TIKTOK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
Operating as the UK subsidiary of Beijing-based technology group ByteDance, the company provides information technology services and manages regional operations for the video-sharing social media platform TikTok.
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Cash
£200m
USD 268,835,000
-18.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£84m
USD 112,864,000
+103% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
6,842
-14.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£208m
USD 280,411,000
+142.4% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of TIKTOK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED's latest filing
TikTok's UK arm just filed its accounts, revealing a massive £9.19bn in turnover and its first-ever operating profit. 📱💷
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,585,867,587 | £5,022,510,347 | £6,821,749,165 | +35.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,073,624,882 | -£385,713,945 | £335,348,423 | +186.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,155,333,386 | -£490,306,431 | £208,097,217 | +142.4% | |
| Net profit | -£1,170,574,208 | -£523,179,720 | £521,381,818 | +199.7% | |
| Cash | £269,852,526 | £243,962,114 | £199,506,494 | -18.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,965,378,883 | -£2,763,028,494 | £96,920,223 | +103.5% | |
| Net assets | -£2,810,874,647 | -£2,769,023,400 | £83,758,071 | +103% | |
| Equity | -£2,810,874,647 | -£2,769,023,400 | £83,758,071 | +103% | |
| Average employees | 8,503 | 7,981 | 6,842 | -14.3% | |
| Wages | £505,146,690 | £596,600,605 | £579,527,273 | -2.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -29.9% | -7.7% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | -32.6% | -10.4% | 7.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 346.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 145.5% | 160.7% | 98.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.72x | 0.62x | 0.80x | |
| Interest cover | -5.53x | -2.37x | 2.37x |
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
- TIKTOK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED 2019-11-01 → present
- BYTEDANCE UK LIMITED 2018-01-25 → 2019-11-01
- CHEETAH TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED 2016-05-06 → 2018-01-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the results of this assessment, together with the continued financial support from the ultimate parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- TIKTOK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED · parent
- Tik Tok Germany GmbH 100%
- Tik Tok Technology Limited 100%
- Hyperbola sp z.0.0. 100%
- Tik Tok SAS 100%
- TIKTOK INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SPAIN, S.L 100%
- TikTok Italy S.r.l. 100%
- Tik Tok Switzerland GmbH 100%
- Bytedance Brasil Tecnología Ltda. 100%
- TKTK TECHNOLOGIES S.A.U. (*) 99.9%
- Tik Tok Sweden AB 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2026, the Group identified and is investigating a potential issue relating to its compliance with applicable sanctions regulations and has voluntarily reported this to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).”
- “In July 2026, Ofcom announced an investigation into TikTok's compliance with certain duties under 12(3)(a), 12(3)(b) and 12(4) and (6) of the UK Online Safety Act relating to the protection of children from encountering harmful content.”
- “Between June and September 2021, three Dutch consumer rights foundations ... filed class action litigation claims in the Amsterdam District Court against various Tik Tok entities, including Tik Tok Information Technologies UK Limited and Tik Tok Technology Limited.”
- “In December 2025, Coimisiún na Meán (CnaM) initiated an investigation into Tik Tok Technology Limited into concerns regarding compliance with articles 16 and 25 of the Digital Services Act relating to reporting complaints concerning illegal content.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, Alistair Stefan | Director | 2025-07-08 | Apr 1984 | British |
| WILK, Jan-Martin Philip Vincent | Director | 2025-12-01 | Jul 1991 | German |
| WLAZIK, Thomas Markus Friedrich | Director | 2026-03-16 | Aug 1981 | German |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FU, Sheng | Director | 2016-05-06 | 2017-12-05 |
| PRESSER, Adam Michael | Director | 2023-07-27 | 2026-01-13 |
| VEKARIA, Harsh Govind | Director | 2023-12-29 | 2025-07-08 |
| ZHAO, Tian | Director | 2017-12-05 | 2023-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Yiming Zhang | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-12-05 | Active |
| Sheng Fu | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-06 | Ceased 2017-12-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.