Private Limited Company

FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)

ActiveCompany 00227590United Kingdom
Bulk record snapshot1 AUG 2026Source details →

Registered office

BRACKEN HOUSE, 1 FRIDAY STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, EC4M 9BT
Incorporated26 January 1928
Company age98 years

01 Company overview

Identity and registration

Snapshot 1 August 2026
Official name
FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)
Company number
00227590
Company type
Private Limited Company
Status
Active
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Dissolution date
Not supplied
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A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.

02 Filing dates

Accounts and statements

Companies House
AccountsBulk record

Last accounts made up to

31 December 2024

Next accounts due

30 September 2026
Confirmation statementBulk record

Last statement made up to

8 June 2026

Next statement due

22 June 2027
Filing source and official link

BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.

03 Workforce reporting

Gender pay gap

Reporting year 2025–2026
Employer size1000 to 4999
Median hourly gap11.7%
Mean hourly gap10.9%
Submitted2 April 2026
Median bonus gap
7.6%
Mean bonus gap
15.2%
Women receiving bonus
90.7%
Men receiving bonus
90.4%
Women in top quartile
48.5%
Women in lower quartile
63.4%
Earlier reporting years (8)
  1. 1000 to 499911.3% median hourly gap
  2. 1000 to 49999.6% median hourly gap
  3. 1000 to 499913.4% median hourly gap
  4. 1000 to 499913.4% median hourly gap
  5. 1000 to 499915.9% median hourly gap
  6. 1000 to 499918.4% median hourly gap
  7. 1000 to 499918.4% median hourly gap
  8. 1000 to 499919.4% median hourly gap
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Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.

04 Supplier payments

Payment practices and performance

Period to 30 June 2026
Average time to pay22.0 days
Paid within 30 days90.0%
Paid after 60 days3.0%
Not paid within terms0.0%
Reporting period
1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
Filed
28 July 2026
Shortest standard term
0 days
Longest standard term
90 days
E-invoicing offered
Yes
Supply-chain finance
Not offered
Payment codes
No
Construction retentions
No qualifying construction contracts
Reported terms and dispute process
  1. Standard payment terms

    The FT’s most common supplier payment terms are:
    • Net 30 – All vendors
    • Immediate – Vendors

    The maximum payment period that the FT has agreed to in January to June 2026 is 90 days.

    Payment terms depends largely on agreements with respective suppliers. Should the agreement be silent, the FT’s default payment term of 30 applies.

    There have been no changes to standard payment terms in the reporting period.

  2. Dispute resolution process

    The FT business contact is responsible for confirming that the good / service delivered is of the required quality before payment is actioned.
    Invoice disputes are addressed with the suppliers directly by the FT business contact. Invoices under dispute can be processed within Oracle ebusiness suite and placed on hold. Approval and payment may take some time as dependent on the resolution of the dispute.

    Suppliers can contact the FT’s Global Accounts Payable team via its group mailbox accounts.payable@ft.com. An Accounts Payable Analyst would be available to answer supplier queries 22 x 5.

    The FT’s Global Accounts Payable team ensures that authorizers are regularly chased to approve invoices in their approval queues and any long outstanding invoices not approved within reasonable timeframes will be queried, thereby, identifying any disputed invoice.

    The FT recommends suppliers to send their invoices directly to email address accounts.payable@ft.com to be lodged within our Oracle system and to commence tracking through to settlement

Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
  1. 21.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
  2. 25.0 average days to pay0.0% outside terms
  3. 5.0 average days to pay49.0% outside terms
  4. 19.0 average days to pay49.0% outside terms
  5. 19.0 average days to pay54.0% outside terms
  6. 21.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
  7. 22.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
  8. 24.0 average days to pay55.0% outside terms
  9. 21.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
  10. 23.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
  11. 20.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
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This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.

