NEWS UK BROADCASTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£0
+100% vs 2024
Employees
13
-90.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£146M
+389% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as the company has ceased trading in the current year and is expected to remain dormant for the foreseeable future.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NEWS UK BROADCASTING LIMITED 2021-03-21 → present
- NEWS PRINTERS SOUTHERN LIMITED 2006-11-10 → 2021-03-21
- NEWS SHELF 5 LIMITED 2006-07-31 → 2006-11-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,663,000 | £2,020,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£50,380,000 | -£8,664,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£50,380,000 | £145,619,000 | |
| Net profit | -£50,405,000 | £145,618,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£145,618,000 | £0 | |
| Equity | -£145,618,000 | £0 | |
| Average employees | 135 | 13 | |
| Wages | £9,556,000 | £825,000 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -756.1% | -428.9% | |
| Net margin | -756.5% | 7208.8% |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as the company has ceased trading in the current year and is expected to remain dormant for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “Talk TV ceased linear broadcasting in March 2025 after audience figures did not meet expectations; the company has ceased trading and is expected to remain dormant for the foreseeable future. A new breakfast show was launched in October 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREYS, Emma Caroline | Director | 2022-07-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
| TAUNTON, Scott William | Director | 2021-07-23 | Jan 1971 | Australian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STONE, Carla | Secretary | 2006-07-31 | 2012-04-02 |
| BARNES, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2012-03-23 | 2013-03-27 |
| DAINTITH, Stephen Wayne | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2008-07-17 |
| FERNANDO, Sunil Anthony | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2007-08-13 |
| GILL, Michael Charles | Director | 2007-08-13 | 2024-07-22 |
| LONGCROFT, Christopher Charles Stoddart | Director | 2013-03-27 | 2022-07-25 |
| STONE, Carla | Director | 2006-07-31 | 2012-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-29 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
-69.7%
£6,663,000 £2,020,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+100%
-£145,618,000 £0
-
Employees
-90.4%
135 13
-
Operating profit
+82.8%
-£50,380,000 -£8,664,000
-
Profit before tax
+389%
-£50,380,000 £145,619,000
-
Wages
-91.4%
£9,556,000 £825,000
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