FACTIVA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FACTIVA LIMITED 2006-12-13 → present
- DOW JONES REUTERS BUSINESS INTERACTIVE LIMITED 1999-06-28 → 2006-12-13
- MAWLAW 436 LIMITED 1999-05-19 → 1999-06-28
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In addition, News Corporation (the "Ultimate Parent Company") has agreed to provide continuing financial support to enable the Company to meet its obligations as and when they fall due for a period to 31 December 2026.”
Group structure
- FACTIVA LIMITED · parent
- Factiva Business Information S.L. 100%
- Factiva (Australia) Pty Limited 100%
- Factiva (France) S.A.R.L. 100%
- Dow Jones Services Limited 100%
- Dow Jones News Services Pty* 100%
- Dow Jones Haber Ajansi Anonim Sirketi* 99.99%
- Dragonfly Eye Ltd 100%
- Dragonfly Eye Pte Ltd (Singapore)* 100%
- Oxford Analytica International Group LLC 100%
- Oxford Analytica Ltd* 100%
- Oxford Analytica Europe SAS* 100%
- Oxford Analytica Inc.* 100%
Significant events
- “In November 2024, the Company introduced a new AI-driven search and summaries initiative for the Factiva product, which is the search engine of Dow Jones' business, which included £5.2m spent during FY25 in enhancing user experience of Factiva products.”
- “The revenue growth is attributed to improved retention rates for core Factiva subscriptions at renewal coupled with significant sales growth in Dow Jones' watchlist and Risk & Compliance suite of products.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYATLOVA, Eve | Secretary | 2025-10-10 | — | — |
| CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-09-18 | — | — |
| KIRWAN, Dessie, Mr. | Director | 2024-01-15 | Oct 1975 | Irish |
| LANGE, Joel Martin, Mr. | Director | 2023-12-13 | Apr 1977 | American |
| MANDRACKIE, Eric Steven | Director | 2012-11-27 | Jul 1970 | American |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOKE, Stephen Patrick | Secretary | 2001-03-19 | 2007-10-31 |
| HAMEL, Matthew Edward | Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2001-03-19 |
| JOHNSON, Bridget | Secretary | 2012-01-03 | 2012-12-07 |
| MACKLER, Mitchell Glen | Secretary | 2009-05-06 | 2012-08-01 |
| MACKLER, Mitchell Glen | Secretary | 2007-10-31 | 2008-07-10 |
| MARTIN, Rosemary Elisabeth Scudamore | Secretary | 1999-06-29 | 2000-03-28 |
| MCNEIL, Keysha Zalika | Secretary | 2012-12-07 | 2025-10-16 |
| MYERS, Ciala Mae | Secretary | 2009-05-06 | 2010-06-30 |
| STONE, Carla | Secretary | 2008-07-10 | 2012-03-28 |
| TAYLOR, Lara | Secretary | 2009-05-06 | 2013-06-13 |
| CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-09-12 | 2025-09-18 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-05-19 | 1999-06-29 |
| AIRI, Azmina Allaudin | Director | 2014-02-25 | 2020-12-11 |
| ALTERMAN, Simon Asher | Director | 2006-12-07 | 2010-06-30 |
| ANDREWS, Timothy Michael | Director | 1999-06-29 | 2000-01-07 |
| BLEACH, Nigel Marcus William | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-03-31 |
| GALVIN, John Noel | Director | 2011-06-16 | 2014-02-25 |
| GREEN, Claude | Director | 1999-06-29 | 2006-12-20 |
| HANKS, Richard | Director | 1999-06-29 | 2010-02-09 |
| HART, Clare | Director | 2000-01-07 | 2006-03-01 |
| LANGHOFF, Andrew Petersen | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2011-10-11 |
| LAWSON, Jeremy Maben | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2010-06-30 |
| LEACH, Kelly | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2014-08-31 |
| LLOYD, Christopher Michael, Mr. | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2020-12-11 |
| LLOYD, Michael Douglas | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2014-02-25 |
| MACTAVISH, Clive Robert | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2010-04-09 |
| NEEDLE, Susan Jane | Director | 2010-05-24 | 2011-06-16 |
| POWER, Christopher Michael, Mr. | Director | 2020-12-11 | 2023-12-15 |
| RHYU, James Jeaho | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2011-06-13 |
| SEDGLEY, Anna Katherine Lucy | Director | 2014-08-27 | 2018-07-25 |
| TUCKMAN, Adam Douglas | Director | 2009-05-06 | 2012-11-02 |
| VAN TASSELL, Christina May | Director | 2018-07-30 | 2021-11-05 |
| MAWLAW CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1999-05-19 | 1999-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-03-29 | Active |
| Dow Jones & Company, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-03-14 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-09 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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last 24 months
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