05 Supply-chain transparency

Modern slavery statement

Statement year 2026
Organisation
FINANCIAL TIMES LIMITED(THE)
Group submission
No
Statement period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Approved
4 June 2026
Sectors
Media, publishing, arts and entertainment

Organisation structure

Covered in the statement

Policies

Covered in the statement

Risk assessment

Covered in the statement

Due diligence

Covered in the statement

Training

Covered in the statement

Goals and KPIs

Covered in the statement

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A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.

06 Public procurement

Contracts Finder awards

Exact GB-COH links
active · 2 July 2025

Financial Times Subscriptions

Cabinet Office · ocds-b5fd17-928a9e05-89ae-484d-9c84-663e2909fb34

Award value
£22,049
Contract period
2 July 2025 – 1 July 2026
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 24 March 2025

Financial Times Subscription

Department for Culture, Media and Sport · ocds-b5fd17-14a2f415-9d38-4661-ab9c-49b234618dca

Award value
£18,274
Contract period
26 March 2025 – 25 March 2026
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 17 October 2024

Subscription to the Financial Times for 55 Readers

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-b36249af-d5e4-4c79-9aa7-0c6854111787

Award value
£16,205
Contract period
21 December 2024 – 21 December 2025
Procedure
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
active · 22 September 2024

Subscription to Financial Times 2024-25

UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-87d9c457-1fd6-4693-adba-9b053c34df02

Award value
£46,153
Contract period
23 September 2024 – 22 September 2025
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 29 August 2024

FT Future of Retail Summit - bespoke roundtable DBT

Department for International Trade · ocds-b5fd17-07296e12-5102-4171-bc3e-5866f9ac5b90

Award value
£30,000
Contract period
29 August 2024 – 1 October 2024
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 22 July 2024

Foreign Direct Investment Tool

Department for International Trade · ocds-b5fd17-c35e07f1-46b8-4e42-be05-0b55d6f2e64b

Award value
£550,000
Contract period
23 July 2024 – 22 July 2026
Procedure
Open procedure (above threshold)
active · 1 July 2024

Financial Times Subscriptions

Cabinet Office · ocds-b5fd17-5bd14175-280e-41f3-9370-887436497a34

Award value
£15,658.80
Contract period
2 July 2024 – 1 July 2025
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 22 March 2024

Financial Times Subscription FY 24/25

Department for Culture, Media and Sport · ocds-b5fd17-7fea8ad6-0f84-4900-9870-298a3ea60e4c

Award value
£17,672
Contract period
26 March 2024 – 25 March 2025
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 22 February 2024

Financial Times Subscription 2024 - 2025

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES · ocds-b5fd17-3a6813e7-89a0-4727-ba1b-9f21d31475b2

Award value
£25,389
Contract period
22 February 2024 – 21 February 2025
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 19 December 2023

GSS24029 - FT Subscription

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-d5a02514-aa7a-48bc-b0f2-8495164c9d36

Award value
£15,295
Contract period
22 December 2023 – 21 December 2024
Procedure
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
active · 1 November 2023

Financial Times Subscription

Government Actuary Department · ocds-b5fd17-17de0369-b40a-47d9-ba87-d664606844d4

Award value
£98,374
Contract period
11 November 2023 – 10 November 2026
Procedure
Other - Single Source
active · 22 September 2023

Subscription to Financial Times 2023-24

UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-516ab8e6-ad59-4bed-b25b-f93261f83da2

Award value
£43,563
Contract period
23 September 2023 – 22 September 2024
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 8 June 2023

Provision of on-line research tools to attract and retain Foreign Direct Investment

Department for International Trade · ocds-b5fd17-de71eb88-d97e-4ef1-b80a-04041e5a9f9b

Award value
£70,000
Contract period
1 June 2023 – 1 December 2023
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 13 March 2023

Awarded Contract

Cabinet Office · ocds-b5fd17-1980cdf2-1cbe-401b-b1c9-050a314af106

Award value
£54,598
Contract period
14 March 2023 – 13 March 2024
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 31 October 2022

