ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC
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Cash
£2.7m
USD 3,574,000
+28.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£12m
USD 15,813,000
-21.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
393
-17.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.9m
USD -3,844,000
+54.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,163,553 | £38,310,534 | £32,017,391 | -16.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£15,134,579 | -£5,006,569 | -£1,217,391 | +75.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£16,186,669 | -£6,447,175 | -£2,906,616 | +54.9% | |
| Net profit | -£17,358,296 | -£6,167,401 | -£2,787,902 | +54.8% | |
| Cash | £4,207,568 | £2,097,535 | £2,702,457 | +28.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,314,281 | £17,779,581 | £13,286,200 | -25.3% | |
| Net assets | £21,889,645 | £15,318,031 | £11,956,900 | -21.9% | |
| Equity | £21,889,645 | £15,318,031 | £11,956,900 | -21.9% | |
| Average employees | 569 | 476 | 393 | -17.4% | |
| Wages | £23,769,791 | £18,435,737 | £13,868,431 | -24.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £962,635 | £933,612 | £949,716 | +1.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,916 | £7,729 | £9,074 | +17.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £350,697 | £344,694 | £338,752 | -1.7% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.756 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -47.1% | -13.1% | -3.8% | |
| Net margin | -54.0% | -16.1% | -8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -59.8% | -28.2% | -9.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.7% | 52.0% | 50.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 0.98x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | -33.78x | -15.35x | -3.44x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC 2001-05-30 → present
- KAZOO3D PLC 2000-03-06 → 2001-05-30
- LAUNCHSTRONG PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1999-10-14 → 2000-03-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the Group's forecasts up until 31 August 2027... and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis”
Group structure
- ZOO DIGITAL GROUP PLC · parent
- ZOO Digital Limited 100%
- ZOO Digital Inc 100%
- ZOO Digital Production LLC 100%
- ZOO Employee Share Trust Limited 100%
- ZOO Digital Production Limited 100%
- ZOOTech Limited 100%
- ZOO Digital India Private Limited 100%
- ZOO Korea Co Ltd 100%
- ZOO Digital Italy SRL 100%
- ASR Audio Networks GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 August 2025 our Chief Financial Officer of seven years, Phillip Blundell, stepped down from the Board and we welcomed Rob Pursell to the Company”
- “Completed the planned restructuring programme that has been ongoing since FY24, which reduced US and UK headcount and moved operations to smaller premises.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURSELL, Robert | Secretary | 2025-08-13 | — | — |
| DORAN, Gordon | Director | 2009-07-28 | Feb 1967 | British |
| GREEN, Stuart Antony | Director | 2000-01-28 | Jul 1965 | British |
| NEWMAN, Alan | Director | 2026-05-18 | Apr 1957 | British |
| PURSELL, Robert | Director | 2025-08-13 | Jan 1972 | British |
| SCHWARZ, Nathalie | Director | 2022-01-13 | May 1970 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUNDELL, Phillip | Secretary | 2018-08-08 | 2025-08-13 |
| DERI, Robert George | Secretary | 2001-05-14 | 2006-09-29 |
| GILDER, Helen Patricia | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2018-08-08 |
| OLIVER, Richard Gordon, Dr | Secretary | 2000-01-28 | 2000-03-08 |
| WARDEN, John Henderson | Secretary | 2000-03-08 | 2001-05-14 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-14 | 2000-01-28 |
| ABRAMS, Roy | Director | 2000-03-08 | 2001-05-14 |
| BARNES, Michael John | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2006-09-28 |
| BLUNDELL, Phillip Robert | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2025-08-13 |
| DERI, Robert George | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2007-01-16 |
| GILDER, Helen Patricia | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2018-08-08 |
| GREEN, Stuart Anthony | Director | 2000-01-28 | 2000-03-08 |
| HONEYBORNE, Christopher Henry Bruce, Dr | Director | 2000-03-08 | 2010-04-28 |
| JEYNES, Roger David | Director | 2010-04-28 | 2019-07-01 |
| KALIFA, Maneck Minoo | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2026-09-29 |
| LIVINGSTON, James Allan | Director | 2009-06-12 | 2014-11-25 |
| OLIVER, Richard Gordon, Dr | Director | 2000-01-28 | 2001-05-14 |
| SCRIVENER, Andrew | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2006-10-03 |
| STEWART, Ian Clifford | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2010-12-31 |
| TAYLOR, Matthew Peter | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2009-06-12 |
| WARDEN, John Henderson | Director | 2000-03-08 | 2001-05-14 |
| WILMOT, Gillian Caroline | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2026-05-18 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-10-14 | 2000-01-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-10-14 | 2000-01-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 311 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.