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.
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 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £578,000 | £397,000 |
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
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
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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
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
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.