ITV BROADCASTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-17
Watchouts
Cash
£5K
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£141M
-61% vs 2023
Employees
1,373
-4.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£229M
+569.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ITV BROADCASTING LIMITED 2006-12-29 → present
- ANGLIA TELEVISION LIMITED 1969-06-11 → 2006-12-29
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 | £1,164,138,000 | £1,139,729,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£58,683,000 | £12,884,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £34,256,000 | £229,285,000 | |
| Net profit | £51,545,000 | £224,302,000 | |
| Cash | £33,893,000 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £372,513,000 | £145,163,000 | |
| Net assets | £361,704,000 | £140,993,000 | |
| Equity | £361,704,000 | £140,993,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,432 | 1,373 | |
| Wages | £73,712,000 | £71,713,000 |
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 | -5.0% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 19.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.8% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.5% | 79.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 0.37x | |
| Interest cover | -32.24x | 17.75x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least twelve months from the date of this report. Accordingly, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements (see note 1).”
Group structure
- ITV BROADCASTING LIMITED · parent
- Channel Television Holdings Limited 100%
- Cirkus Limited 100%
- The Addressable Platform Limited 100%
- ITV AdVentures Limited 100%
- ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited 100%
- ITV Central Limited 100%
- ITV Digital Channels Limited 100%
- ITV International Channels Limited 100%
- ITV Meridian Limited 100%
- ITV Network Limited 100%
- ITV Wales & West Limited 100%
- ITV2 Limited 100%
- London News Network 100%
- Millbank Studios 100%
- Planet Woo Limited 100%
- UTV Limited 100%
- Westcountry Television Limited 100%
- Channel Television Limited 100%
- ITV Wales & West Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2023, the Company submitted an application to Ofcom for the renewal of its Channel 3 licenses, which expire on 31 December 2024. The Ofcom licences were granted for a further 10 years.”
- “On 28 March 2025, the Company's immediate parent changed to Granada Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 62 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2015-12-15 | Mar 1975 | British |
| KANG, Enita Kaur | Director | 2025-01-31 | Jun 1990 | British |
| KENNEDY, Christopher John | Director | 2019-03-18 | Jan 1964 | British |
| LYGO, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2016-03-01 | Sep 1957 | British |
| NEWELL, Rosemary | Director | 2017-04-26 | Aug 1963 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Edward Kelly | Director | 2014-12-16 | Dec 1967 | British |
Show 62 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEGAN, Michael Melvyn | Secretary | 2001-04-06 | 2002-05-31 |
| PARROTT, Graham Joseph | Secretary | 2000-10-04 | 2001-04-06 |
| ROWLAND, Janet Lesley | Secretary | 1994-09-01 | 2000-10-04 |
| STEPHENSON, Robin | Secretary | — | 1994-08-31 |
| TAUTZ, Helen Jane | Secretary | 2002-05-31 | 2008-10-31 |
| ADAMS, Guy Marcus | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2005-11-15 |
| ALLEN, Charles Lamb | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2006-10-01 |
| ALLSOP, Malcolm Vincent | Director | 1997-10-02 | 2001-11-15 |
| ARCHER, Mary Doreen, Dame | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| ASHWORTH, Julian Stanley | Director | 2018-04-13 | 2019-06-28 |
| BERGG, David John | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2017-03-31 |
| BUTTERFIELD, Stewart David | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2001-12-31 |
| CANETTY CLARKE, Neil Ashley | Director | 2002-05-31 | 2005-09-05 |
| COLMAN, Timothy James Alan, Sir | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| CREELMAN, Graham Murray | Director | 1995-12-13 | 2006-04-05 |
| CRESSWELL, John | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2010-04-23 |
| CRESSWELL, John | Director | 1999-04-05 | 2000-10-04 |
| CRESSWELL, John | Director | 1995-12-13 | 1998-03-11 |
| CROFT, David Michael Bruce | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2007-01-08 |
| CROZIER, Adam Alexander | Director | 2010-05-05 | 2017-06-30 |
| DESMOND, Michael John | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2005-09-05 |
| EATWELL, John Leonard, Lord | Director | 1994-10-24 | 2001-03-31 |
| FEGAN, Michael Melvyn | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2004-03-25 |
| FINCHAM, Peter Arthur | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2016-03-01 |
| GARARD, Andrew Sheldon | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2018-07-31 |
| GARNER, Philip Charles | Director | — | 1994-06-08 |
| GIBBINGS, Peter Walter, Sir | Director | — | 1994-04-30 |
| GREEN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2004-03-31 | 2007-05-03 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ian Ward | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2018-12-31 |
| HAZLITT, Anne Frances | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2014-12-31 |
| HICKSON, Peter Charles Fletcher | Director | 1994-10-24 | 1995-12-13 |
| HILLS, Deborah Anne | Director | 1998-03-11 | 1999-09-09 |
| HOLLICK OF NOTTING HILL, Clive Richard, Lord | Director | 1995-02-27 | 1997-12-01 |
| HOLROYD, Christine | Director | — | 1994-07-20 |
| HUGHES, Michael John | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| JONES, Clive William | Director | 2005-09-05 | 2007-04-05 |
| JONES, Kenneth David Alun | Director | 1999-11-25 | 2000-10-04 |
| LAUGHTON, Roger Froome | Director | 1994-10-24 | 1999-04-05 |
| LEDWIDGE, Robert William | Director | 2001-03-23 | 2002-06-26 |
| MCCALL, David Slesser | Director | — | 2001-03-31 |
| MCCULLOCH, Ian Douglas | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2005-09-05 |
| MEDLICOTT, William Jonathan | Director | 2007-05-03 | 2015-04-30 |
| MEIER, Peter David | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2000-10-04 |
| NUTTING, Diane, Lady | Director | — | 1994-05-31 |
| PARROTT, Graham Joseph | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2001-04-06 |
| PITTS, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| PUTTNAM OF QUEENSGATE, David, Lord | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| RADCLIFFE, Rufus | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2024-04-30 |
| RICKETTS, Timothy Walker | Director | 1998-03-11 | 1999-11-25 |
| ROGERS, Jonathan | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2012-06-08 |
| SCOTT, Rosalind Carol, Baroness | Director | 2002-10-24 | 2006-01-23 |
| SHARMAN, Patrick George | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| SMITH, Mark Norman | Director | 2018-09-13 | 2023-04-30 |
| SWORDS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2014-12-16 | 2021-06-30 |
| SWORDS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2009-03-18 | 2010-09-27 |
| SWORDS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2007-04-05 | 2008-09-22 |
| THOMPSON, Neil Marshall | Director | 2001-11-15 | 2008-09-22 |
| TIBBITTS, James Benjamin Stjohn | Director | 2007-08-31 | 2008-10-31 |
| WALFORD, Rex Ashley | Director | 2002-10-24 | 2006-01-31 |
| WALL, Malcolm Robert | Director | 1994-10-24 | 2000-10-04 |
| CROSSWALL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-06-15 | 2000-10-04 |
| UNM INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-06-15 | 2000-10-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itv M&E Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-13 | Active |
| Granada Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-28 | Ceased 2025-08-13 |
| Granada Media Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 302 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-02-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-08-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-2.1%
£1,164,138,000 £1,139,729,000
-
Cash
-100%
£33,893,000 £5,000
-
Net assets
-61%
£361,704,000 £140,993,000
-
Employees
-4.1%
1,432 1,373
-
Operating profit
+122%
-£58,683,000 £12,884,000
-
Profit before tax
+569.3%
£34,256,000 £229,285,000
-
Wages
-2.7%
£73,712,000 £71,713,000
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