NEW YORK TIMES LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-30 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£323K

+920% vs 2023

Net assets

£8M

+21.5% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

143

+2.9% highest in 6 filed years

Profit before tax

£2M

+3% highest in 6 filed years

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

NEW YORK TIMES LIMITED 2016-12-14 → present
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE LIMITED 1973-04-05 → 2016-12-14

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

NEW YORK TIMES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£14,802,175	£19,693,247	—	£27,346,110	—	£31,170,974	—	£34,651,687	£35,793,788
Operating profit	—	£1,332,742	£1,566,520	—	£1,647,620	—	£1,787,369	—	£1,943,693	£1,942,844
Profit before tax	—	£1,064,388	£1,326,020	—	£1,443,576	—	£1,627,280	—	£1,832,267	£1,886,952
Net profit	—	£860,183	£940,878	—	£999,687	—	£1,306,820	—	£1,335,457	£1,372,385
Cash	—	£608,600	£440,398	—	£359,756	—	£158,723	—	£31,689	£323,241
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£6,125,097	£6,394,185	—	£6,665,862	—	£7,208,249	—	£8,156,621	£8,341,670
Net assets	—	£1,798,576	£2,739,454	—	£3,739,141	—	£5,045,961	—	£6,381,418	£7,753,803
Equity	£1,008,831	£1,798,576	£2,739,454	£2,739,454	£3,739,141	£3,739,141	£5,045,961	£5,045,961	£6,381,418	£7,753,803
Average employees	—	100	111	—	117	—	138	—	139	143
Wages	—	£8,191,143	£12,900,760	—	£10,823,686	—	£13,453,838	—	£14,486,740	£16,630,358

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	2019-01-01	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	9.0%	8.0%	—	6.0%	—	5.7%	—	5.6%	5.4%
Net margin	—	5.8%	4.8%	—	3.7%	—	4.2%	—	3.9%	3.8%
Return on capital employed	—	21.8%	24.5%	—	24.7%	—	24.8%	—	23.8%	23.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	76.9%	76.6%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.28x	1.29x
Interest cover	—	4.94x	6.50x	—	8.07x	—	10.81x	—	15.20x	28.41x

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: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The company remains assured of the financial support by the ultimate parent company. The directors have received confirmation that the ultimate parent company will continue to support the company and provide it with adequate funds when necessary to enable it to meet its debts as they fall due in the foreseeable future. On this basis, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

“There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”

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

People

3 active · 15 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2025-07-21	—	—
BRAYTON, Diane	Director	2017-01-01	Feb 1969	American
DUNBAR JOHNSON, Stephen	Director	2008-04-01	Jun 1963	British

Show 15 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BONDY, Rene, Deputy Publisher	Secretary	—	2003-04-01
FALCONER, Patrick	Secretary	2006-06-15	2021-09-30
PEROT, Catherine	Secretary	2003-04-01	2006-01-20
CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2023-12-06	2025-07-21
BONDY, Rene, Deputy Publisher	Director	—	2003-04-01
GOLDEN, Michael	Director	2006-10-23	2008-03-31
HUEBNER, Lee William, Publisher	Director	—	1993-06-30
MCCLEAN, Richard Arthur Francis	Director	1993-07-06	1993-07-06
MORGAN, Richard Hathaway, Advertising Director	Director	—	1994-01-01
PEROT, Catherine	Director	2003-04-01	2006-01-20
RICHIERI, Kenneth Alan	Director	2014-04-04	2016-12-31
SHIELDS, Brian, Marketing Director	Director	—	1994-01-28
TAYLOR, Dennis Eric	Director	1994-02-24	2005-07-12
THORNE, Garry Coffee Cowen, Managing Director	Director	—	1994-02-28
WOOLDRIDGE, Richard	Director	1998-11-04	2006-10-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Stephen Dunbar-Johnson	Individual	Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2017-05-28	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 143 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-16	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-04-14	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-02-11	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-09-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-08-14	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2025-08-14	AP04	officers	Appoint corporate secretary company with name date	PDF
2025-05-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-14	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-10-10	AAMD	accounts	Accounts amended with accounts type full
2024-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-06-26	AP04	officers	Appoint corporate secretary company with name date	PDF
2024-06-26	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-06-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-05-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-08-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-10-01	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2021-07-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

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

+3.3%

£34,651,687 £35,793,788

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

+920%

£31,689 £323,241
Net assets

+21.5%

£6,381,418 £7,753,803

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

+2.9%

139 143

highest in 6 filed years
Operating profit

0%

£1,943,693 £1,942,844
Profit before tax

+3%

£1,832,267 £1,886,952

highest in 6 filed years
Wages

+14.8%

£14,486,740 £16,630,358

highest in 6 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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