GOOGLE UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-04 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2B
+16.9% vs 2023
Employees
7,029
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£550M
+9.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GOOGLE UK LIMITED 2000-05-04 → present
- LAW 2138 LIMITED 2000-04-20 → 2000-05-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,810,034,000 | £2,891,600,000 | |
| Operating profit | £518,337,000 | £563,606,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £502,419,000 | £549,663,000 | |
| Net profit | £373,864,000 | £403,394,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,041,218,000 | £2,264,477,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,687,308,000 | £1,971,904,000 | |
| Equity | £1,687,308,000 | £1,971,904,000 | |
| Average employees | 7,422 | 7,029 | |
| Wages | £1,056,688,000 | £1,000,764,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.4% | 19.5% | |
| Net margin | 13.3% | 14.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.4% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | 16.44x | 19.03x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- EY
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Directors received written assurances from Alphabet Inc. of adequate financial support for at least twelve months from approval date to discharge obligations. Satisfied it's appropriate to prepare financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- GOOGLE UK LIMITED · parent
- Central Saint Giles General Partner Limited 100%
- CSG GP LLP 2%
- Photomath Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, Google continued its Google Career Certificate initiative.”
- “During 2024 good progress was made on several key aspects of the office build with fit out works ongoing.”
- “The Company acquired the entire share capital of the subsidiary undertaking Photomath Ltd during the reporting period (17 September 2024).”
- “CSG GP LLP entered liquidation on the 28th of September 2023.”
- “Photomath Ltd entered liquidation on the 16th of December 2024.”
- “On April 25, 2024, Alphabet's Board of Directors approved the awarding of forfeitable dividend equivalent units (DEUs) as a plan modification for share-based payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-04-20 | — | — |
| BOHAN, Valentine Anthony | Director | 2023-11-15 | Mar 1979 | Irish |
| YI, Kenneth Hohee | Director | 2013-11-22 | Jan 1970 | American |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARORA, Nikesh | Director | 2004-12-08 | 2009-07-06 |
| BRIN, Sergey | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2004-08-04 |
| DRUMMOND, David Carl | Director | 2004-08-04 | 2007-02-15 |
| HARRIS, Ronan Aubyn | Director | 2016-10-29 | 2017-02-06 |
| HARRISON, Donald Stewart | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2013-07-24 |
| HERLIHY, John | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2012-02-10 |
| LAW, Graham | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2015-11-16 |
| MANICLE, Paul Terence | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2023-11-15 |
| MARTIN, Lloyd Hartley | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2012-02-10 |
| PAGE, Lawrence Edward | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2004-08-04 |
| REYES, George | Director | 2004-08-04 | 2007-02-15 |
| SHAH, Nidhi | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2013-11-22 |
| WALKER, John Kent | Director | 2007-02-15 | 2012-02-10 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-20 | 2000-09-27 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-20 | 2000-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.9%
£2,810,034,000 £2,891,600,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+16.9%
£1,687,308,000 £1,971,904,000
-
Employees
-5.3%
7,422 7,029
-
Operating profit
+8.7%
£518,337,000 £563,606,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.4%
£502,419,000 £549,663,000
-
Wages
-5.3%
£1,056,688,000 £1,000,764,000
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