VERISIGN GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£131K
USD 174,957
-25.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£5B
USD 6,783,156,994
0% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£372M
USD 497,173,489
+54.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£36,081 | -£41,666 | |
| Profit before tax | £240,338,050 | £371,662,921 | |
| Net profit | £240,337,959 | £371,662,921 | |
| Cash | £175,918 | £130,789 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,070,802,670 | £5,070,761,003 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £5,070,802,670 | £5,070,761,003 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-25.7%
£175,918 £130,789
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-15.5%
-£36,081 -£41,666
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Profit before tax
+54.6%
£240,338,050 £371,662,921
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% |
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 1 time since incorporation
- VERISIGN GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 2019-10-14 → present
- WHITELEY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1998-12-23 → 2019-10-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- VERISIGN GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Global Registration Services Limited 100%
- VeriSign Netherlands B.V. 100%
- VeriSign Sarl 100%
- VeriSign Internet Technology Services (Beijing) Co. Ltd. 100%
- VeriSign Naming and Directory Services LLC 100%
- VeriSign Internet Services Sarl 100%
Significant events
- “Effective 1 January 2023, VeriSign Switzerland SA merged into VeriSign Sàrl, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign Global Holdings Limited as of 31 December 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-06-01 | — | — |
| ISLEIB, Adrienne Nicole | Director | 2025-07-31 | Oct 1980 | American |
| MOORE, Lee Francis | Director | 2020-06-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| PRICE, Emma Carys | Director | 2025-12-11 | Aug 1993 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAGHAN, Gerard Dominic | Secretary | 2000-03-15 | 2002-08-13 |
| HUDSON, Paul Bruce | Secretary | 2006-08-08 | 2009-01-06 |
| JAMIESON, Alexander James Andrew | Secretary | 1998-12-31 | 2000-03-15 |
| TUVESSON, Alf Bror Tage | Secretary | 2009-01-06 | 2011-06-14 |
| ULAM, James Michael | Secretary | 2002-08-13 | 2006-08-08 |
| CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-23 | 1998-12-23 |
| ANDERSON, Barry Richard | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2003-08-22 |
| BLAETTLER, Daniel | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2013-04-10 |
| CALLAGHAN, Gerard Dominic | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2001-02-15 |
| CALLAGHAN, Paul Michael | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2000-12-07 |
| CALYS, John Demetrios | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2020-06-01 |
| GARROW, Bruce Alexander | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2000-03-15 |
| GOSHORN, Richard Henley | Director | 2013-05-09 | 2014-11-14 |
| GREENHILL, Mitchell Jay | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-05-23 |
| HUDSON, Paul Bruce | Director | 2003-08-22 | 2009-01-06 |
| INDELICARTO, Thomas | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2020-06-01 |
| READER, Jason Antony | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-12-11 |
| ULAM, James Michael | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2006-08-08 |
| WHITELEY, David Johathan William | Director | 1998-12-23 | 2000-01-12 |
| WILDS, Christopher James | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2000-12-07 |
| MC FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-23 | 1998-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verisign, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.