FOOTBALLCO MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£5.5m
+161.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£59m
+0.9% vs 2024
Employees
350
-2.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9.1m
-5.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-12.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £43,428,000 | £48,669,000 | £55,033,000 | +13.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£52,911,000 | -£8,724,000 | -£8,850,000 | -1.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£52,890,000 | -£8,695,000 | -£9,146,000 | -5.2% | |
| Net profit | -£51,261,000 | -£7,206,000 | -£7,208,000 | 0% | |
| Cash | £4,114,000 | £2,113,000 | £5,517,000 | +161.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £74,440,000 | £68,935,000 | £70,337,000 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £63,593,000 | £58,501,000 | £59,025,000 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £63,593,000 | £58,501,000 | £59,025,000 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 359 | 360 | 350 | -2.8% | |
| Wages | £17,152,000 | £19,507,000 | £20,667,000 | +5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £320,000 | £391,000 | £394,000 | +0.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -121.8% | -17.9% | -16.1% | |
| Net margin | -118.0% | -14.8% | -13.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -71.1% | -12.7% | -12.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.6% | 26.6% | 31.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 1.38x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -28.10x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In adopting the going concern basis for preparing the consolidated financial statements, the Directors have considered the Group's business activities, strategy and objectives, and the principal risks to and uncertainties in achieving these objectives, as set out in the Strategic Report. The Directors have performed a robust assessment of the Group's financial forecasts for a period of 18 months from the date the financial statements are authorised for issue. Based on this, the Directors confirm that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- FOOTBALLCO MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- Footballco Services Limited 100%
- Footballco Holding Limited 100%
- Footballco Midco Limited 100%
- DAZN Media Argentina S.r.l. 100%
- Footballco Brasil Servicos de Midia Ltda 100%
- Mediasports Digital GmbH 100%
- Footballco US Inc. 100%
- Footballco Japan GK 100%
- FBC Media and Sales, S. de RL. de C.V. 100%
- Voetbalzone B.V 100%
- Goal.com Media Services (Nigeria) Limited 100%
- Footballco Services sp z o.o. 100%
- Footballco South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- Calcioinfinito S.r.l 100%
- Footballco Media Services Middle East FZ-LLC 100%
- Footballco for Internet and IT Services 100%
- Footballco Arabia Limited 100%
- 442oons Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 5 April 2025, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of 442oons Limited, a digital content production entity specialising in animated football media.”
- “In July 2025, the Group purchased the intellectual property of SoccerGrIProbs LLC ("SGP"), which primarily includes its social media handles.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELGADO VESGA, Juan Carlos | Director | 2020-10-19 | Jun 1978 | American |
| ELLER, Dirk Gustaf | Director | 2020-10-19 | Jul 1972 | British |
| MILLER, Jonathan F | Director | 2020-10-19 | Aug 1956 | American |
| OLIVER, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2023-04-24 | Aug 1978 | British |
| WINITZER, Ori David | Director | 2020-10-19 | Aug 1975 | American,Israeli |
| WONG, Kristopher | Director | 2021-04-16 | Jun 1987 | Canadian |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-09-21 | 2026-03-02 |
| D'ANNA, Stefano | Director | 2020-06-29 | 2020-10-19 |
| DENYER, Simon Cristofer | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2022-03-24 |
| GOLDWIN, James Alan | Director | 2022-03-24 | 2023-04-24 |
| HIATT, Ross Wilder | Director | 2020-10-19 | 2021-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Bonderman | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-10-19 | Ceased 2025-05-22 |
| Mr James George Coulter | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-10-19 | Ceased 2022-01-12 |
| Dazn Media Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-29 | Ceased 2020-10-19 |
| Dazn Media Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2020-06-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2024-06-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.