ASSOCIATED PRESS LIMITED(THE)

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After taking into consideration the business and the economy and making enquires the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company is well placed to manage its business risks and continue in operational existence from the date of this Report through to 31 December 2026, this period is considered appropriate as it aligns with the company's standard forecasting outlook. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. ASSOCIATED PRESS LIMITED(THE) · parent
   1. Associated Press Italia Photo Communications Srl 75.5% · Italy · provision of news and news photographs
   2. Sports News TV Management Limited 50% · England and Wales · production and distribution of television sports news programmes

Significant events

• “The directors confirm that there have been no material events that have occurred between the end of the reporting period and the date of approval of the financial statements that would require disclosure.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -3.3%

  £8,219,000 → £7,945,000

• Cash

  -58.1%

  £31,000 → £13,000

• Net assets

  -6.6%

  £6,318,000 → £5,900,000

• Employees

  0%

  38 → 38

• Operating profit

  -91.6%

  £454,000 → £38,000

• Profit before tax

  -46.5%

  £1,009,000 → £540,000

• Wages

  +19.9%

  £3,195,000 → £3,830,000

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