VICE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-24 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-10
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£22M
+154.5% vs 2022
Employees
227
+3.2% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£5M
-437.6% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £30,751,787 | £21,637,092 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,036,091 | -£4,844,511 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£964,117 | -£5,182,969 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£31,071,617 | £63,219,349 | |
| Cash | — | — | £0 | £1,330,492 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | -£40,907,974 | £22,311,375 | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£40,907,974 | £22,311,375 | |
| Equity | — | — | -£40,907,974 | £22,311,375 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 220 | 227 | |
| Wages | — | — | £14,451,035 | £13,544,148 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £507,331 | £1,409,595 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-29.6%
£30,751,787 £21,637,092
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
+154.5%
-£40,907,974 £22,311,375
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Employees
+3.2%
220 227
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Operating profit
-567.6%
£1,036,091 -£4,844,511
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Profit before tax
-437.6%
-£964,117 -£5,182,969
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Wages
-6.3%
£14,451,035 £13,544,148
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.4% | -22.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -101.0% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -2.5% | -21.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 218.4% | 51.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.46x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.32x | -10.58x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- SPW (UK) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the directors consider that the company presently is able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which takes into consideration the availability of the financial support from Vice Europe Holding Acquisition Limited, the immediate parent company of Vice UK Limited. The directors have considered the forecasts of the group and have had discussions with the group management to arrange for necessary funds required by the group.”
Group structure
- VICE UK LIMITED · parent
- Vice LOC Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On May 8, 2024, Vice Digital Publishing LLC (the "Company"), Vice Media Acquisition LLC ("Vice Member") and Savage Ventures LLC entered into joint venture agreement and certain ancillary agreements relating thereto, pursuant to which Vice Member, Vice Media Canada Inc. and Vice UK Limited contributed certain digital media publishing assets and certain liabilities related to the Vice.com, Munchies, Motherhood, and Noisey digital media publishing businesses (collectively, the "Vice Assets") to the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSTEIN, Stuart | Secretary | 2024-01-29 | — | — |
| STOTSKY, Adam Robert | Director | 2025-12-19 | Jul 1968 | American |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOULTON, Peter Sean | Secretary | 2007-06-19 | 2009-06-22 |
| GUBERMAN, Jason | Secretary | 2023-12-11 | 2024-01-29 |
| HARRIS, Maria | Secretary | 2023-08-30 | 2023-11-30 |
| SMITH, Shane | Secretary | 2002-09-10 | 2006-05-07 |
| WATERLOW, Richard John | Secretary | 2010-05-19 | 2018-03-07 |
| DLC COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-06-22 | 2010-05-19 |
| DLC COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-05-07 | 2007-06-19 |
| SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-09-10 | 2002-09-10 |
| ALVI, Suroosh | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2013-02-01 |
| CONSTANDA, Dan | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2019-11-15 |
| CREIGHTON, Andrew | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2017-07-24 |
| DIXON, Bruce Harrison | Director | 2022-03-02 | 2025-06-14 |
| ELEK, Matthew Christopher | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2020-12-09 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Stuart | Director | 2024-01-29 | 2024-01-29 |
| LOKHANDWALA, Hozefa Shabbir | Director | 2020-12-09 | 2023-12-07 |
| MOORE, Matthew John | Director | 2025-06-14 | 2025-10-09 |
| O'MARA, Matthew Vincent | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2019-02-13 |
| SHANAHAN, Tim | Director | 2023-12-27 | 2024-08-02 |
| SIMON, Holger | Director | 2019-11-15 | 2022-03-02 |
| SIMPSON, Christopher | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2008-11-13 |
| SMITH, Shane | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2017-07-24 |
| WATERLOW, Richard John | Director | 2011-09-27 | 2018-03-07 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-09-10 | 2002-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Shane Smith | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-04-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-07 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2026-02-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-08 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.