CITYWIRE FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS LTD
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Cash
£4.4M
-20.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£1.3M
-54.3% vs 2023
Employees
192
-13.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+7,532.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,360,851 | £33,962,444 | +4.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£88,013 | £2,283,423 | +2,694.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £31,129 | £2,375,841 | +7,532.2% | |
| Net profit | -£13,407 | £1,901,250 | +14,281% | |
| Cash | £5,545,645 | £4,400,556 | -20.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,951,551 | £3,352,801 | -32.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,946,064 | £1,347,314 | -54.3% | |
| Equity | £2,946,064 | £1,347,314 | -54.3% | |
| Average employees | 223 | 192 | -13.9% | |
| Wages | £11,468,447 | £11,136,825 | -2.9% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.0% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.8% | 68.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.6% | 88.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.73x | 1.39x |
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
- CITYWIRE FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS LTD 2002-09-30 → present
- CITYWIRE.CO.UK LIMITED 2000-01-05 → 2002-09-30
- CITYWIRE LIMITED 1999-08-19 → 2000-01-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. To date, there has been no material long term change in the business. After reviewing and assessing the level of current activities and new project leads still coming in across all locations, the directors are confident that the pandemic will not have a material adverse effect on the Company and the going concern basis upon which the consolidated financial statements are based. As part of their consideration of the going concern assumption, the directors have modelled cash flows and applied sensitivities to revenues already committed and excluding new uncommitted project revenue and concluded the business would maintain a positive cash position for at least twelve months from signing the financial statements. Nonetheless, the directors are closely monitoring the business activity and mitigating liquidity risk by pursuing and winning new business from existing clients and new clients during this uncertain business environment.”
Group structure
- CITYWIRE FINANCIAL PUBLISHERS LTD · parent
- Citywire GmbH 100%
- Citywire PTE Ltd 100%
- Citywire Hong Kong 100%
- Citywire US LLC 100%
- Citywire Srl 100%
- Citywire PTY Limited 100%
- Citywire SAS 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, George Robertson | Director | 2016-02-23 | Mar 1965 | British |
| COLLARD, Nicholas Stuart | Director | 2014-02-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| LEVER, Justin Lawrence | Director | 1999-08-19 | Jul 1957 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Jonathan Warren | Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2003-03-06 |
| PATE, Carolyn | Secretary | 2016-09-12 | 2017-07-07 |
| QUICK, Graham Francis | Secretary | 2003-03-19 | 2016-03-31 |
| THOMAS, David James Leonard | Secretary | 1999-08-19 | 2001-06-29 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-08-19 | 1999-08-19 |
| BALL, George Robertson | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2009-12-09 |
| BERWIN, Nicholas Mark | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2014-06-01 |
| COHEN, Bernice | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2000-03-14 |
| GOULD, Lawrence Jonathon | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2000-11-04 |
| GREEN, Jonathan Warren | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2002-11-21 |
| GUNDLE, Kevin Roy | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2008-11-30 |
| HASSON, Marion | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2006-03-08 |
| HOMMEL, Marc Theo | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2000-08-01 |
| LANDER, Richard Simon | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2008-11-30 |
| MARK, David Alexander | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2004-12-31 |
| TROTTER, Timothy Hugh Southcombe | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2001-03-01 |
| TURNER, David Conway | Director | 2000-08-17 | 2025-11-04 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-08-19 | 1999-08-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citywire Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-10-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.