TALKSPORT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
Cash
£74K
-70.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£61M
-2.3% vs 2024
Employees
312
+23.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-121% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TALKSPORT LIMITED 2000-02-08 → present
- TALK RADIO UK LIMITED 1994-03-22 → 2000-02-08
- TRUK (TALK RADIO UK) LIMITED 1993-04-01 → 1994-03-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,691,000 | £81,562,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,937,000 | -£1,875,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,937,000 | -£1,875,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,105,000 | -£1,469,000 | |
| Cash | £249,000 | £74,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,826,000 | £66,410,000 | |
| Net assets | £62,789,000 | £61,320,000 | |
| Equity | £62,789,000 | £61,320,000 | |
| Average employees | 252 | 312 | |
| Wages | £14,669,000 | £19,785,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.8% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | -2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.06x | 1.89x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and to meet its liabilities as they fall due. In preparing the financial statements, the directors have taken into account both the company's future trading and cash flows and support from its parent undertaking and believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The performance for the year benefitted from the Euros held in Germany in June - July 2024 followed by the coverage of Olympics Games in Paris.”
- “talkSPORT network also covered broader sports rights including cricket, rugby union, golf, tennis, horse racing and boxing matches that drove record connected listening audiences and video views on social channels.”
- “talkSPORT expands distribution to Smart TV platforms ... in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREYS, Emma Caroline | Director | 2022-07-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
| TAUNTON, Scott William | Director | 2005-06-24 | Jan 1971 | Australian |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHEARNE, Jospeh Gerard | Secretary | 1995-10-17 | 1998-11-06 |
| ALLEN, Stephen | Secretary | 2000-08-18 | 2001-02-07 |
| ASHTON, Keir Edward | Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2000-06-19 |
| DOWNEY, James Robinson | Secretary | 2005-06-24 | 2011-12-31 |
| GOODWIN, Jonathan Philip Pryce | Secretary | 1998-11-06 | 2000-02-01 |
| MACPHERSON, Iain Michael Andrew | Secretary | 1994-07-20 | 1995-11-07 |
| SADLER, Keith John | Secretary | 2004-07-02 | 2005-06-24 |
| TOMPKINS, Anthony | Secretary | 2011-12-31 | 2016-11-30 |
| TURNER, Christopher | Secretary | 1993-04-01 | 1994-07-20 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-02-07 | 2004-07-02 |
| AHMANN, Patricia Ann | Director | 1996-12-30 | 1997-10-22 |
| ASPER, David Alan | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1995-11-07 |
| AUMONIER, John Martin | Director | 1994-03-14 | 1995-06-30 |
| BAXTER, Travis | Director | 1995-11-07 | 1998-11-06 |
| CHIPP, David Allan | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1995-11-07 |
| CLARK, Peter Antony | Director | 1993-04-01 | 2000-06-09 |
| CRANE, Steven | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1995-11-07 |
| DOWNEY, James Robinson | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2011-12-31 |
| GERAGHTY, Cathryn | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1997-10-22 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Kenneth J | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1995-09-22 |
| GOODWIN, Jonathan Philip Pryce | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2000-10-01 |
| HARMAN, Phillip Brent | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2000-06-09 |
| KERDRAON, Jean Michael | Director | 1997-11-07 | 1998-11-06 |
| LINFORD, Richard Martin | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2000-06-09 |
| LONGCROFT, Christopher Charles Stoddart | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2022-07-25 |
| MACKENZIE, Kelvin Calder | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2005-06-24 |
| MAY, John Michael | Director | 1994-03-07 | 1995-11-07 |
| MCCANN, John | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2016-05-12 |
| MCKEOWN, Norman | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2017-04-30 |
| MILLER, Ronald Daniel | Director | 1996-01-02 | 1996-12-31 |
| NICHOLAS, David, Sir | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1996-04-16 |
| O'DRISCOLL, Donnach Joseph | Director | 1995-11-07 | 1998-11-06 |
| PRICE, Arthur | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1998-11-06 |
| ROBINSON, Paul | Director | 1997-10-22 | 1998-11-06 |
| SADLER, Keith John | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2005-06-24 |
| SAUTTER, Remy | Director | 1995-10-17 | 1998-11-06 |
| SMULYAN, Jefrey | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1995-11-07 |
| STIBY, Robert Andrew | Director | 1994-07-07 | 1999-10-05 |
| STRIKE, Thomas | Director | 1995-09-22 | 1995-11-07 |
| THORN, Gaston | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1998-11-06 |
| TOMPKINS, Anthony David | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2017-09-30 |
| TURNER, Christopher | Director | 1996-04-25 | 1998-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-07-03 | Active |
| The Wireless Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-07-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 250 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-29 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-1.4%
£82,691,000 £81,562,000
-
Cash
-70.3%
£249,000 £74,000
-
Net assets
-2.3%
£62,789,000 £61,320,000
-
Employees
+23.8%
252 312
-
Operating profit
-121%
£8,937,000 -£1,875,000
-
Profit before tax
-121%
£8,937,000 -£1,875,000
-
Wages
+34.9%
£14,669,000 £19,785,000
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