BUZZFEED UK LIMITED
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Cash
£691K
+15.4% vs 2023
Net assets
-£15M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
15
-82.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£344K
+364.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £7,557,179 | £4,126,006 | -45.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£1,803,402 | £173,599 | +109.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £74,027 | £343,600 | +364.2% | |
| Net profit | -£6,596,106 | -£8,764,102 | -£1,200,317 | -£7,627,566 | £74,027 | £278,551 | +276.3% | |
| Cash | £1,646,550 | £438,868 | £1,177,257 | £944,518 | £598,618 | £690,552 | +15.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£7,813,029 | -£7,858,001 | -£15,495,110 | -£15,489,775 | -£15,255,184 | +1.5% | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£8,456,255 | -£15,934,928 | -£15,831,962 | -£15,499,736 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | -£4,811,706 | -£8,199,704 | -£8,456,255 | -£15,934,928 | -£15,831,962 | -£15,499,736 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 217 | 0 | 139 | 0 | 84 | 15 | -82.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,640,086 | £1,658,667 | -54.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -23.9% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.0% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 124.8% | 123.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.78x | 0.79x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis notwithstanding the fact that the company has a deficiency on shareholder's funds of £15.5m at the end of the year. The net amounts owed to group undertakings and related parties amount to £18.3m at the end of the year. The company has received a letter of support from BuzzFeed, Inc.”
Group structure
- BUZZFEED UK LIMITED · parent
- BuzzFeed GmbH 100%
- BuzzFeed Spain SL 100%
- BuzzFeed Holdings, LLC 100%
- Entertainment Contents Online Mexico, SA 100%
- BuzzFeed India Pvt Ltd 67.8%
- HuffPost UK Limited 100%
- BBYJ K K. 25.5%
Significant events
- “In February 2024, BuzzFeed, Inc. completed the sale of certain assets of Complex Networks (excluding the First We Feast brand) in an all cash sale in order to refocus its business around scalable, high margin and tech led revenue streams.”
- “In March 2024, BuzzFeed UK Limited and HuffPost UK Limited (as subsidiaries of BuzzFeed, Inc.), entered into a license agreement, an ancillary asset purchase agreement, an employee transfer agreement and an IT services agreement, with IDNM for an initial term of 5 years, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of the license agreement.”
- “In December 2024, BuzzFeed, Inc. completed the sale of certain assets and liabilities relating to the business of First We Feast in order to finalize its strategy to refocus its business around higher-margin revenue streams such as programmatic advertising and affiliate commerce, as well as tech-led initiatives.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-12-04 | — | — |
| OMER, Matthew | Director | 2023-11-10 | Sep 1983 | American |
| PERETTI, Jonah | Director | 2012-12-05 | Jan 1974 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURSBY, Richard Michael | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2012-12-05 |
| CYSNER, Roy | Director | 2018-07-02 | 2019-04-15 |
| DELLAFORTUNA, Felicia | Director | 2020-04-14 | 2023-11-10 |
| FRACKT, Mark | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2018-07-02 |
| MARTIN, Marcela Karina | Director | 2023-05-16 | 2024-01-12 |
| MUHLHEIM, Eric | Director | 2019-04-15 | 2020-04-14 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-12-04 | 2012-12-05 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2012-12-04 | 2012-12-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.