Red Ventures Interactive Limited
Registered name: RED VENTURES INTERACTIVE LIMITED
Part of Ziff Davis, Inc. groupRed Ventures Interactive Limited made £484k revenue and £165k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Red Ventures Interactive Limited’s revenue fell 48% to £484k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £165k profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £935k | £484k |
| Gross profit | £935k | £484k |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | £125k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | £165k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | £165k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | £165k |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £123k |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −261.5% | 34.2% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £32.2k | £30.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£84.3k | £10.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼48.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼44.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £68.9k | £32.1k |
| Current assets | £6m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | −£9.2k | −£6.4k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 34.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £30.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 221.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- −1.3%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▼45%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼53%
- Now £32.1k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ziff Davis, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Red Ventures Interactive Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2023 (profit £165k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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