ITV PLC
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, ITV plc is a vertically integrated British media group that operates the majority of the UK's commercial Channel 3 television network under the ITV1 brand, alongside its free streaming platform ITVX and its global content production arm, ITV Studios.
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Cash
£302M
-29.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.8B
-0.3% vs 2024
Employees
6,461
-0.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£743M
+2.2% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £3,624,000,000 | £3,488,000,000 | £3,511,000,000 | +0.7% | |
| Operating profit | £238,000,000 | £750,000,000 | £787,000,000 | +4.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £193,000,000 | £727,000,000 | £743,000,000 | +2.2% | |
| Net profit | £209,000,000 | £714,000,000 | £630,000,000 | -11.8% | |
| Cash | £254,000,000 | £427,000,000 | £302,000,000 | -29.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,866,000,000 | £7,082,000,000 | £6,832,000,000 | -3.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,828,000,000 | £1,803,000,000 | £1,798,000,000 | -0.3% | |
| Equity | £1,828,000,000 | £1,803,000,000 | £1,798,000,000 | -0.3% | |
| Average employees | 6,869 | 6,501 | 6,461 | -0.6% | |
| Wages | £548,000,000 | £549,000,000 | £541,000,000 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £2,936,000 | £2,787,000 | -5.1% |
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 | 6.6% | 21.5% | 22.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 20.5% | 17.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 10.6% | 11.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.4% | 79.1% | 78.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.16x | 1.20x | 1.07x | |
| Interest cover | 3.40x | 16.67x | 13.34x |
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
- ITV PLC 2003-12-03 → present
- 2232ND SINGLE MEMBER SHELF INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED 2003-11-18 → 2003-12-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have concluded that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the consolidated financial statements.”
Group structure
- ITV PLC · parent
- 12 Yard Productions (Development) Limited 100%
- Boom Productions Limited 100%
- ITV Studios Netherlands Holdings B.V. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULLINS, Kyla Lynne Anthea | Secretary | 2019-01-07 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Dawn Amanda | Director | 2023-10-02 | Sep 1968 | British |
| ASHTON, Helen Jane | Director | 2025-05-13 | Jun 1972 | British |
| BONHAM CARTER, Edward Henry | Director | 2018-10-11 | May 1960 | British |
| COOKE, Graham Christopher | Director | 2020-05-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
| COSSLETT, Andrew Peter | Director | 2022-06-01 | Apr 1955 | British |
| EWING, Margaret | Director | 2017-10-31 | Mar 1955 | British |
| KAPLAN, Marjorie Ellen | Director | 2023-09-01 | Dec 1954 | American |
| KATZ, Gidon Arieh | Director | 2022-07-18 | Mar 1974 | British |
| KENNEDY, Christopher John | Director | 2019-02-21 | Jan 1964 | British |
| MCCALL, Carolyn Julia, Dame | Director | 2018-01-08 | Sep 1961 | British |
| NEBHRAJANI, Sharmila | Director | 2020-12-10 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARARD, Andrew Sheldon | Secretary | 2009-05-14 | 2018-07-19 |
| TAUTZ, Helen Jane | Secretary | 2018-07-19 | 2019-01-07 |
| TIBBITTS, James Benjamin Stjohn | Secretary | 2003-12-03 | 2009-05-14 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-11-18 | 2003-12-03 |
| AIREY, Dawn Elizabeth | Director | 2008-02-28 | 2008-04-29 |
| ALLEN, Charles Lamb | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2006-10-01 |
| AMIN, Salman | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2025-02-25 |
| BAZALGETTE, Sir Peter Lytton | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2022-09-29 |
| BURT, Peter Alexander, Sir | Director | 2004-03-15 | 2007-01-08 |
| CHANCE, David Christopher | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2006-02-13 |
| CLASPER, Michael | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2013-12-31 |
| CRESSWELL, John | Director | 2006-01-16 | 2010-04-23 |
| CROSBY, James Robert, Sir | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2009-12-31 |
| CROZIER, Adam Alexander | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2017-06-30 |
| DE VILLIERS, Etienne Marquard | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2004-09-06 |
| FAXON, Roger Conant | Director | 2012-10-31 | 2020-12-10 |
| GRADE, Michael Ian | Director | 2007-01-08 | 2009-12-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Ian Ward | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2018-12-31 |
| HARRIS, Mary Elaine | Director | 2014-07-28 | 2023-05-03 |
| HASTE, Andrew Kenneth | Director | 2008-08-11 | 2018-05-10 |
| HOWELL, Rupert Cortlandt Spencer | Director | 2008-02-28 | 2010-06-01 |
| KILLEN, Heather Jane | Director | 2007-08-08 | 2009-12-31 |
| MANZ, Anna Olive Magdelene | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| MCGRATH, John Brian | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2008-01-17 |
| NEVILLE-ROLFE, Lucy | Director | 2010-09-03 | 2014-07-17 |
| NORMAN, Archibald John | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-05-12 |
| ORMEROD, John | Director | 2008-01-18 | 2018-05-10 |
| PAINTER, Duncan Anthony, Mr | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| PHILLIS, Robert Weston, Sir | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2007-10-02 |
| PITMAN, Brian Ivor, Sir | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2008-05-15 |
| PRASHAR, Usha Kumari, Baroness | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2010-03-31 |
| RUSSELL, George, Sir | Director | 2003-12-02 | 2009-12-31 |
| STAUNTON, Henry Eric | Director | 2003-12-03 | 2006-03-29 |
| TOURAINE, Agnes | Director | 2007-08-08 | 2009-12-31 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-18 | 2003-12-02 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-18 | 2003-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 729 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-05-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-04-25 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-04-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-04-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-04-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 12
- 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.