STV NEWS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£43K
-97.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£38M
-8.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3M
-44.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- STV NEWS SERVICES LIMITED 2010-03-06 → present
- GINGER LOVEBALL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 1999-09-09 → 2010-03-06
- GELPART LIMITED 1999-03-11 → 1999-09-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,407,000 | -£3,477,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,407,000 | -£3,477,000 | |
| Cash | £1,486,000 | £43,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £79,986,000 | £77,798,000 | |
| Net assets | £41,636,000 | £38,159,000 | |
| Equity | £41,636,000 | £38,159,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 0.19x | 0.10x |
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 is in a net current liability position as at 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2023. This primarily relates to amounts due to group undertakings of £62.8m (2023: £67.3m). The company has received written confirmation from STV Group plc, that repayment of this balance will not be sought unless the company has adequate financing available to make the repayment. Taking these matters into consideration, the directors believe that preparing the financial statements on a going concern basis is appropriate.”
Group structure
- STV NEWS SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- STV Television Limited 100%
- STV Central Limited
- STV North Limited
- STV Studios Limited
- STV Drama Productions Limited
- STV Documentaries Limited
- STV Factual Limited
- STV Drama Productions 3 Limited
- STV TOD Productions Limited
- Primal Media Limited 52%
- STV Studios Services Limited (formerly Greenbird Media Limited)
- Teal Media Limited
- Crackit Productions Limited 99%
- Tuesday's Child Television Limited 63%
- Interstellar Television Limited 32%
- Show Me The Honey Limited 32%
- Master or Servant Limited 63%
- Rumpus Media Limited 99%
- Hello Halo Productions Limited 51%
- Hello Halo Kids Limited 51%
- Two Cities Television Limited 51%
- Two Cities 1984 Limited 51%
- Two Cities (Blue Lights) Limited 51%
- Two Cities (Blue Lights 2) Limited 51%
- Two Cities (Blue Lights 3) Limited 51%
- Two Cities (Vienna) Limited 51%
- Ginger Television Productions Limited
- SKA Ginger Productions Limited 50%
- Altissimo Music Limited
- stv.tv Limited
- Solutions.tv Limited
- Grampian Television Limited
Significant events
- “In February 2025, the company successfully refinanced its revolving credit facility (RCF) and put in place a new RCF for £70m, with £20m accordion, for a term of at least 3 years (two 1-year extension options are available).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALCOLMSON, Eileen June | Secretary | 2022-10-06 | — | — |
| DIXON, Lindsay Anne | Director | 2019-05-21 | Aug 1976 | British |
| RADCLIFFE, Rufus | Director | 2024-11-01 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Sara | Secretary | 2001-08-31 | 2007-01-26 |
| DAVIDSON, Dawn | Secretary | 2000-08-17 | 2001-08-31 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1999-03-22 | 2000-08-17 |
| TAMES, Jane Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2007-01-26 | 2022-07-01 |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2022-10-06 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-03-11 | 1999-03-22 |
| CAMPBELL, David Lachlan | Director | 1999-03-22 | 2000-08-17 |
| EMSLIE, Donald Gordon | Director | 2000-08-17 | 2007-04-11 |
| FLANAGAN, Andrew Henry | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2006-07-18 |
| GALLAGHER, Eileen | Director | 1999-03-22 | 2000-08-17 |
| HARRIS, George | Director | 2019-04-23 | 2019-05-21 |
| JAGPAL, Jagdip | Director | 2000-08-17 | 2002-05-03 |
| PITTS, Simon Jeremy | Director | 2018-01-03 | 2024-11-01 |
| WATT, William George | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2019-04-23 |
| WOODWARD, Robert Stanley Lawrence | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2017-12-31 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-03-11 | 1999-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stv Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-01-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-20 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-07-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-10 | 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-97.1%
£1,486,000 £43,000
-
Net assets
-8.4%
£41,636,000 £38,159,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-44.5%
-£2,407,000 -£3,477,000
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