Avast

Other information technology service activities · London

Avast

Avast Limited

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ActiveLatest figures: 2021Filed as a small companyGroup consolidated16 years on the register

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Other information technology service activities”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2021 · Group consolidated

Turnover

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Profit after tax

$348m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
US$20202021
Profit after tax$348m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 2 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · €

Balance sheet20202021
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Address
    Register(s) moved to registered inspection location
  2. Address
    Register inspection address has been changed
  3. Address
    Registered office address changed from C/O Company Secretarial Department 280 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AG to 17 Hanover Square London W1S 1BN on 2 September 2026
  4. Accounts
    Accounts for a small company made up to 31 December 2025
  5. Filing
    Auditor's resignation
  6. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  7. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  8. Ownership
    Notification of Gen Digital Inc. as a person with significant control on 9 October 2024
  9. Ownership
    Cessation of Nitro Bidco Limited as a person with significant control on 9 October 2024
  10. Address
    Registered office address changed from 280 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4RB England to C/O Company Secretarial Department 280 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4AG on 14 October 2024
  11. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Bryan Seuk Ko on 20 May 2024
  12. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mr Whitney Elliott Clark on 20 May 2024
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2022
    2. Ownership
      Notification of Nitro Bidco Limited as a person with significant control on 12 September 2022
    3. Address
      Registered office address changed from 100 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6JA England to 280 Bishopsgate London EC2M 4RB on 4 October 2023
    4. Notice
      Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
    5. Notice
      First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Pavel Baudis as a director on 29 June 2023
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Ondrej Vlcek as a director on 29 June 2023
    8. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 2 February 2023 · GBP 2,532,107,872.00 (and 32 more like it since 6 February 2020)
    9. Shares
      Statement of capital on 7 February 2023 · GBP 0.10
    10. Notice
      Solvency Statement dated 02/02/23
    11. Filing
      Resolutions (and 5 more like it since 28 May 2020)
    12. Shares
      Statement by Directors
    13. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Stuart Campbell Simpson as a director on 28 December 2022
    14. Address
      Registered office address changed from 110 High Holborn London WC1V 6JS England to 100 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6JA on 1 December 2022
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Belinda Jane Richards as a director on 12 September 2022
    16. Directors
      Termination of appointment of John George Schwarz as a director on 12 September 2022
    17. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Eduard Kucera as a director on 12 September 2022
    18. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Maggie Chan Jones as a director on 12 September 2022
    19. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Tamara Lee Minick-Scokalo as a director on 12 September 2022
    20. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Warren Alan Finegold as a director on 12 September 2022
    21. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Trudy Cooke as a secretary on 22 September 2022
    22. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Whitney Clark as a director on 12 September 2022
    23. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Bryan Ko as a director on 12 September 2022
    24. Filing
      Re-registration of Memorandum and Articles
    25. Name
      Re-registration from a public company to a private limited company
    26. Name
      Certificate of re-registration from Public Limited Company to Private

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Avast do?

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Other information technology service activities”. In its own words: “PC/Mac/Android için ücretsiz antivirüs kullanan yüz milyonlarca kişiye katıl. VPN’le güvenle gezin. Avast’ı indir!”

›How much turnover does Avast make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Avast profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of $348m in the year to 31 December 2021, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Avast?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Avast based?

Its registered office is 17 Hanover Square, London, W1S 1BN, in London.

›When was Avast founded?

Avast Limited was incorporated on 7 January 2010.

›Is Avast still trading?

The register lists Avast Limited as active.