THE INTERNET BUSINESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-19 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-05
Watchouts
Cash
£46K
+24.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+2.4% vs 2024
Employees
14
-53.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£222K
+155.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,708,000 | £2,650,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£401,000 | £222,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£401,000 | £222,000 | |
| Net profit | -£427,000 | £102,000 | |
| Cash | £37,000 | £46,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,201,000 | £4,303,000 | |
| Equity | £4,201,000 | £4,303,000 | |
| Average employees | 30 | 14 | |
| Wages | £1,606,000 | £823,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £112,000 | £121,000 |
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
-28.5%
£3,708,000 £2,650,000
-
Cash
+24.3%
£37,000 £46,000
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£4,201,000 £4,303,000
-
Employees
-53.3%
30 14
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Operating profit
+155.4%
-£401,000 £222,000
-
Profit before tax
+155.4%
-£401,000 £222,000
-
Wages
-48.8%
£1,606,000 £823,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -10.8% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | -11.5% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.86x | 2.51x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- THE INTERNET BUSINESS LIMITED 2017-06-30 → present
- INTERNET BUSINESS LIMITED-THE 1996-08-27 → 2017-06-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company is in a net current asset position as at 29 June 2025 and has sufficient resources to settle its liabilities when they become due. The ultimate parent undertaking, News Corporation, has provided a support letter indicating that they will continue to provide the financial support to enable the company to meet its liabilities as and when they fall due for the assessment period. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMPHREYS, Emma Caroline | Director | 2022-07-25 | Aug 1976 | British |
| MAYBIN, Andrew | Director | 2006-08-28 | Dec 1974 | British |
| TAUNTON, Scott William | Director | 2018-03-21 | Jan 1971 | Australian |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Andrew Alexander Gregory | Secretary | 1996-08-27 | 2008-02-12 |
| DOHERTY, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 2008-02-12 | 2009-08-21 |
| JESS, Michael | Secretary | 2009-08-21 | 2016-11-30 |
| ANDERSON, Richard James Colin | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2008-02-12 |
| BELL, Andrew Alexander Gregory | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2008-02-12 |
| BIGGERSTAFF, Jeremy Angus | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2012-06-19 |
| DOHERTY, Paul Anthony | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2009-08-21 |
| DOUGLAS, Raymond James | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2008-02-12 |
| DOWNEY, James Robinson | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2011-12-31 |
| DUNLOP, Gareth | Director | 1999-06-01 | 2009-12-21 |
| GREGG, Paul | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2001-10-26 |
| LONGCROFT, Christopher Charles Stoddart | Director | 2016-11-30 | 2022-07-25 |
| MCKEE, Richard Philip | Director | 2001-06-12 | 2013-08-12 |
| MCKEOWN, Norman | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2017-04-30 |
| MOFFAT, Kirk Gregory | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2008-02-12 |
| ROBBINS, Nigel Paul | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2014-10-01 |
| SPRATT, Peter William | Director | 1996-08-27 | 2008-02-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-06-19 | Active |
| Wireless Group New Media Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-04 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-10 | 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 | |
| 2022-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.