SKY OPERATIONAL FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-24 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£128M
-25.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£11M
-10% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,000,000 | -£11,000,000 | |
| Net profit | -£10,000,000 | -£11,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £172,000,000 | £128,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £172,000,000 | £128,000,000 | |
| Equity | £172,000,000 | £128,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.9% | 95.6% |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has received confirmation that Comcast intends to support the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the year, as part of internal corporate reorganisation of intercompany debt balances around the Sky Group, several loans held by the Company (both receivable and payable) were settled.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKY CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-06-10 | — | — |
| MCNEIL, Roderick Gregor | Director | 2024-12-10 | Nov 1970 | British |
| MILLS, Barnaby Tristan | Director | 2026-03-06 | May 1980 | British |
| WEDLOCK, Paul | Director | 2024-06-28 | Dec 1982 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE, Richard James | Secretary | 1994-04-29 | 1995-02-02 |
| GORMLEY, David Joseph | Secretary | 1996-01-24 | 2012-11-09 |
| MACKENZIE, Christopher Kenneth | Secretary | 1995-02-02 | 1996-01-24 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Secretary | 2012-11-09 | 2019-06-10 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-04-20 | 1994-04-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-10 | 1994-04-20 |
| BALL, Anthony Frank Elliott | Director | 1999-06-02 | 2003-11-04 |
| BARLOW, Frank | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| BARRACLOUGH, Stephen Thomas | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| BLUNDELL, Roger Frederick Crawford | Director | 1997-12-30 | 2000-11-14 |
| BOOTH, Mark William | Director | 1998-06-04 | 1999-05-31 |
| BROOKE, Richard James | Director | 1995-03-10 | 1997-11-21 |
| CARRINGTON, Nicholas John | Director | 1995-07-31 | 1998-03-06 |
| CHANCE, David Christopher | Director | 1995-02-02 | 1997-12-31 |
| CHISHOLM, Samuel Hewlings | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1997-12-03 |
| CHUGANI, Neil | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2003-06-18 |
| CREPON, Michel Claude Andre | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| DARROCH, David Jeremy | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2013-01-08 |
| DETTLOFF, Thierry | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| FISCHER, August Antonius | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1995-02-02 |
| GORMLEY, David Joseph | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2003-06-18 |
| GRIFFITH, Andrew John | Director | 2008-05-27 | 2013-01-08 |
| HOLMES, Karl | Director | 2023-05-16 | 2024-12-13 |
| HOLMES, Karl | Director | 2016-10-21 | 2019-06-10 |
| JONES, Colin Robert | Director | 2013-01-08 | 2019-06-10 |
| MACKENZIE, Christopher Kenneth | Director | 1995-02-02 | 1997-08-29 |
| MACKENZIE, Kelvin Calder | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1994-08-12 |
| MURDOCH, James Rupert | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2008-05-27 |
| MURDOCH, Keith Rupert | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| RICHARDS, Tanya Claire | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2024-06-28 |
| ROBSON, Simon | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2026-03-06 |
| SELLORS, Jonathan | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| SISKIND, Arthur Michael | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1995-02-02 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2023-05-12 |
| STAUNTON, Henry Eric | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1994-11-10 |
| STEWART, Martin David | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2004-08-04 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Director | 2013-01-08 | 2019-06-10 |
| TIBBITTS, James Benjamin Stjohn | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1994-11-10 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-03-10 | 1994-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-24 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-25.6%
£172,000,000 £128,000,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-10%
-£10,000,000 -£11,000,000
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