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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-01 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-05-18

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£417M

-0.4% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£18M

-42.8% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS LIMITED 2010-02-11 → present
  2. IMMINUS LIMITED 1994-02-28 → 2010-02-11
  3. MIDLAND NETWORK SERVICES LIMITED 1989-01-01 → 1994-02-28
  4. TRAVINET LIMITED 1984-03-07 → 1989-01-01
  5. PLANEPEAK LIMITED 1984-01-24 → 1984-03-07

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £395,931,000£362,405,000
Operating profit £22,784,000£8,603,000
Profit before tax £31,080,000£17,766,000
Net profit £25,891,000-£1,790,000
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £422,668,000£444,478,000
Net assets £418,315,000£416,525,000
Equity £418,315,000£416,525,000
Average employees
Wages

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 5.8%2.4%
Net margin 6.5%-0.5%
Return on capital employed 5.4%1.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 8.8%13.2%
Current ratio 8.28x8.67x
Interest cover 14.76x5.04x

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
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons:”

Significant events

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

People

4 active · 48 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
VMED O2 SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2021-11-01
BERTRAM, Joanna Director 2025-08-01 Oct 1981 British
MILTON, Paul Stephen Director 2025-08-01 Feb 1978 British
SMITH, Nigel Paul Director 2025-08-01 Feb 1977 British
Show 48 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BIRKETT, David Alston Secretary 1994-03-10 1994-08-08
BURNS, Clive Secretary 2000-08-01 2006-07-17
GREENHALGH, John Phillip Secretary 1994-08-08 1997-03-12
JAMES, Gillian Elizabeth Secretary 2010-04-30 2021-11-01
LAVER, John Michael Secretary 1997-03-12 2000-08-01
RUSSELL, Mark David Secretary 1994-03-09
VIRGIN MEDIA SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2006-07-17 2010-04-30
BOYLE, Julia Louise Director 2021-10-01 2022-04-29
BURDICK, Charles James Director 1998-09-03 2004-02-18
BUTTERY, Paul Andrew Director 2015-02-01 2017-03-01
CASTELL, William Thomas Director 2019-09-09 2020-03-09
COBIAN, Patricia Director 2021-10-01 2025-07-24
COOK, Stephen Sands Director 2000-08-18 2006-03-03
DUNN, Robert Dominic Director 2013-06-07 2019-09-09
GALE, Robert Charles Director 2010-04-30 2013-11-29
GALTEAU, Philippe Xavier Director 1997-03-12 1998-09-03
GRAY, Ian Director 1997-03-12 1998-09-03
GREENHALGH, John Phillip Director 1994-08-08 1998-05-08
HARDMAN, Mark David Director 2021-10-01 2022-04-29
HERBERT, Graham Peter Director 1998-03-01
HIFZI, Mine Ozkan Director 2014-03-31 2021-11-01
HULL, Victoria Mary, Sol Director 1998-09-03 2000-08-18
ILLSLEY, Anthony Kim Director 1998-11-23 2000-04-19
JONES, Anthony John Director 1998-03-01
KELLY, Peter John Anthony Director 2019-01-28 2021-08-31
MACKENZIE, Robert Mario Director 2010-04-30 2011-09-16
MCNEIL, Roderick Gregor Director 2020-03-09 2021-10-01
MEDINA MALO, Enrique Director 2022-04-29 2025-08-01
MILLER, David John Director 1997-03-12 1998-09-03
MILNER, Luke Director 2021-03-01 2021-08-31
MOCKRIDGE, Thomas Director 2013-06-07 2019-06-11
MURRAY, Andrea Clare Director 2019-07-18 2019-08-05
PASCU, Severina-Pompilia Director 2020-03-03 2020-11-16
SCHULER, Lutz Markus Director 2019-06-14 2025-08-01
SEXTON, Ian Tony Director 1998-08-03 1998-12-31
SMART, Harald Ernest Director 1996-01-02 1998-06-30
SMITH, Neil Reynolds Director 2004-02-18 2006-09-12
STENHAM, Anthony William Paul Director 2004-02-18 2006-09-12
STEWART, Colin Francis Director 1993-06-01
STRONG, Dana Mcdonald Director 2013-11-22 2015-01-31
TILLBROOK, Joanne Christine Director 2011-09-16 2012-12-31
TILLBROOK, Joanne Christine Director 2011-09-16 2011-09-16
VAN VALKENBURG, David Raynor Director 1998-09-03 1999-03-16
WILKINSON, Linda Gay Director 1998-03-01
WITHERS, Caroline Bernadette Elizabeth Director 2020-04-23 2021-10-01
WITHERS, Caroline Bernadette Elizabeth Director 2012-12-31 2014-03-31
VIRGIN MEDIA DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Director 2006-09-12 2010-04-30
VIRGIN MEDIA SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Director 2006-09-12 2010-04-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
O2 Business Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-08-01 Active
O2 Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-07-28 Ceased 2025-08-01
Virgin Media Operations Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2018-11-30 Ceased 2025-07-28
Filegale Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-11-30

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 367 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2026-02-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-07-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-01 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2026-02-04 SH20 capital Legacy
2026-02-04 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2026-02-04 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2026-02-04 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-10-14 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-09-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-05 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-08-05 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-08-05 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-29 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-29 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
20

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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

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

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