LYST LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LYST LTD 2010-11-11 → present
- SSAW LTD 2010-01-21 → 2010-11-11
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, as the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet their liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements (the "going concern assessment period").”
Group structure
- LYST LTD · parent
- Lyst Inc. 100%
- Lyst IP Canada Ltd. 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 April 2025, the entire issued share capital of Lyst Ltd was acquired by ZOZO U.K. Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and wholly owned by ZOZO Inc., a company incorporated in Japan.”
- “All outstanding share options were exercised and the resulting shares sold as part of the acquisition. In addition, holders of convertible loan notes were repaid in full as part of the acquisition.”
- “On 21 April 2025, the Group issued 6,930,041,000 Series E shares of £0.00001 each to ZOZO U.K. Limited.”
- “On 4 July 2025, the Group issued 17,688,192 Ordinary shares of £0.00001 each to ZOZO U.K. Limited.”
- “On 12 November 2025, the Group received $9,500,000 in the form of an intercompany loan from ZOZO Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERRIGAN, Collette | Secretary | 2022-12-12 | — | — |
| INUI, Utahiro | Director | 2025-04-18 | Mar 1981 | Japanese |
| MCFERRAN, Emma | Director | 2021-05-11 | Oct 1984 | British |
| WHITTAKER, Adam Harvey | Director | 2023-11-23 | Jun 1977 | British |
| YAMASAKI, Takao | Director | 2025-04-18 | Dec 1980 | Japanese |
| YANAGISAWA, Koji | Director | 2025-04-18 | May 1971 | Japanese |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORTON, Isobel Mary | Secretary | 2013-12-03 | 2022-12-12 |
| BRISBOURNE, Nicholas Gwyn | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-10-09 |
| CASE, Elizabeth | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2023-07-31 |
| CHVILOVA, Kristina | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2025-04-18 |
| COLFER, Christopher Michael | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2019-06-26 |
| COOK, Simon Christopher | Director | 2015-05-02 | 2017-07-20 |
| ESIRI, Mark Leslie Vivian | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2012-07-01 |
| EVANS, William Mark | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2025-04-18 |
| HOROWITZ, Bradley | Director | 2019-06-27 | 2025-04-18 |
| MCCLAFFERTY, Nicola | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2025-04-18 |
| MORTON, Christopher Michael Larrarte | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2022-12-12 |
| OJEDA, Jose | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2021-05-11 |
| ROGERS, Ian | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2021-09-09 |
| ROZE, Julie | Director | 2021-09-09 | 2023-06-09 |
| SAGE, Jeffery Scott | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2015-05-01 |
| TREPCA, Sebastjan | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2022-12-12 |
| WOOLFENDEN, Christian Mark | Director | 2016-01-14 | 2016-12-12 |
| ZUBILLAGA, Alejandro | Director | 2010-11-09 | 2025-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOZO U.K. Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-29 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-07-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-27 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-30 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 6
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one