DAZN LIMITED
Trading as DAZN, the company operates a global over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform and is owned by Access Industries.
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Cash
£127M
+3.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£901M
-19.6% vs 2023
Employees
771
+454.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£652M
+8.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,524,400,000 | £1,866,600,000 | +22.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£769,300,000 | -£648,500,000 | +15.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£714,200,000 | -£652,100,000 | +8.7% | |
| Net profit | -£718,600,000 | -£657,300,000 | +8.5% | |
| Cash | £122,300,000 | £126,600,000 | +3.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£580,100,000 | -£721,800,000 | -24.4% | |
| Net assets | -£753,800,000 | -£901,200,000 | -19.6% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 139 | 771 | +454.7% | |
| Wages | £31,600,000 | £68,800,000 | +117.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -50.5% | -34.7% | |
| Net margin | -47.1% | -35.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 230.2% | 207.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.22x | 0.31x | |
| Interest cover | -39.45x | -7.62x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- DAZN LIMITED 2019-09-03 → present
- PERFORM INVESTMENT LIMITED 2015-07-08 → 2019-09-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the Company have considered and concluded that they are satisfied with the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Please see note 1 of the financial statements for further detail.”
Group structure
- DAZN LIMITED · parent
- DAZN DACH Holdco Limited 100%
- DAZN Japan Holdco Limited 100%
- DAZN MR Holdco Limited 100%
- DAZN North America Inc. 100%
- DAZN US LLC 100%
- DAZN Media Israel Limited 100%
- DAZN Production Services Limited 100%
- DAZN PFL Holdco Limited 100%
- DAZN Japan Investment GK 100%
- DAZN DACH GmbH 100%
- Matchroom Boxing Global LLP 40%
- Matchroom Boxing USA LLC 40%
- PFL Europe LLP 15%
- Meadowlark Media Inc 1.95%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2024 DAZN Limited agreed to transfer the majority of trade and assets from DAZN Media Services Limited, excluding investments and certain balances from other group entities.”
- “In March 2025, the Group have also received additional external funding in the form of $1 billion from a strategic partnership with SURJ, a sports investment company of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.”
- “In April 2025, all the Growth preference shares issued, were converted into Ordinary share capital, alongside the acquisition of Foxtel Group.”
- “DAZN in 2025 re-entered into negotiations with Filliale LFP 1 over the provision of content rights for the French domestic league.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEGEV, Shay Sason | Director | 2022-04-25 | Feb 1976 | Israeli |
| WATERMAN, Darren Samuel | Director | 2022-04-20 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENYER, Simon Cristofer | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2020-06-29 |
| GLEASURE, John Mark | Director | 2019-07-08 | 2022-11-03 |
| MILTON, Ashley Giles | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2019-01-28 |
| MORTON, Paul Oszkar David, Mr. | Director | 2019-01-28 | 2019-06-13 |
| RUSHTON, James David | Director | 2015-07-08 | 2022-07-26 |
| TONOLI, Jacopo | Director | 2019-06-26 | 2023-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dazn Media Channels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.