BARB AUDIENCES LIMITED

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BARB AUDIENCES LIMITED 2023-01-10 → present
2. BROADCASTERS' AUDIENCE RESEARCH BOARD LIMITED 1999-08-17 → 2023-01-10
3. BARB PROTEM LIMITED 1998-07-31 → 1999-08-17

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, notwithstanding net current liabilities of £3,762,142 (2023: £2,079,054) which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reason. The company's members have agreed to underwrite the cost of the service until at least 31 December 2029 and make available such funds as are required to enable the company to meet its financial commitments. Therefore, at the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “In April 2021, the company awarded long-term research contracts to replace two of the current core contracts that terminated at the end of 2023. These new contracts, which started in January 2024, ensure the company's continued ability to support the UK television and advertising industry until at least the end of 2029.”
• “In recent years, BARB Audiences (BA) has successfully extended its reporting of the services that people choose to watch. The underlying developments mean that BA now provides an authoritative source of viewing to streaming VOD services as well as established linear broadcast channels. This evolution has reinforced the value of BA's audience measurement services to existing subscribers, which is also attracting subscription revenue from pure-play VOD operators and video-sharing platforms.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +15.1%

  £35,326,366 → £40,659,670

• Cash

  -36.4%

  £11,029,215 → £7,017,876

• Net assets

  —

  Not reported

• Employees

  0%

  14 → 14

• Operating profit

  +616.1%

  -£93,035 → £480,109

• Profit before tax

  -100%

  £2,833 → £0

• Wages

  +4.1%

  £1,336,500 → £1,391,011

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