YAHOO-UK LIMITED
Operating as the UK subsidiary of Yahoo Holdings Inc., the company provides digital media publishing, web portals, and advertising representation services, having previously traded under the AOL, Oath, and Verizon Media brands.
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5.2M
-94.1% vs 2023
Employees
156
-20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5.2M
-11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,899,000 | £38,735,000 | -28.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,580,000 | £1,797,000 | -30.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,870,000 | £5,169,000 | -11.9% | |
| Net profit | £4,694,000 | £4,897,000 | +4.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £91,557,000 | £7,275,000 | -92.1% | |
| Net assets | £88,239,000 | £5,216,000 | -94.1% | |
| Equity | £88,239,000 | £5,216,000 | -94.1% | |
| Average employees | 195 | 156 | -20% | |
| Wages | £23,900,000 | £18,067,000 | -24.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £990,000 | £556,000 | -43.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | 24.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.1% | 58.9% | |
| Current ratio | 12.53x | 1.80x | |
| Interest cover | 3.89x | 3.46x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- YAHOO-UK LIMITED 2021-11-01 → present
- VERIZON MEDIA UK LIMITED 2020-10-29 → 2021-11-01
- OATH (UK) LIMITED 2017-06-13 → 2020-10-29
- AOL (UK) LIMITED 2001-03-01 → 2017-06-13
- AOL HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 1998-02-06 → 2001-03-01
- AOL HOLDINGS LIMITED 1997-12-24 → 1998-02-06
- ARCHERBROOK LIMITED 1997-11-07 → 1997-12-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence. The directors have assessed this for the 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In May 2025 Yahoo EMEA Limited transferred its Yahoo and AOL mail, search, media and subscription services businesses (in aggregate referred to as 'consumer service businesses') to Yahoo International Limited, a new Irish company that is also part of the Yahoo group.”
- “On 25 July 2024, in order to create distributable reserves, the Company reduced its share capital from £60,000,000 to £10,000,000 by cancelling and extinguishing 50,000,000 of the issued ordinary shares of £1.00 each in the Company each of which is fully paid.”
- “On 31 July 2024, a dividend in specie of £60,920,680 was declared and satisfied through the transfer of a receivable due to the Company from Yahoo Inc. (Note 9), and paid to the sole shareholder of the Company, Yahoo Holdings Inc.”
- “On 7 November 2024, in order to create distributable reserves, the Company further reduced its share capital by £9,999,990. After the Reduction of Capital, the Company's share capital is £10.”
- “On 15 November 2024, in order to return the funds from the Reduction of Capital together with the distributable reserves to the sole shareholder, a payment of a special dividend of £27,000,000 was made in cash to the sole shareholder, Yahoo Holdings Inc., of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAMUELS, Maria Louise | Secretary | 2017-04-26 | — | — |
| BANI-HASHEMIAN, Sam | Director | 2023-10-17 | Feb 1989 | British |
| SHINGADIA, Davina | Director | 2025-11-20 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAJ, Nityajit Saidev | Secretary | 2007-07-06 | 2010-06-30 |
| REID, Amanda Louise | Secretary | 2015-03-02 | 2016-12-31 |
| WALES, Anthony Edward | Secretary | 2002-12-20 | 2007-07-06 |
| WERNER, Adrienne | Secretary | 2010-07-01 | 2015-02-27 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-07 | 2002-12-20 |
| BOOTH, Stephen Graham, Mr. | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2010-11-04 |
| CARLET, Kristiana | Director | 2020-02-25 | 2021-11-01 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1997-11-07 | 1997-12-23 |
| CONSTANDA, Dan | Director | 2006-07-25 | 2007-03-31 |
| DAVIES, John Llewellyn | Director | 1997-12-23 | 1999-11-02 |
| DAY, Roderick | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2008-05-16 |
| DUNNE, Dana Philip | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2009-06-19 |
| FLINT, Stuart Alan | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2020-01-24 |
| FRIEDMAN, Lori Aline | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2006-11-21 |
| HEHO, Richard Andrew Maina | Director | 2021-02-25 | 2023-03-31 |
| HILL, Christopher | Director | 1997-12-23 | 1999-06-23 |
| KELLY, John Michael | Director | 1999-11-02 | 2001-03-28 |
| MAYMANN, Jimmy | Director | 2011-11-14 | 2012-12-31 |
| MCHENRY, Steven | Director | 2023-12-13 | 2025-07-02 |
| MOYSEY, Graham Edwin, Mr. | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2017-04-28 |
| NICKLIN, Hamish Charles | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2016-01-25 |
| PARTRIDGE, Joshua Fitzgerald | Director | 2021-02-25 | 2023-12-31 |
| PATEL, Nimeshh Bharat Kumar | Director | 2010-07-23 | 2012-03-31 |
| PECK, Christian Maurice | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2010-07-15 |
| PENZER, Noel Justin | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2015-04-02 |
| RAJ, Nityajit Saidev | Director | 2009-06-29 | 2010-01-31 |
| RECHTMAN, Rene Efraim | Director | 2011-11-14 | 2013-10-31 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1997-11-07 | 1997-12-23 |
| RIPP, Joseph A | Director | 2001-03-28 | 2003-08-01 |
| ROARK, Michael James | Director | 2008-05-16 | 2009-06-30 |
| ROWLEY, Philip Edward | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2007-04-06 |
| SOKOL JR, Gerald | Director | 1999-06-23 | 2003-08-01 |
| SPACKMAN, Giles Richard Lovell | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| STECKLER, Michael David | Director | 2007-09-21 | 2010-01-31 |
| TABB, Katherine Maria | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2011-09-21 |
| THOMSON, Karen Ann | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2006-11-01 |
| WATKINS, Anna Maria | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2020-03-11 |
| WOLFFE, David | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2007-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yahoo Holdings Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-01 | Active |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-06-13 | Ceased 2021-09-01 |
| Oath Holdings Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-12-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-07 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-07 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2024-07-26 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-07-26 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-26 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 6
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.