TXT In plain English
Company description
NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 30 December 1960; registered for 65 years; registered office reported in LONDON. Its primary declared activity is 58130 · Publishing of newspapers.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00679215
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 1 outstanding · 1 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
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
Last accounts made up to
29 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
17 July 2026Next statement due
31 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 31.2%
- Women receiving bonus
- 62.8%
- Men receiving bonus
- 70.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 28.2%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 36.2%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 47.9%
- Women in lower quartile
- 47.6%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 99914.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99919.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99919.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99921.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99921.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99919.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99918.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99919.6% median hourly gap
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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- NEWS UK & IRELAND LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Approved
- 2 December 2025
- 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
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 3 December 2025
Earlier linked statements (1)
- NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LIMITED30 June 2021
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.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
News Group Newspapers Limited
Registration Z4836446
- Registered from
- 12 June 2000
- Current end date
- 11 June 2027
- Trading names
- NEWSPAPERS: THE SUN; THE NEWS OF THE WORLD, WEBSITES:SUNONLINE; NEWSOFTHEWORLDONLINE; SUPERGOALS.COM; PAGE3.COM
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
THE SUN
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 18
- Filed / designated
- 24 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 August 2027
HAVING A BALL
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
THE SUN BINGO! HAVING A BALL
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2027
LEARNER ROOM
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 30 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 August 2026
ALL WINNERS' CLUB
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 30 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 August 2026
THE SUN BETS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2026
SUNBETS YOU BETCHA
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 7 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 April 2026
YOU BETCHA
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 17 March 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 March 2026
PAGE 3
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,21,25,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 23 November 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 November 2025
THE SUN BINGO!
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 16 November 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 November 2025
FUN IN THE SUN
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 12 November 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 November 2025
SUN VEGAS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 29 July 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 July 2025
Fabulous BINGO
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 21 May 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 May 2025
TV SOAP THE SUN ON SUNDAY
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 24 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 March 2025
THE SUN HOLIDAYS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 11 March 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 March 2025
THE SUN HOLIDAYS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2025
THE SUN PLAY
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 3 February 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 February 2025
SUN PLAY
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 3 February 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 February 2025
SUN PREDICTOR
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,38,41,45
- Filed / designated
- 5 June 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 June 2024
THE SUN PREDICTOR
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,38,41,45
- Filed / designated
- 5 June 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 June 2024
WINNING HEADLINES
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 4 March 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 March 2024
CHECK 'EM TUESDAY
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2024
SUNBETS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 February 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2024
SUNBETS Back yourself
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 February 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2024
SUNBETS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 February 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2024
SUNBETS Back yourself
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 February 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 February 2024
SUN BET
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41
- Filed / designated
- 6 February 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 February 2024
FUN ON SUNDAY
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 16 October 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 October 2023
The Sun on Sunday
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 15 October 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 October 2023
SUN+ PERKS
Owner News Group Newspapers Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,35,36,38,39,41,43
- Filed / designated
- 1 August 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 August 2023
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
News Corp Uk & Ireland Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 81701
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
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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08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
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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09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
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.
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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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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12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
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.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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