INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£26M
+10.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£61M
+14.6% vs 2023
Employees
864
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£779K
-46.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £155,889,000 | £150,653,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,702,000 | £7,110,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,464,000 | £779,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,576,000 | £731,000 | |
| Cash | £23,919,000 | £26,364,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,506,000 | £48,641,000 | |
| Net assets | -£71,141,000 | -£60,780,000 | |
| Equity | -£71,141,000 | -£60,780,000 | |
| Average employees | 833 | 864 | |
| Wages | £56,752,000 | £57,828,000 |
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 | 4.9% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 14.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 171.2% | 168.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 1.15x | 1.06x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The resilience of the Group over the past years, and its proven ability to withstand unprecedented levels of downside risk, provides reasonable confidence to the Directors that the Group remains able to continue as a going concern at the date of signing these Financial Statements. For these reasons, the going concern basis continues to be adopted in preparing the Annual Report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED · parent
- ITN Archive Limited 100%
- ITN Radio Investments Limited 100%
- ITN Radio Limited 100%
- ITN Education Investments Limited 100%
- ITN DLS Limited 100%
- ITN Productions Athletics Limited 100%
- Connolly Systems Limited 100%
- ECL Limited 100%
- ITN Group Limited 100%
- ITN International Limited 100%
- ITN News Channel (Finance) Limited 100%
- ITN Productions Limited 100%
- ITN Source Limited 100%
- Jemani Limited 99%
- Visual Voodoo Films Limited 100%
- ViewPoint News Ltd 100%
- Timms (1992) Limited 100%
- ITNP SK Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The Group's revenues decreased by 3% to £150.7m in the year (2023: £155.9m) largely due to the closure of ITN's Sports Production division during the year.”
- “ITV News continued to set the agenda with exclusive investigations, impactful storytelling, and award-winning journalism.”
- “Channel 4 News saw one of its most successful years to date, achieving significant audience growth and industry recognition. The newsroom won the triple crown of major awards: an International Emmy for its reporting on Israel and Gaza, alongside BAFTA and RTS wins.”
- “5 News was the only peak-time news bulletin to achieve year-on-year audience growth, increasing its share to 3.4% - its highest since 2018.”
- “ITN Productions delivered another record-breaking year, surpassing 1,000 hours of transmitted programming.”
- “ITN took a major step in securing the integrity of its historic footage by placing its archive onto the blockchain.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 68 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'SULLIVAN, Zaffrin | Secretary | 2024-02-29 | — | — |
| AHMAD, Samir | Director | 2025-06-04 | Apr 1992 | British |
| COX, Charles Richard | Director | 2018-11-28 | Jun 1958 | Australian |
| LINNEBANK, Geert | Director | 2007-01-30 | Mar 1956 | Dutch |
| MULLINS, Andrew Oliver | Director | 2018-11-15 | Mar 1964 | British |
| MULLINS, Kyla Lynne Anthea | Director | 2019-07-24 | May 1966 | British |
| SMITH, Justin Paul | Director | 2024-01-02 | Mar 1980 | British |
Show 68 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCORER, James Henry | Secretary | 1996-05-15 | 2024-02-29 |
| TIMMS, Clive | Secretary | — | 1993-08-31 |
| WHEATLEY, James Martyn | Secretary | 1993-09-01 | 1996-05-15 |
| 4TH VISCOUNT ROTHERMERE, Jonathan Harold Esmond Vere, The Right Honourable | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2018-11-27 |
| BETTS, Thomas Matthew | Director | 2010-01-14 | 2018-12-31 |
| BLAND, Francis Christopher Buchan, Sir | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1994-03-09 |
| BROOK, Anthony Donald | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| BROOKE, Magnus | Director | 2019-01-30 | 2021-11-23 |
| BROWN, Graham Roger | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2018-03-27 |
| CAIN, Steven Anthony | Director | 1999-03-23 | 2000-01-31 |
| CARVER, Margaret Adela Miriam | Director | 2008-12-17 | 2018-09-29 |
