ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£715K
-63.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-21.7% vs 2023
Employees
222
-38.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£108K
-98.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED 1998-12-17 → present
- APTV LIMITED 1998-07-28 → 1998-12-17
- CLICKQUIT TRADING LIMITED 1998-06-30 → 1998-07-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £76,891,772 | £100,994,070 | |
| Operating profit | £7,173,462 | -£122,313 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,034,841 | £108,228 | |
| Net profit | £5,323,944 | -£1,102,298 | |
| Cash | £1,972,572 | £715,345 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,922,165 | £15,013,343 | |
| Net assets | £12,702,743 | £9,943,662 | |
| Equity | £12,702,743 | £9,943,662 | |
| Average employees | 362 | 222 | |
| Wages | £20,011,861 | £19,437,361 |
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 | 9.3% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.1% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.1% | 70.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 17.19x | -0.29x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. The company continues to have long term subscription contracts with customers.”
Significant events
- “During the year the company underwent a cost realignment plan to reduce costs and realign spend with strategic goals. This led to workforce reductions and a severance obligation of $3 million being recognised within compensation in the income statement.”
- “The realignment plan was completed in 2024 and will enable the company to return to profitability, being better placed to manage transformation in the media industry.”
- “During 2024 the company incurred one-off costs for property dilapidation on its UK property lease, restructuring including staff severance expenses and litigation costs. It also incurred a significant actuarial loss for the year for its defined benefit pension scheme The Associated Press Pension & Life Assurance Fund.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILBIN-SULLIVAN, Daisy Despina | Secretary | 2010-09-08 | — | — |
| CARMEL, Jeremy Mark | Director | 2024-11-20 | May 1971 | American |
| FORRESTER, Bridget Bryony | Director | 2013-04-08 | Apr 1969 | British |
| PAVLOUNIS, Efstratios Charles | Director | 2024-11-20 | Aug 1965 | American |
| PRIVETT, Danielle Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-01 | May 1976 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Alexander James | Secretary | 2008-11-06 | 2010-07-30 |
| JONES, Marc Paul | Secretary | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-15 |
| MCKEAN, Frederick Cameron | Secretary | 1998-12-15 | 2008-06-13 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 1998-07-24 |
| BAKER, Nigel Timothy | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2011-12-09 |
| BOCCARDI, Louis Donald | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2003-05-30 |
| BRAUN, John Eric | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2008-09-01 |
| BRETTINGEN, Thomas | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2010-06-30 |
| BROKE, Philip Richard Vere | Director | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-15 |
| DALE, Kenneth James | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2024-11-20 |
| JONES, Marc Paul | Director | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Patrick T | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2003-06-02 |
| RITCHIE, Ian Russell | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2005-04-28 |
| SHAW, Andrew Boris | Director | 2011-12-09 | 2013-04-08 |
| TAYLOR, Derek John | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2000-11-16 |
| VEERASINGHAM, Daisy Rubini | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2010-07-30 |
| VEERASINGHAM, Daisy Rubini | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2024-11-20 |
| WILLIAMS, James R | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2008-04-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-30 | 1998-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
+31.3%
£76,891,772 £100,994,070
-
Cash
-63.7%
£1,972,572 £715,345
-
Net assets
-21.7%
£12,702,743 £9,943,662
-
Employees
-38.7%
362 222
-
Operating profit
-101.7%
£7,173,462 -£122,313
-
Profit before tax
-98.7%
£8,034,841 £108,228
-
Wages
-2.9%
£20,011,861 £19,437,361
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