Financial Times Subscription Renewal 2022-25

BANK OF ENGLAND · ocds-b5fd17-3cb4e2da-6380-4e96-8483-d8d71ac6e94b

Award value
£899,480
Contract period
1 November 2022 – 31 October 2025
Procedure
Other - Direct Award - Sole Supplier
active · 17 August 2022

Subscription to Financial Times

UK Government Investments · ocds-b5fd17-4b091dda-5eb5-43f1-abda-3f4f6c513ab6

Award value
£37,259
Contract period
23 September 2022 – 22 September 2023
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 30 April 2022

Business and Finance News Service

H M Revenue & Customs · ocds-b5fd17-2124fddc-11f7-48d7-90b7-99de8700cb8c

Award value
£560,354
Contract period
1 May 2022 – 30 April 2025
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 29 April 2022

fDI Intelligence Database Subscription

LONDON & PARTNERS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-53f5204e-892a-4766-986c-d61bcbc31898

Award value
£55,970
Contract period
30 April 2022 – 30 April 2025
Procedure
Other - DA
active · 25 March 2022

The Financial Times Subscription

DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · ocds-b5fd17-371b9e5d-4b49-4859-8b8a-55f44ef5a40e

Award value
£35,666
Contract period
26 March 2022 – 25 March 2023
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 30 November 2021

Financial Times Online

COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY · ocds-b5fd17-2787efa3-c9ab-4077-9145-6c0319649c60

Award value
£94,770
Contract period
1 December 2021 – 30 November 2023
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 15 September 2021

Group subscription to the Financial Times

UK Government Investments · ocds-b5fd17-20dce9de-bff1-45e2-a2b1-c58b2221402c

Award value
£34,614
Contract period
23 September 2021 – 22 September 2022
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 29 June 2021

Event Media Partner

GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-2f9d29ac-2633-42cc-a739-44f5ad79ac4a

Award value
£50,000
Contract period
11 October 2021 – 11 October 2021
Procedure
Competitive quotation (below threshold)
active · 29 March 2021

Financial Times On-line Subscription

Business Energy and Industrial Strategy · ocds-b5fd17-5c6142df-7b25-43b3-927f-42fb7dc730df

Award value
£23,000
Contract period
31 March 2021 – 31 March 2022
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 25 March 2021

The Financial Times Subscription

Department For Culture Media & Sport · ocds-b5fd17-65a15110-0f36-4da0-af7d-61d97fba4435

Award value
£31,490
Contract period
26 March 2021 – 25 March 2022
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 25 August 2020

Renewal of Financial Times subscription for UKGI

UK Government Investments : HM Treasury · ocds-b5fd17-ec2a14ed-4912-4f90-a2cf-6b54d845677c

Award value
£23,618
Contract period
23 September 2020 – 22 September 2021
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 3 June 2020

Agreement for Financial Advisor Marketing

National Savings & Investments · ocds-b5fd17-15a2f1f1-d1c1-4a48-8928-7cd7386d607b

Award value
£76,000
Contract period
4 June 2020 – 3 June 2021
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 1 April 2020

Financial Times Subscription 2020/2021

DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · ocds-b5fd17-20e3721b-930f-4d73-a806-5d541c226a9e

Award value
£11,494
Contract period
1 April 2020 – 31 March 2021
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 6 March 2019

PROVISION OF A CORPORATE SUBSCRIPTION TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Crown Commercial Service · ocds-b5fd17-a710fe6c-a2aa-4446-95c8-826f364d8f1e

Award value
£15,269
Contract period
13 March 2019 – 12 March 2021
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 21 December 2018

FT Online Subscription

FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE · ocds-b5fd17-9ddb262e-e0e9-4be7-8299-813b54b0a946

Award value
£242,140
Contract period
1 January 2019 – 31 December 2020
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
active · 30 April 2018

Access to Financial Times - Digital Content

H M Revenue & Customs · ocds-b5fd17-78c4f802-ab5c-43a1-bebc-59570cbf50fd

Award value
£158,000
Contract period
1 May 2018 – 30 April 2019
Procedure
Single tender action (below threshold)
i

The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.

