FREEWHEEL ADVERTISERS LIMITED

Company number 03910501 ·

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Executive summary

FreeWheel Advertisers Limited operates as a captive B2B ad tech and media buying software unit within the global Comcast ecosystem, a status that fundamentally alters the interpretation of its financials; its near-zero cash position and declining revenues are artifacts of group-level cash management and strategic R&D restructuring rather than standalone operational distress. While the 12% revenue contraction and APAC bad debt expenses reflect the execution risks of shifting strategic priorities away from APAC toward the US market, the company remains profitable at the operating level. Ultimately, its competitive viability is secured by intercompany funding agreements, insulating it from the broader market pressures typically faced by independent ad tech firms.

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Shareholders' funds

£13,873,837

Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the Company is that of media and communication specialists.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2000-01-20
Employees
50 (2022 accounts · was 51 in 2021)
Registered office
C/O Csc Cls (Uk) Limited 5 Churchill Place, 10th Floor, London, United Kingdom, E14 5HU
Postcode
E14 5HU
Capital
106 GBP
Accounts category
Small

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-09-01
Next due by
2027-09-15
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 63120 Web portals

Officers 4 current · 20 resigned

CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED Corporate Secretary
Appointed 2025-08-27
Appointed 2025-06-01
Appointed 2020-05-13
STEVE BAKER Director
DIRECTOR Appointed 2011-12-14

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Group structure

Controlled by Comcast Corporation (03039985) — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB415358 (Tier 2), registered since 2022.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website
freewheel.com
Phone
0166443123557

Directly access streaming video inventory from the world’s leading publishers, boosting your working media by reducing middlemen.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
ADAZZLE LTD2018-11-08
TTS ONLINE LIMITED2012-01-18

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
19-21 HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, EC1N 8BA, ENGLAND2017-04-12
53 SOUTHWOOD LANE, LONDON, N6 5DX2016-03-03
FLAT 4 17-19 JOHN ADAM STREET, LONDON, WC2N 6JG2004-07-20
ENTERPRISE HOUSE, 82 WHITCHURCH ROAD CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN CF14 3LX2000-01-24

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 143 similar companies in E

The largest employer among its local peers (50 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2000.

No.1 of the largest web portals companies in London →

2,641 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors London

This company ranks 1 among web portals in London.

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The class of 2000

41%

of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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