REUTERS NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
Active Company number 02505735
REUTERS NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED (company number 02505735) is a private limited company incorporated on 24 May 1990. Its status on the Companies House register is Active. Its registered office is in London, E14 5AQ. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is news agency activities (63910). Its latest accounts we hold, for the period ending 31 December 2025, report turnover of £236.4m and net assets of £201.0m.
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Company details
- Company number
- 02505735
- Status
- Active
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 24 May 1990
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Registered office
- FIVE CANADA SQUARE
CANARY WHARF
LONDON
E14 5AQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Nature of business (SIC 2007)
Accounts and confirmation statement
- Accounting reference date
- 31 December
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Accounts last made up to
- 31 December 2025
- Next accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Confirmation statement last made up to
- 26 May 2026
- Next confirmation statement due
- 9 June 2027
Financial summary
| Period ending | 31 December 2025 | 31 December 2024 | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2021 | 31 December 2020 | 31 December 2019 | 31 December 2014 | 31 December 2013 | 31 December 2012 | 31 December 2011 | 31 December 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £236.4m | £236.6m | £240.8m | £240.5m | £192.6m | £174.9m | £179.3m | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £8.1m | £27.5m | £27.8m | £892k | −£3.9m | £3.8m | — | — | — | — | −£18k |
| Profit before tax | £746k | £7.5m | £27.3m | £27.5m | £557k | −£4.3m | £4.3m | — | £2.9m | £286k | £214k | £166k |
| Profit after tax | £9.4m | £1.9m | £25.3m | £26.5m | −£1.1m | −£5.9m | £4.9m | — | £2.9m | £286k | £214k | £166k |
| Total assets | £266.8m | £295.9m | £291.4m | £258.3m | £229.8m | £285.7m | £118.4m | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cash at bank | £2.0m | £3.0m | £3.5m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £2.8m | £3.7m | — | — | — | — | — |
| Current liabilities | £56.3m | £91.5m | £68.8m | £59.6m | £54.2m | £113.6m | £70.4m | — | — | — | — | £249k |
| Net current assets / (liabilities) | £16.3m | £3.8m | £72.2m | £42.2m | £6.1m | (£17.0m) | (£2.6m) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £201.0m | £190.2m | £212.8m | £187.1m | £161.9m | £161.2m | £34.7m | £2,000 | £4.2m | £1.2m | £959k | £745k |
| Employees | 1,045,000 | 1,009,000 | 994,000 | 912,000 | 794,000 | 1,000 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
—: no figure read from the filing.
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Control, officers and charges
- Persons with significant control
- 1 current (4 including ceased)
- Corporate controllers
- Thomson Reuters Group Limited
- Charges (mortgages)
- 2 registered, 0 outstanding, 2 satisfied
Previous names
- THOMSON FINANCIAL NEWS LIMITED (changed 14 March 2018)
- AFX NEWS LIMITED (changed 9 August 2007)
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