-27 | Sep 1965 | British |
| MALE, Philip Stewart | Director | 2019-01-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
| TANG, Richard | Director | 1995-09-13 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Simon Andrew | Secretary | 2008-04-10 | 2014-11-25 |
| HILL, Russell David | Secretary | 2014-12-02 | 2015-01-20 |
| JACKSON, Emma Jayne Louise | Secretary | 2018-01-02 | 2020-01-28 |
| MCEVOY, Dawn Clare | Secretary | 2020-01-28 | 2022-08-03 |
| TANG, Daniel | Secretary | 1995-09-13 | 2000-07-14 |
| TANG, Richard | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2008-04-09 |
| SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-09-13 | 1995-09-13 |
| BIRCHALL, Stuart David | Director | 2005-03-29 | 2013-12-11 |
| MCWILLIAM, Ross Alexander Charles | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2009-06-24 |
| PARKER, Shaun | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2023-04-28 |
| ROBERTSON, Ayshea June | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2024-09-25 |
| STOBART, Paul Lancelot | Director | 2018-01-02 | 2023-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Caroline | Director | 2012-02-02 | 2017-10-27 |
| WARBURTON, Stephen | Director | 2009-07-14 | 2018-10-03 |
| WARBURTON, Stephen Mark | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2004-04-08 |
| SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-09-13 | 1995-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Tang | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-17 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.