CABLE NEWS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£3.3m
USD 4,423,000
-38.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£34m
USD 45,237,000
-11% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
243
-3.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£69k
USD 93,000
-90.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Although the director currently has no reason to believe that the Company will be unable to continue as a going concern after the completion of the PSKY Merger, the inability to fully assess the future financial and operational framework of the Company following the aforementioned transactions, including any future refinancing, indicates a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £47,016,787 | £60,555,556 | £44,952,876 | -25.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,722,623 | £2,573,225 | £2,175,139 | -15.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,928,930 | £748,169 | £69,017 | -90.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,641,983 | £1,576,727 | -£1,814,471 | -215.1% | |
| Cash | £325,541 | £5,370,105 | £3,282,375 | -38.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,147,631 | £38,447,947 | £33,571,058 | -12.7% | |
| Net assets | £35,464,387 | £37,722,063 | £33,571,058 | -11% | |
| Equity | £35,464,387 | £37,722,063 | £33,571,058 | -11% | |
| Average employees | 250 | 252 | 243 | -3.6% | |
| Wages | £21,898,337 | £28,817,256 | £26,322,078 | -8.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £270,952 | £288,833 | +6.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 3.7% | 4.2% | 4.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 2.6% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.8% | 6.7% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.8% | 54.1% | 65.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.11x | 1.75x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 56.31x | 1.22x | 0.92x |
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
- CABLE NEWS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2004-04-16 → present
- CABLE NEWS LIMITED 2003-12-22 → 2004-04-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Although the director currently has no reason to believe that the Company will be unable to continue as a going concern after the completion of the PSKY Merger, the inability to fully assess the future financial and operational framework of the Company following the aforementioned transactions, including any future refinancing, indicates a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “In January 2026, WBD, Inc., the ultimate parent company, entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger, by and among WBD, Inc., Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix"), Nightingale Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Netflix, and New Topco 25, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WBD, Inc.”
- “Following the WBD, Inc. board of directors' determination that it had received a "Company Superior Proposal"...WBD, Inc. terminated the Netflix Merger Agreement...PSKY...paid Netflix a termination fee of $2.8 billion in cash.”
- “On 27 February 2026, WBD, Inc. entered into an agreement and plan of merger, by and among WBD, Inc., PSKY, and Prince Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PSKY ("Merger Sub").”
- “On 8 May 2026, a fire occurred at the Company's premises located at 160 Old Street London EC1V 9BW England. The fire likely resulted in damage to certain property, equipment, and office facilities used in the Company's operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARRIDO SERRATO, Aurea | Director | 2023-02-15 | Oct 1972 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNE, Eleanor Caroline | Secretary | 2009-09-09 | 2023-02-28 |
| GROVES, Christopher Richard | Secretary | 2003-12-22 | 2009-09-09 |
| BROWNE, Eleanor Caroline | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2023-02-28 |
| FERRER, Bradford William | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2022-06-07 |
| FITJE, Ivar | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2007-01-31 |
| KUPSKY, Jeffry John | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2012-03-20 |
| RATAJOVA, Zuzana | Director | 2006-01-13 | 2014-09-22 |
| RICHARDS, Nanette | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2007-03-30 |
| SAMS, Louise Scott | Director | 2003-12-22 | 2014-09-22 |
| VAN DER WAL, Aksel | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2017-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-04-08 | Active |
| At&T Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-06-14 | Ceased 2022-04-08 |
| Cable News International Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-22 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-01-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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.