ZX Ventures Limited
Registered name: ZX VENTURES LIMITED
Part of Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa/Nv groupZX Ventures Limited made a £5.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
ZX Ventures Limited reported a loss of £5.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate parent undertaking as at 31 December 202”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £144k | £0 | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £671k | £741k | £0 | — | — |
| Gross profit | £644k | −£597k | £0 | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£219m | −£47.4m | −£110m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | −£175m | −£45m | −£92.3m | −£6.3m | −£5.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£45.1m | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | −£175m | −£45.1m | −£92.3m | −£6.3m | −£5.9m |
| Staff costs | £412k | £0 | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −13278% | −31300% | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | 49% | −414.6% | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £62.6k | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£8.3m | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼89% | ▼100% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £579k | £519k | £125k | £122k | £506k |
| Net assets | £103m | £133m | £57.9m | £51.4m | £45.5m |
| Debtors | — | — | — | — | £539k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼12%
- Now £45.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲315%
- Now £506k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Anheuser-Busch Inbev Sa/Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Abi UK Holding 1 Limited75–100%
- ZX Ventures Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Perfectdraft UK LimitedRev. £54.9m · Profit −£5.9m
- Stag Brewing Pensions LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Abi UK Holding 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BVB Finance ServicesFigures not disclosed
- Nimbuspath LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£5.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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