07 Ownership and control

People with significant control

Snapshot 25 August 2026
Current records1
Ceased records0
PSC source and official link →
Corporate entityCurrent

Financial Times Group Limited

  • Owns 75% or more of shares
  • Controls 75% or more of voting rights
Notified
6 April 2016
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PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.

08 Charity register

Charity Commission links

Snapshot 25 August 2026
CCEW

No exact company-number link in this snapshot

The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.

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This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.

09 Northern Ireland charity register

CCNI exact company links

Snapshot 25 August 2026
CCNI

No unambiguous company-number link found

The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.

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CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.

10 Sanctions screening

UK Sanctions List

Report 20 August 2026
UKSL

No exact business-registration-number link found

The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.

11 Public procurement

Find a Tender links

Snapshot 22 August 2026
Awarded supplier

UKGI Financial Times 2026-27

UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED · updated 19 August 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial Times subscription

UK Export Finance · updated 24 July 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Enterprise License Subscription to the Financial Times

Department for Business & Trade · updated 26 June 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Publication Resources

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY · updated 4 June 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial news provider

Financial Conduct Authority · updated 29 May 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial Times Subscription

The Pensions Regulator · updated 27 May 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial Times Subscription

Cabinet Office · updated 21 May 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

MHCLG Financial Times Subscription

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · updated 4 March 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Inward Investment Site Selectors Roundtable Event

WEST MIDLANDS GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED · updated 20 February 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

MHCLG Financial Times Subscription

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government · updated 20 February 2026

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

USW award of Financial Times Subscription

University of South Wales · updated 11 November 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial Times

BANK OF ENGLAND · updated 27 October 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

UKGI Financial Times 2025-26

UK GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS LIMITED · updated 1 September 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial Times Subscription

UK Export Finance · updated 5 August 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Comms - DESNZ/DSIT - Supply of Joint Financial Times Licence

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · updated 4 August 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Subscription to Financial Times 205/2026

BORDER TO COAST PENSIONS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · updated 3 July 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
1
Open →
Awarded supplier

Financial Times Subscription

The Pensions Regulator · updated 3 June 2025

Tender value
Not supplied
Awards
2
Open →
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These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.

12 Environmental register

Environment Agency waste registrations

Snapshot 25 August 2026
EA

No exact company-number registration linked

The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.

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This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.

13 Nature of business

Standard Industrial Classification

SIC 2007
58130

Publishing of newspapers

14 Connected public record

Checks beyond the company register

Partial coverage
CCEW

Charity Commission

0 exact company-number links.

Checked
CCNI

Northern Ireland charities

0 unambiguous company-number links.

Checked
FTS

Public contracts

17 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.

Checked
EA

Waste register

0 exact company-number registrations.

Checked
GZ

Corporate notices

The Gazette is not yet connected.

Not checked
UKSL

UK Sanctions List

No exact business-registration-number link in this report.

Checked
!

A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.

15 Record timeline

Dates in the bulk record

3 events
  1. Confirmation statement

    Latest confirmation statement made up to this date

  2. Accounts

    Latest accounts made up to this date

  3. Incorporation

    Company incorporated

16 Provenance

Sources for this profile

11 sources
CH
Companies House Free Company Data Product

Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.

Snapshot 1 August 2026
GPG
UK Gender Pay Gap Service

Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.

9 reporting years
PPR
UK Payment Practices Reporting

Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.

12 reports shown
MSS
Modern Slavery Statement Registry

Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.

1 linked statement
CF
Contracts Finder OCDS

Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.

30 exact awards
PSC
Companies House PSC snapshot

Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.

Snapshot 25 August 2026
CCEW
Charity Commission Register of Charities

Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.

Snapshot 25 August 2026
CCNI
Northern Ireland Register of Charities

Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.

0 exact links
UKSL
UK Sanctions List

Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.

Checked 20 August 2026
FTS
Find a Tender OCDS data

Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.

17 exact processes
EA
Environment Agency waste register

Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.

0 exact registrations
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Other registers

Financial regulation and licences.

Not checked yet

Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.