ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED
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Cash
£43k
USD 58,000
-94.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
USD 17,345,000
+20.6% vs 2024
Employees
240
+8.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.6m
USD 6,257,000
+3,895.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,367,273 | £108,437,599 | £106,741,373 | -1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £7,590,995 | -£131,328 | £4,201,113 | +3,298.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,502,510 | £116,205 | £4,643,414 | +3,895.9% | |
| Net profit | £5,633,825 | -£1,183,540 | £2,770,315 | +334.1% | |
| Cash | £2,087,386 | £768,067 | £43,043 | -94.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,848,917 | £16,119,866 | £13,064,935 | -19% | |
| Net assets | £13,442,109 | £10,676,536 | £12,871,985 | +20.6% | |
| Equity | £13,442,109 | £10,676,536 | £12,871,985 | +20.6% | |
| Average employees | 362 | 222 | 240 | +8.1% | |
| Wages | £21,176,655 | £20,869,946 | £17,627,458 | -15.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £509,884 | £544,413 | £547,681 | +0.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £28,240 | £30,245 | £28,942 | -4.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £274,553 | £299,268 | £282,004 | -5.8% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | -0.1% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | -1.1% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.1% | -0.8% | 32.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.1% | 70.5% | 62.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.38x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | 17.19x | -0.29x | 15.64x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED 1998-12-17 → present
- APTV LIMITED 1998-07-28 → 1998-12-17
- CLICKQUIT TRADING LIMITED 1998-06-30 → 1998-07-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. The company continues to have long term subscription contracts with customers. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During 2025, the directors approved a strategic reorganisation of the group's UK operations. The reorganisation was designed to simplify the UK legal entity structure, improve operational efficiency and align ownership of the UK businesses with the group's long-term strategy.”
- “As part of the reorganisation, the directors approved the transfer of the UK trade of Associated Press Limited to Associated Press Television News Limited on a going concern basis and the subsequent establishment of a UK subgroup structure through a share-for-share exchange with Associated Press Ltd being a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated Press Television News Limited.”
- “During the year the board agreed to pay an interim dividend of $2 million to its shareholder.”
- “Following the year end, a UK legal entity reorganisation was completed to simplify the corporate structure of UK operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHILBIN-SULLIVAN, Daisy Despina | Secretary | 2010-09-08 | — | — |
| CARMEL, Jeremy Mark | Director | 2024-11-20 | May 1971 | American |
| FORRESTER, Bridget Bryony | Director | 2013-04-08 | Apr 1969 | British |
| PAVLOUNIS, Efstratios Charles | Director | 2024-11-20 | Aug 1965 | American |
| PRIVETT, Danielle Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-01 | May 1976 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Alexander James | Secretary | 2008-11-06 | 2010-07-30 |
| JONES, Marc Paul | Secretary | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-15 |
| MCKEAN, Frederick Cameron | Secretary | 1998-12-15 | 2008-06-13 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-30 | 1998-07-24 |
| BAKER, Nigel Timothy | Director | 2005-07-21 | 2011-12-09 |
| BOCCARDI, Louis Donald | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2003-05-30 |
| BRAUN, John Eric | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2008-09-01 |
| BRETTINGEN, Thomas | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2010-06-30 |
| BROKE, Philip Richard Vere | Director | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-15 |
| DALE, Kenneth James | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2024-11-20 |
| JONES, Marc Paul | Director | 1998-07-24 | 1998-12-15 |
| O'BRIEN, Patrick T | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2003-06-02 |
| RITCHIE, Ian Russell | Director | 2000-11-16 | 2005-04-28 |
| SHAW, Andrew Boris | Director | 2011-12-09 | 2013-04-08 |
| TAYLOR, Derek John | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2000-11-16 |
| VEERASINGHAM, Daisy Rubini | Director | 2008-12-12 | 2010-07-30 |
| VEERASINGHAM, Daisy Rubini | Director | 2008-12-02 | 2024-11-20 |
| WILLIAMS, James R | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2008-04-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-30 | 1998-07-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.