| CONWAY, David Mcpherson | Director | 2019-10-28 | 2023-11-03 |
| CORP, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2026-05-12 |
| CRESSWELL, John | Director | 1997-06-11 | 1999-05-24 |
| DE MOLLER, June Frances | Director | 1996-03-20 | 1996-09-17 |
| DESMOND, Michael John | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2005-11-14 |
| DUNN, Richard Johann | Director | — | 1993-04-29 |
| EMERY, Richard James | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| ENGLISH, David, Sir | Director | 1996-05-15 | 1998-06-10 |
| GARARD, Andrew Sheldon | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2018-12-31 |
| GILBERT, Roger Neil | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2004-02-06 |
| GILBERT, Roger Neil | Director | 1998-07-22 | 1999-11-23 |
| GILBERT, Roger Neil | Director | 1996-07-16 | 1998-06-10 |
| GORDON, David Sorrell | Director | 1993-04-29 | 1995-03-31 |
| GRADE, Michael Ian | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| GREEN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2009-05-15 |
| GREEN, Michael Philip | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2004-01-30 |
| GREGSON, Charles Henry | Director | 2000-09-29 | 2007-01-30 |
| HARDIE, John Macdonald | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| HILL, Leslie Francis | Director | — | 1996-01-22 |
| HOLLICK OF NOTTING HILL, Clive Richard, Lord | Director | 1996-09-25 | 1997-05-29 |
| JAIN, Angela | Director | 2021-11-23 | 2023-09-29 |
| KERR, Richard James | Director | 2007-01-30 | 2008-12-17 |
| LAUGHTON, Roger Froome | Director | 1997-01-09 | 1999-05-24 |
| LEACH, Clive William | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| LOPO DE CARVALHO, Manuel | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2018-11-27 |
| MALLETT, Anna Celia, Dr | Director | 2019-04-29 | 2021-04-16 |
| MARTIN, Bryan Robert | Director | 2010-02-24 | 2019-10-27 |
| MCCALL, David Slesser | Director | 1996-09-25 | 1996-12-31 |
| MCCALL, David Slesser | Director | — | 1996-09-25 |
| MUIRHEAD, Brian Geoffrey | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2009-07-02 |
| MURRAY, Grant | Director | 1999-06-18 | 2000-09-29 |
| MURRAY, Paul Colbeck | Director | 2002-11-14 | 2004-01-30 |
| PARROTT, Graham Joseph | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2004-07-15 |
| PHILLIS, Robert Weston, Sir | Director | — | 1993-05-28 |
| PITTS, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2017-08-31 |
| PURVIS, Stewart Peter | Director | — | 2003-07-22 |
| QUINN, Andrew | Director | — | 1992-10-15 |
| RAWCLIFFE, Adedigba Amanda | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-06-04 |
| ROBINSON, Gerrard Jude, Sir | Director | 1993-03-31 | 1997-09-23 |
| STAUNTON, Henry Eric | Director | 2005-11-25 | 2006-03-29 |
| STAUNTON, Henry Eric | Director | 1997-08-05 | 2004-07-15 |
| STAUNTON, Henry Eric | Director | 1994-12-02 | 1996-05-15 |
| STEWART, Michael Dane, Dr | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2014-04-07 |
| STEWART, Michael Dane, Dr | Director | 1998-09-16 | 1999-11-23 |
| STROSS, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1993-05-28 |
| SWORDS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2017-09-28 | 2019-07-24 |
| TAIT, Richard Graham | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2002-07-31 |
| TIBBITTS, James Benjamin Stjohn | Director | 2006-04-13 | 2009-05-15 |
| TURNESS, Deborah Mary | Director | 2021-04-19 | 2022-08-31 |
| URE, David Granger | Director | 2004-01-20 | 2007-01-30 |
| WALMSLEY, Nigel Norman | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2001-11-22 |
| WHEATLEY, James Martyn | Director | 1994-01-11 | 1999-06-22 |
| WHITAKER, Andrew John | Director | 2000-12-04 | 2008-04-10 |
| WILLIAMS, John Peter | Director | 2004-02-06 | 2007-02-08 |
| WILLIS, John Edward | Director | 1999-05-24 | 2000-09-29 |
| WOOD, Mark William | Director | 1993-03-31 | 2009-02-26 |
| WOOD, Philip Kenneth | Director | 2002-09-10 | 2004-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itv Broadcasting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 335 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
-3.4%
£155,889,000 £150,653,000
-
Cash
+10.2%
£23,919,000 £26,364,000
-
Net assets
+14.6%
-£71,141,000 -£60,780,000
-
Employees
+3.7%
833 864
-
Operating profit
-7.7%
£7,702,000 £7,110,000
-
Profit before tax
-46.8%
£1,464,000 £779,000
-
Wages
+1.9%
£56,752,000 £57,828,000
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