SKY CP 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
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1B
+16.3% vs 2023
Employees
3,478
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£154M
-427.7% vs 2023
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 | £1,379,000,000 | £1,028,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £132,000,000 | -£28,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £47,000,000 | -£154,000,000 | |
| Net profit | £48,000,000 | -£80,000,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £966,000,000 | £1,261,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £924,000,000 | £1,075,000,000 | |
| Equity | £924,000,000 | £1,075,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 3,381 | 3,478 | |
| Wages | £305,000,000 | £313,000,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.6% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | -7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.7% | -2.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.0% | 75.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.11x | 0.07x | |
| Interest cover | 1.55x | -0.22x |
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
“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 CP LIMITED · parent
- Sky International Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company made a loss before tax of £154 million (2023: profit before tax of £47 million). Revenue has decreased to £1,028 million (2023: £1,379 million) and operating expenses have decreased to £1,056 million (2023: £1,247 million).”
- “The increase in the net assets during the year is primarily due to the share issue during the year, where the investment in subsidiary in Sky International Limited was contributed into the Company as part of an internal corporate reorganisation.”
- “In October 2024, the Company received the entire share capital of Sky International Limited valued at £222 million, in exchange for the issue of 1 share to Sky UK Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKY CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-06-28 | — | — |
| CLARKE, Paul | Director | 2020-12-31 | Oct 1969 | British |
| MCNEIL, Roderick Gregor | Director | 2024-12-09 | Nov 1970 | British |
| MILLS, Barnaby Tristan | Director | 2026-03-06 | May 1980 | British |
| STIRLING, Fraser | Director | 2019-06-28 | Mar 1980 | British |
| WEDLOCK, Paul | Director | 2025-06-19 | Dec 1982 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Secretary | 2015-03-27 | 2019-06-28 |
| CROSSLEY, Robin John | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| GOPALAKRISHNAN, Prasanna | Director | 2022-03-21 | 2024-09-16 |
| HAMMADY, Mohamed | Director | 2019-06-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| HOLMES, Karl | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2024-12-13 |
| JONES, Colin Robert | Director | 2015-03-27 | 2019-02-25 |
| LEBRAT, Didier | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2019-06-28 |
| ROBSON, Simon | Director | 2025-06-19 | 2026-03-06 |
| SMITH, Colin | Director | 2019-02-25 | 2023-05-12 |
| SMITH, Euan Daryl | Director | 2015-09-16 | 2017-01-31 |
| TAYLOR, Christopher Jon | Director | 2015-03-27 | 2015-05-18 |
| WEBBER, Alun David | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2019-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-23 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-25.5%
£1,379,000,000 £1,028,000,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+16.3%
£924,000,000 £1,075,000,000
-
Employees
+2.9%
3,381 3,478
-
Operating profit
-121.2%
£132,000,000 -£28,000,000
-
Profit before tax
-427.7%
£47,000,000 -£154,000,000
-
Wages
+2.6%
£305,000,000 £313,000,000
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