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Television programme distribution activities · London

Essential Television Statistics

Essential Television Statistics Limited

ActiveLatest figures: 2025Abridged accountsCompany only33 years on the register

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Television programme distribution activities”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

—

Not filed: small-company exemption

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

2 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20222023*20242025
Profit after tax—
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 4 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets

6 balance-sheet lines and 3 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-23

  1. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  2. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  3. Shares
    Statement of capital on 20 June 2024 · GBP 6,645
  4. Shares
    Statement of capital on 4 July 2024 · GBP 6,645
  5. Shares
    Statement by Directors (and 12 more like it since 17 February 1998)
  6. Notice
    Solvency Statement dated 20/06/24
  7. Filing
    Resolutions (and 2 more like it since 8 August 2011)
  8. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  9. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2022
  10. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2021
  11. Accounts
    Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2020
  12. Shares
    Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 10 June 2021 · GBP 6,645 (and 1 more like it since 1 March 2011)
  13. 24 earlier
    1. Shares
      Purchase of own shares (and 2 more like it since 1 March 2011)
    2. Notice
      Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
    3. Notice
      First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
    4. Ownership
      Change of details for Mr Philip Paul Madigan as a person with significant control on 14 November 2017
    5. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2019
    6. Shares
      Purchase of own shares. Shares purchased into treasury: · GBP 2,444
    7. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2018
    8. Directors
      Director's details changed for Jonathan Campbell Bailey on 4 September 2019
    9. Directors
      Director's details changed for Jonathan Campbell Bailey on 12 January 2019
    10. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Philip Paul Madigan on 15 November 2018
    11. Directors
      Director's details changed for Jonathan Campbell Bailey on 15 November 2018
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Peter John Lucas as a secretary on 15 November 2018
    13. Address
      Registered office address changed from 11 Church Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1EQ to 130 Shaftesbury Avenue 2nd Floor London W1D 5EU on 16 November 2018
    14. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2017
    15. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2016
    16. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 December 2015
    17. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 December 2014
    18. Address
      Register inspection address has been changed (and 1 more like it since 27 January 2012)
    19. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 December 2013
    20. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Nigel Knight Evans as a secretary
    21. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Peter John Lucas as a secretary
    22. Directors
      Director's details changed for Philip Paul Madigan on 22 January 2014
    23. Accounts
      Total exemption small company accounts made up to 31 December 2012
    24. Address
      Registered office address changed from Pinewood Studios Iver Heath Buckinghamshire SL0 0NH on 3 October 2012

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Essential Television Statistics do?

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Television programme distribution activities”.

›How much turnover does Essential Television Statistics make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Essential Television Statistics profitable?

Essential Television Statistics's profit isn't public: small companies may file without a profit and loss account.

›How many people work at Essential Television Statistics?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Essential Television Statistics?

Its directors are Jonathan Campbell Bailey, Philip Paul Madigan. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Essential Television Statistics based?

Its registered office is 130 Shaftesbury Avenue, 2nd Floor, London, W1D 5EU, in London.

›When was Essential Television Statistics founded?

Essential Television Statistics Limited was incorporated on 22 January 1993.

›Is Essential Television Statistics still trading?

The register lists Essential Television Statistics Limited as active.

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