VERISIGN GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£130K
-25.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£5B
0% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£369M
+54.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VERISIGN GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 2019-10-14 → present
- WHITELEY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1998-12-23 → 2019-10-14
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£35,778 | -£41,317 | |
| Profit before tax | £238,324,840 | £368,549,658 | |
| Net profit | £238,324,750 | £368,549,658 | |
| Cash | £174,444 | £129,694 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,028,326,709 | £5,028,285,392 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £5,028,326,709 | £5,028,285,392 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.0% | -0.0% |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- VERISIGN GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Global Registration Services Limited 100%
- VeriSign Netherlands B.V. 100%
- VeriSign Sarl 100%
- VeriSign Internet Technology Services (Beijing) Co. Ltd. 100%
- VeriSign Naming and Directory Services LLC 100%
- VeriSign Internet Services Sarl 100%
Significant events
- “Effective 1 January 2023, VeriSign Switzerland SA merged into VeriSign Sàrl, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign Global Holdings Limited as of 31 December 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-06-01 | — | — |
| ISLEIB, Adrienne Nicole | Director | 2025-07-31 | Oct 1980 | American |
| MOORE, Lee Francis | Director | 2020-06-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| PRICE, Emma Carys | Director | 2025-12-11 | Aug 1993 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAGHAN, Gerard Dominic | Secretary | 2000-03-15 | 2002-08-13 |
| HUDSON, Paul Bruce | Secretary | 2006-08-08 | 2009-01-06 |
| JAMIESON, Alexander James Andrew | Secretary | 1998-12-31 | 2000-03-15 |
| TUVESSON, Alf Bror Tage | Secretary | 2009-01-06 | 2011-06-14 |
| ULAM, James Michael | Secretary | 2002-08-13 | 2006-08-08 |
| CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-23 | 1998-12-23 |
| ANDERSON, Barry Richard | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2003-08-22 |
| BLAETTLER, Daniel | Director | 2006-08-08 | 2013-04-10 |
| CALLAGHAN, Gerard Dominic | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2001-02-15 |
| CALLAGHAN, Paul Michael | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2000-12-07 |
| CALYS, John Demetrios | Director | 2011-06-14 | 2020-06-01 |
| GARROW, Bruce Alexander | Director | 2000-01-12 | 2000-03-15 |
| GOSHORN, Richard Henley | Director | 2013-05-09 | 2014-11-14 |
| GREENHILL, Mitchell Jay | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-05-23 |
| HUDSON, Paul Bruce | Director | 2003-08-22 | 2009-01-06 |
| INDELICARTO, Thomas | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2020-06-01 |
| READER, Jason Antony | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2025-12-11 |
| ULAM, James Michael | Director | 2002-08-13 | 2006-08-08 |
| WHITELEY, David Johathan William | Director | 1998-12-23 | 2000-01-12 |
| WILDS, Christopher James | Director | 2000-03-15 | 2000-12-07 |
| MC FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-23 | 1998-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verisign, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-25.7%
£174,444 £129,694
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-15.5%
-£35,778 -£41,317
-
Profit before tax
+54.6%
£238,324,840 £368,549,658
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers