ZIFF DAVIS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-77.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-9.6% vs 2023
Employees
65
-31.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+154% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,450,389 | £12,716,895 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,521,165 | £1,787,286 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,447,178 | £1,861,480 | |
| Net profit | -£4,182,353 | £1,519,587 | |
| Cash | £7,214,670 | £1,647,404 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,056,284 | £15,423,711 | |
| Net assets | £17,056,284 | £15,423,360 | |
| Equity | £17,056,284 | £15,423,360 | |
| Average employees | 95 | 65 | |
| Wages | £7,994,200 | £4,187,410 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-37.8%
£20,450,389 £12,716,895
-
Cash
-77.2%
£7,214,670 £1,647,404
-
Net assets
-9.6%
£17,056,284 £15,423,360
-
Employees
-31.6%
95 65
-
Operating profit
+150.8%
-£3,521,165 £1,787,286
-
Profit before tax
+154%
-£3,447,178 £1,861,480
-
Wages
-47.6%
£7,994,200 £4,187,410
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -17.2% | 14.1% | |
| Net margin | -20.5% | 11.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -20.6% | 11.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.10x | 4.42x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- ZIFF DAVIS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 2015-07-09 → present
- IGN ENTERTAINMENT UK LIMITED 2011-03-14 → 2015-07-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on that information, the Directors have reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As a result the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ZIFF DAVIS INTERNATIONAL LTD. · parent
- Ziff Davis Performance Marketing Private Limited 100%
- Ziff Davis Performance Marketing, Inc. 100%
- Demandshore Solutions Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company's trade in its lead generation business was transferred to another group entity in April 2024.”
- “staff in the group's Connectivity division were transferred to another group entity in July 2023”
- “On 15 April 2025 the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with its subsidiaries Ziff Davis Performance Marketing Private Limited (ZDPM) and Demandshore Solutions Private Limited (DS), under which ZDPM purchased the entire share capital of DS from the Company. The consideration was INR 290,184,761 (£2.6m) in cash.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOROWITZ, Steven Lawrence | Director | 2013-02-01 | Aug 1971 | American |
| MASUD, Mazhar, Mr. | Director | 2026-02-26 | Sep 1983 | American |
| ORGEL-EATON, Julianna, Mrs. | Director | 2026-02-26 | Mar 1986 | American |
| ROSSEN, Jeremy David, Mr. | Director | 2019-07-31 | Jan 1971 | American |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAMS, Keith Richard | Director | 2011-03-14 | 2013-02-01 |
| HICKS, Stephen, Mr. | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2019-07-31 |
| INNS, Geoffrey | Director | 2020-12-18 | 2022-12-15 |
| JOHNS, Carl Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| RICHTER, Bret | Director | 2022-05-26 | 2025-10-09 |
| STEWART, Brian Conrad | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2024-08-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziff Davis, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-06-28 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.