ITV RIGHTS LIMITED
Operating within the Media and Entertainment division, the company serves as the primary rights holding entity for the UK broadcasting and online businesses of the listed media group ITV plc.
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£229m
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+125.1% first positive since 2024
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of ITV RIGHTS LIMITED's latest filing
ITV's main rights-holding entity just filed £1.23 billion in revenue — but a pending sale to Sky has auditor's flagging its future funding. 📺📉
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Upon completion of the sale to Sky, the Company will exit this arrangement, creating a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern until a new funding structure is established.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £1,139,840,000 | £1,068,790,000 | £1,225,131,000 | +14.6% | |
| Operating profit | £6,192,000 | £3,376,000 | £6,663,000 | +97.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £11,433,000 | -£9,858,000 | £2,477,000 | +125.1% | |
| Net profit | £8,744,000 | -£7,397,000 | £1,853,000 | +125.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £258,681,000 | £269,637,000 | +4.2% | |
| Net assets | £234,964,000 | £227,567,000 | £229,420,000 | +0.8% | |
| Equity | £234,964,000 | £227,567,000 | £229,420,000 | +0.8% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -0.7% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.3% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 65.7% | 67.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.64x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | 8.81x | 0.24x | 1.07x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Upon completion of the sale to Sky, the Company will exit this arrangement, creating a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern until a new funding structure is established.”
Significant events
- “On 6 July 2026, ITV plc announced the sale of the ITV Media and Entertainment business, which includes the Company, to Sky.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2021-06-30 | Mar 1975 | British |
| LYGO, Kevin Anthony | Director | 2021-07-23 | Sep 1957 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD, Rachel Julia | Director | 2012-12-31 | 2013-09-20 |
| FISHER, Darren Michael | Director | 2021-07-23 | 2022-12-31 |
| GARARD, Andrew Sheldon | Director | 2012-03-02 | 2018-07-31 |
| IRVING, Eleanor Kate | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2021-07-23 |
| IRVING, Eleanor Kate | Director | 2009-05-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| MEDLICOTT, William Jonathan | Director | 2013-06-27 | 2015-04-30 |
| SWORDS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2021-06-30 |
| TAUTZ, Helen Jane | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2019-04-11 |
| TIBBITTS, James Benjamin Stjohn | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2009-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itv Broadcasting Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-06-23 | Active |
| Itv M&E Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-13 | Ceased 2026-06-23 |
| Granada Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-03-28 | Ceased 2025-08-13 |
| Granada Media Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 74 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.