NEWS UK & IRELAND TRADING LIMITED

1. NEWS UK & IRELAND TRADING LIMITED 2013-06-25 → present
2. NEWS INTERNATIONAL TRADING IRELAND LIMITED 2011-07-04 → 2013-06-25
3. NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS (IRELAND) LIMITED 2002-08-02 → 2011-07-04
4. NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS (EIRE) LIMITED 2002-07-12 → 2002-08-02
5. EPARTNERS CAPITAL LIMITED 1999-04-26 → 2002-07-12
6. ALNERY NO. 1845 LIMITED 1999-04-01 → 1999-04-26

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

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The company is in a net current asset position as at 29th June 2025 and has sufficient resources to settle its liabilities when they become due. The assets are dependent upon the recoverability of intercompany receivables that may require support of the parent. After making due enquiries and considering the forecasts of the News UK group, incorporating the impact of global macroeconomic inflationary pressures, the general challenging market environment, access to funds through the group facility and the Parent Company support, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the going concern assessment period to 31 December 2026. These considerations include the company, as well as the wider News Corp group. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “During the year the company transferred its employees to another group company and at which point its principal activity changed to that of an intermediate holding company. The company will continue to collect its third party receivables in the following period but will no longer actively trade.”
• “The decrease in turnover and gross profit is as a result of discontinued operations during the current year.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -79.4%

  £18,685,000 → £3,849,000

• Cash

  -85.8%

  £6,534,000 → £927,000

• Net assets

  -100%

  £1,279,000 → £0

• Employees

  -80.2%

  177 → 35

• Operating profit

  -76.9%

  £890,000 → £206,000

• Profit before tax

  -76.9%

  £890,000 → £206,000

• Wages

  -84.8%

  £15,038,000 → £2,291,000

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