SKY NEW MEDIA VENTURES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-24 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-10
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
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Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SKY NEW MEDIA VENTURES LIMITED 2003-08-19 → present
- SKY NEW MEDIA VENTURES PLC 2000-02-01 → 2003-08-19
- CASTLEVILLE PLC 1999-11-18 → 2000-02-01
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £1,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £0 | £1,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £1,000,000 | £12,829,000,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We further highlight that the Company has received confirmation that Comcast intends to support the Company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. As a result, after making enquiries, the Directors have formed a judgement at the time of approving the financial statements that the Company will have access to adequate resources to continue for at least 12 months from the date of signing of the financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- SKY NEW MEDIA VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Sky Limited
- 365 Media Group Limited
- Active Voices Limited
- Agreed Voices Limited
- Athena Discovery Labs Limited
- Blast! Films Limited
- Blast! Films - Hunger Limited
- Blast! Films - One Day Limited
- British Sky Broadcasting Limited
- British Sky Broadcasting Group Limited
- Chester Films Productions Limited
- Ciel Bleu 6 Limited
- Cymru International Limited
- Diagonal View Limited
- Directed Voices Limited
- Dolphin TV Limited
- Factual Voices Limited
- Independent Fibre Retail Limited
- International Channel Pack Distribution Limited
- Japan Productions Limited
- Kidsprog Limited
- Love Productions Limited
- Low Voices Limited
- MDOA Limited
- Multicultural & Ethnic Media Sales Limited
- NBC Universal Global Networks UK Limited
- Neos Ventures Limited
- Newserge Limited
- NOW TV Limited
- Parthenon Media Group Limited
- Parthenon 2 Limited
- Picnic Limited
- Production Voices Limited
- Rising Voices Limited
- Rivals Digital Media Limited
- S.A.T.V. Publishing Limited
- Scripted Voices Limited
- Sky Comedy Limited
- Sky Corporate Secretary Limited
- Sky CP Limited
- Sky Extra Limited
- Sky Finance Europe Limited
- Sky Global Media Limited
- Sky Group Limited
- Sky Group Finance Limited
- Sky Guarantee Investments Limited
- Sky Healthcare Scheme 2 Limited
- Sky History Limited
- Sky Holdings Limited
- Sky Home Communications Limited
- Sky In-Home Service Limited
- Sky International Limited
- Sky IP International Limited
- Sky IQ Limited
- Sky LLU Assets Limited
- Sky Mobile Services Limited
- Sky News Limited
- Sky Ocean Ventures Partner Limited
- Sky Operational Finance Limited
- Sky Pension Plan Trustees Limited
- Sky Publications Limited
- Sky Retail Stores Limited
- Sky SNA Limited
- Sky SNI Limited
- Sky SNI Operations Limited
- Sky Studios Limited
- Sky Studios Productions Limited
- Sky Subscribers Services Limited
- Sky Telecommunications Limited
- Sky Telecommunications Services Limited
- Sky Television Limited
- Sky UK Investments Limited
- Sky UK Limited
- Sky Ventures Limited
- Sugar Films Limited
- The Cloud Networks Limited
- Transistor Films Limited
- True North Productions Limited
- Two Plus Voices Limited
- Una Tickets Limited
- Virtuous Systems Limited
- Wider Voices Limited
- Wimbledon Common Limited
- Attheraces Holdings Limited 50.413%
- Attheraces Limited
- Attheraces (UK) Limited
- Go Racing Limited
- Planet Sub-Ocean Limited Partnership 85%
- Big Sky Music, LLC
- BSkyB US Holdings, Inc
- Callisto Media West, LLC
- Catalina Content, LLC
- Jupiter Entertainment, LLC
- Jupiter Entertainment Holdings, LLC
- Jupiter Entertainment North, LLC
- Media Core, LLC
- Octave Productions, LLC
- The Production Hive, LLC
- Znak & Co, LLC
- PhotoOps, LLC
- Baking Show, LLC
- Cotham Hill Productions, LLC
- International Journeys, LLC
- Jet Tracks, LLC
- Love American Journeys, LLC
- Love Production USA, Inc
- USA Love Development, LLC
- Sky Channel SA
- Sky Labs Aalborg A/S
- Sky Manufacturing Services Limited
- Sky Ireland Limited
- Sky Supply Chain Services Poland sp. z o.o.
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKY CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-06-05 | — | — |
| MILLS, Barnaby Tristan | Director | 2026-03-06 | May 1980 | British |
| WIDEMAN, Elizabeth | Director | 2025-06-24 | Dec 1974 | American |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORMLEY, David Joseph | Secretary | 1999-12-15 | 2012-11-05 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Secretary | 2012-11-05 | 2019-06-05 |
| RM REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-11-18 | 1999-12-15 |
| BALL, Anthony Frank Elliott | Director | 2003-06-18 | 2003-11-04 |
| BLUNDELL, Roger Frederick Crawford | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2002-12-13 |
| DARROCH, David Jeremy | Director | 2004-08-31 | 2013-01-08 |
| FLORSHEIM, Jonathan Joseph | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2007-01-31 |
| GRIFFITH, Andrew John | Director | 2008-05-27 | 2013-01-08 |
| HOLMES, Karl | Director | 2016-10-21 | 2019-06-05 |
| JONES, Colin Robert | Director | 2013-01-08 | 2019-06-05 |
| MCNEIL, Roderick Gregor | Director | 2024-06-28 | 2025-06-25 |
| MURDOCH, James Rupert | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2008-05-27 |
| NICHOLLS, Robert | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2025-06-25 |
| RICHARDS, Tanya Claire | Director | 2019-06-05 | 2024-06-28 |
| ROBSON, Simon | Director | 2025-06-24 | 2026-03-06 |
| ROBSON, Simon | Director | 2020-07-29 | 2021-11-30 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 2019-06-05 | 2021-11-30 |
| STEWART, Martin David | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2004-08-04 |
| SWINGEWOOD, John Paul | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2001-05-21 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Director | 2013-01-08 | 2019-06-05 |
| WEDLOCK, Paul | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2025-06-25 |
| RM NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-11-18 | 1999-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comcast Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-09 | Active |
| Comcast Bidco Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-03 | Ceased 2024-10-09 |
| Comcast Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-01 | Ceased 2024-10-03 |
| Sky Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-01 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
| Sky Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-19 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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