ZIGZAG GLOBAL LTD
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Cash
£847k
+20% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£22m
-34.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
74
+5.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£5.7m
-63.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £18,268,522 | £18,716,159 | £24,370,086 | +30.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,286,348 | -£2,544,032 | -£4,506,953 | -77.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,057,371 | -£3,508,821 | -£5,722,999 | -63.1% | |
| Net profit | -£4,057,371 | -£3,508,821 | -£5,722,999 | -63.1% | |
| Cash | £709,963 | £706,045 | £847,358 | +20% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£2,526,016 | -£1,354,837 | -£2,177,836 | -60.7% | |
| Net assets | -£13,221,417 | -£16,730,238 | -£22,453,237 | -34.2% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 65 | 70 | 74 | +5.7% | |
| Wages | £4,644,731 | £5,053,780 | £5,672,806 | +12.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £180,000 | £185,400 | £196,794 | +6.1% |
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 | -18.0% | -13.6% | -18.5% | |
| Net margin | -22.2% | -18.7% | -23.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 389.9% | 398.0% | 493.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.69x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -4.26x | -2.64x | -3.71x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the company will continue as a going concern. This basis is considered appropriate as the company's ultimate parent undertaking, Shift4 Payments, Inc., has confirmed, via a letter of support, that it will continue to provide financial support to enable the business to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- ZIGZAG GLOBAL LTD · parent
- ZigZag Global EOOD 100%
- ZigZag Global SAS 100%
- ZigZag Global GmbH 100%
- ZigZag Global LLC 100%
- ZigZag Global Iberia SL 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 February 2025, the boards of directors of Shift4 Payments, Inc. and Global Blue Group Holding AG announced that they had reached agreement on Shift4 acquiring all the shares of GBGH, which completed on 03 July 2025.”
- “Post year end, on the 7 April 2026, the company purchased 100% of the share capital of ShipUp SAS for £13,520,530.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GERRIE, Alasdair Michael | Director | 2015-08-01 | Jun 1976 | British |
| HENDERSON-ROSS, Jeremy Piers | Director | 2022-01-25 | Apr 1977 | British |
| MARTINEZ, Vincent | Director | 2023-09-06 | Feb 1988 | French |
| MOSTANY, Tomas | Director | 2021-03-19 | Mar 1972 | Argentine |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVE, Ian Patrick Trustram | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2020-06-05 |
| FINCH, Oliver Michael | Director | 2019-10-17 | 2021-03-19 |
| GUY, Laurence John Ashley | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2021-03-19 |
| JENOUVRIER, Loic Emile Andre | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2022-01-25 |
| MELVILLE, Lawrence David | Director | 2016-09-06 | 2021-03-19 |
| MOWAT, David James | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2019-10-16 |
| NOLAN, Ian Michael | Director | 2018-12-20 | 2021-03-19 |
| STERN, Jacques Henri Maurice | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2023-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zz Global Blue Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-19 | Active |
| Mr Alasdair Michael Gerrie | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
| Mr Laurence John Ashley Guy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.