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Company description
GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 14 June 1967; registered for 59 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 58130 · Publishing of newspapers.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 11 procurement records. 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
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Company number
- 00908396
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 1 total · 0 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
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
21 September 2025Next statement due
5 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 20.2%
- Mean bonus gap
- 20.3%
- Women receiving bonus
- 5.9%
- Men receiving bonus
- 2.6%
- Women in top quartile
- 43.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 44.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 47.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 54.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49995.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49995.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49994.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49998.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.1% 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 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
CO Guardian Jobs 2024/25
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-d7d13986-0678-4570-9b74-d8f68d224cd3
- Supplier named in award
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £25,100
- Contract period
- 19 April 2024 – 18 April 2025
- Published
- 22 April 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79340000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d7d13986-0678-4570-9b74-d8f68d224cd3-2024-04-22T10:28:53+01:00
Communications Partnership
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-362f8be0-3654-4c51-acf5-95a4afd7300a
- Supplier named in award
- Guardian News and Media
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 25 March 2024 – 26 March 2024
- Published
- 1 July 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79951000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-362f8be0-3654-4c51-acf5-95a4afd7300a-2024-07-01T15:11:58+01:00
Guardian News and Media recruitment advert package
HISTORIC ENGLAND LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-39c0d55e-4058-4eae-be43-326ce8d5271d
- Supplier named in award
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £14,625
- Contract period
- 24 April 2023 – 24 April 2024
- Published
- 2 June 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79341000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-39c0d55e-4058-4eae-be43-326ce8d5271d-2023-06-02T11:18:43+01:00
Guardian jobs credits
National Audit Office · ocds-b5fd17-aa93b779-84ad-40af-8bb0-62f2189f5e13
- Supplier named in award
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £28,800
- Contract period
- 10 April 2023 – 16 October 2023
- Published
- 12 June 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79341000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-aa93b779-84ad-40af-8bb0-62f2189f5e13-2023-06-12T13:54:59+01:00
CO Guardian Jobs 2023/24
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-234f4ad5-7828-4c7d-9478-90d6bfe91d9d
- Supplier named in award
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 3 April 2023 – 2 April 2024
- Published
- 21 April 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79340000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-234f4ad5-7828-4c7d-9478-90d6bfe91d9d-2023-04-21T11:12:53+01:00
Communications Partnership
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-c78839aa-8eb0-492c-9875-71d189bfbbdf
- Supplier named in award
- Guardian News and News Media
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 16 February 2023 – 16 February 2023
- Published
- 24 February 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 22120000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c78839aa-8eb0-492c-9875-71d189bfbbdf-2023-02-24T16:06:41Z
School Media Package February-April 2023
BRITISH COUNCIL(THE) · ocds-b5fd17-7947f1da-8acb-4e8b-9d2c-04bf85a83be1
- Supplier named in award
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £10,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2023 – 30 April 2023
- Published
- 1 February 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79340000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7947f1da-8acb-4e8b-9d2c-04bf85a83be1-2023-02-01T15:05:36Z
The Provision of Recruitment Advertising in The Guardian Jobs
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-c173d52a-f241-4714-a6c9-a06bf95b392a
- Supplier named in award
- GUARDIAN NEWS & MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £29,000
- Contract period
- 30 October 2020 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 6 October 2020
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79341000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c173d52a-f241-4714-a6c9-a06bf95b392a-2020-10-06T16:09:18+01:00
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
G
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2026
theguardian
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2026
SOULMATES
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16,35,38,45
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2022
COMMENT IS FREE
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 2 February 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 February 2026
SOULMATES
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16,35,38,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2023
THE GUARDIAN
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,18,28,35,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 21 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 January 2022
THE OBSERVER
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,18,25,28,35,36,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 21 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 January 2022
GOVERNMENT COMPUTING
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 October 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 October 2021
NOTES AND QUERIES
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 16 October 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 October 2021
GUARDIAN UNLIMITED
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,18,28,35,37,38,39,40,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 27 September 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 September 2021
THE OBSERVER
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 5 January 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 January 2021
THE GUARDIAN
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 5 January 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 January 2021
MEDIA GUARDIAN
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,18,25,28,35,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 18 July 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 July 2020
PASS NOTES
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 20 May 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 May 2019
NOTES AND QUERIES
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 20 May 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 May 2019
GUARDIAN UNLIMITED
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16,38
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2019
JOBS UNLIMITED
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 42
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2019
OBSERVER UNLIMITED
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16,38,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2019
THE OBSERVER
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 7 March 1985
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 March 2026
THE OBSERVER
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 15 December 1972
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 December 2027
G
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 26 January 2018
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
The Armagh Observer
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 10 June 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 June 2026
THE MID - ULSTER OBSERVER
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 10 June 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 June 2026
The Dungannon Observer
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 25 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 May 2026
A GOOD LIFE
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 1 June 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 June 2014
SCHOOLS UNLIMITED.COM
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,15,16,18,25,28,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
SCHOOL UNLIMITED
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,15,16,18,25,28,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
SCHOOL UNLIMITED.CO.UK
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,15,16,18,25,28,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
SCHOOL UNLIMITED.COM
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,15,16,18,25,28,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
SCHOOLS UNLIMITED.CO.UK
Owner Guardian News & Media Limited · classes 9,15,16,18,25,28,38,39,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 February 2010
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.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Guardian News & Media (Holdings) 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
- 03673142
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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.
06 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.
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.
07 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.
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.
08 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.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Guardian Jobs Advertising
Corporate Officer of the House of Lords · updated 26 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Public Sector Advertising - The Guardian license (UID 219M)
Historic England · updated 23 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Job Advertising
Surrey County Council · updated 22 May 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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.
10 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.
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.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 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
3 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.
13 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
- Company name
Previous name: GUARDIAN NEWSPAPERS LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 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.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.
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.