SHUTTERSTOCK (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-03 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£654K
+192.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28M
+21.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
83
-17% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+232.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £16,523,625 | — | £16,842,799 | £15,293,506 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,080,985 | — | £1,101,865 | £1,000,510 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,080,985 | — | £1,113,300 | £3,700,732 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,080,985 | — | £1,113,300 | £3,700,732 | |
| Cash | — | £534,134 | — | £223,410 | £653,911 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £20,677,277 | — | £22,897,785 | £27,720,614 | |
| Equity | £18,717,770 | £20,677,277 | £20,677,277 | £22,897,785 | £27,720,614 | |
| Average employees | — | 105 | — | 100 | 83 | |
| Wages | — | £9,729,882 | — | £11,001,286 | £8,982,168 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £271,137 | — | £238,126 | £363,388 |
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
-9.2%
£16,842,799 £15,293,506
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+192.7%
£223,410 £653,911
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+21.1%
£22,897,785 £27,720,614
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-17%
100 83
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-9.2%
£1,101,865 £1,000,510
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+232.4%
£1,113,300 £3,700,732
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-18.4%
£11,001,286 £8,982,168
lowest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.5% | — | 6.5% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 6.5% | — | 6.6% | 24.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.26x | 7.38x |
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 directors have received assurances of the continued support of the company's ultimate parent for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. After making enquiries of the directors of the ultimate parent, the directors of the company have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SHUTTERSTOCK (UK) LTD · parent
- Shutterstock GmbH 100%
- Shutterstock (France) S.A.S 100%
- Shutterstock (Italy) Srl 100%
- Shutterstock (Korea) 100%
Significant events
- “The uplift in profit before tax was largely attributable to fair value gains on a listed investment of £1.8m (2023: £nil) and a gain on disposal of an unlisted investment of £750k (2023: £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUXTON, Sarah | Secretary | 2013-03-13 | — | — |
| CIARDIELLO, Steven Augustine | Director | 2021-10-01 | Mar 1971 | American |
| KRIVICIC, Eleanor Anna | Director | 2020-11-18 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERNS, Steven David | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2019-06-26 |
| BIXBY, Timothy Edward | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2015-10-02 |
| HARRISON, Laurie Jean | Director | 2015-10-02 | 2016-08-19 |
| ORINGER, Jonathan | Director | 2013-03-13 | 2021-10-01 |
| SEMMELBAUER, Thilo | Director | 2013-09-08 | 2015-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shutterstock, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-10 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2020-06-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2020-06-09 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.