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Company description
SKY UK LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 10 March 1994; registered for 32 years; registered office reported in MIDDLESEX. Its primary declared activity is 59113 · Television programme production activities, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks, 2 procurement records, 1 waste registration. 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
- SKY UK LIMITED
- Company number
- 02906991
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 4 outstanding · 2 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 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
10 September 2025Next statement due
24 September 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 10.6%
- Mean bonus gap
- 3.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 91.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 91.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 33.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 34.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 39.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 47.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,99912.1% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99911.5% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99911.7% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99911.0% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more11.6% median hourly gap
- 20,000 or more10.2% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9997.8% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,9998.0% 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 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 30 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 60 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £1,712,293,064
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £2,022,672,030
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £151,010,433
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £871,893,327
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 46.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
Our predominant paying company is Sky UK Ltd and there is a wide disparity in the number of invoices paid through our various legal entities. Sky figures are impacted by intercompany trading within the Sky companies, particularly Sky In-home Service Limited. Our standard terms and conditions for suppliers are between 30 and 60 days from the receipt of a valid invoice.
Retention release
We have a 50% release at practical completion of the works.
The balance released upon certification of the end of defects liability period.
Retention release stages
We have a 50% release at practical completion of the works.
The balance released upon certification of the end of defects liability period.
- Retention in all contracts
- Yes
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- £100,000
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 3.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our standard terms are between 30 and 60 days from the receipt of a valid invoice. On receipt of a valid invoice these invoices are included in a weekly payment run as they fall due.
- Other payment-term information
Across the companies that are held within our main supplier ledger we paid 90.1% of our invoices on time and within the agreed payment terms. We paid 44.9% of invoices within 30 days and 50.6% within 60 days. On average we paid suppliers 37.3 days from receipt of invoice to funds into suppliers’ bank accounts.
- Dispute resolution process
At Sky, we aim to resolve disputes or queries regarding invoices and payment as quickly as possible. Should you have a query regarding the expected payment date of an invoice, you can contact our Accounts Payable helpdesk who will be able to advise further at the following address aphelpdesk@sky.uk.
For contractual disputes, not necessarily related to payment date enquiries, you should follow the procedure contractually agreed and, if none, then please contact the individual(s) who ordered the goods or services you have provided.
When an invoice dispute is received, it should if possible be resolved at point of contact with the Accounts payable team. If this is not possible, the query will be escalated to the business contact and a relevant senior finance contact. When resolved, the invoice will be available for payment on the next standard payment run.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 37.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 35.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
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 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
SKY UK LIMITED
LEI 2138008KYECCPH1BBL89 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 10 March 1994
- Initial LEI registration
- 16 December 2013
- LEI last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 16 December 2026
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LIMITED
- Legal address
- GRANT WAY, ISLEWORTH, GB-LND, TW7 5QD, GB
- Headquarters address
- GRANT WAY, ISLEWORTH, GB-LND, TW7 5QD, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 2138008KYECCPH1BBL89 to LEI 51M0QTTNCGUN7KFCFZ59
- Initial registration
- 16 December 2013
- Last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 16 December 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-24T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02906991/filing-history/MzQ4MjkyNzE1MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 2138008KYECCPH1BBL89 to LEI 51M0QTTNCGUN7KFCFZ59
- Initial registration
- 16 December 2013
- Last updated
- 27 October 2025
- Next renewal
- 16 December 2026
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-24T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02906991/filing-history/MzQ4MjkyNzE1MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- SKY UK LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- Comcast Corporation
- Statement period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Approved
- 18 June 2025
- Sectors
- Information technology and telecommunication 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
- 30 June 2025
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Procurement staff Your suppliers Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Civil society organisations Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Actions addressing ILO indicators
Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees
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.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Sky UK Limited
Registration Z6165064
- Registered from
- 11 March 2002
- Current end date
- 10 March 2027
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.
08 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
SKY UK LIMITED
EPR/HP3331TA · TW7 5QD
- Permit or record holder
- SKY UK LIMITED
- Record date
- 14 March 2011
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- Regulated site or public record address
- Osterley Campus, Osterley Campus, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5QD
- Activity
- Combustion; Any Fuel =>50MW - 1.1 A(1) a)
- Grid reference
- TQ1636077760
- Easting
- 516360.000
- Northing
- 177760.000
- All populated source fields
- Permission Number: EPR/HP3331TA; Name: SKY UK LIMITED; Activity Type Description: Combustion; Any Fuel =>50MW - 1.1 A(1) a); Document URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tw7-5qd-sky-uk-limited-environmental-permit-issued-eprhp3331tav003; Site Address: Osterley Campus, Osterley Campus, Grant Way, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 5QD; Site Postcode: TW7 5QD; Site Grid Reference: TQ1636077760; Easting: 516360; Northing: 177760; Local Authority: Hounslow; Permission Date: 2011-03-14
An official document URL is recorded and is available through the dedicated source page; no direct external link is placed here.
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
09 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Open Day Sky Advertising
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · ocds-b5fd17-bd0df0db-c5c2-46f5-880d-e0f4c93f8348
- Supplier named in award
- SKY UK LIMITED
- Award value
- £78,000
- Contract period
- 2 October 2023 – 31 December 2023
- Published
- 3 October 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bd0df0db-c5c2-46f5-880d-e0f4c93f8348-2023-10-03T09:48:09+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
AD SMART
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 1 August 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 August 2027
ADSMART
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 28 July 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 July 2027
NOW TV
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,14,16,18,21,24,25,28,32,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 14 July 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 July 2027
SWAP12
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,35,36,38
- Filed / designated
- 27 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 February 2027
SWAP24
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,35,36,38
- Filed / designated
- 27 February 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 February 2027
SOCCER SATURDAY SUPER 6
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 28 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 October 2026
6
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 28 October 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 October 2026
PICK
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 16 September 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 September 2026
CHALLENGE
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 9 September 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 September 2026
NOW TV KIDS
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 9 September 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 September 2026
Figurative mark
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 10 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 August 2026
NOW TV COMBO
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2026
NOW TV COMBO
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2026
NOW TV COMBO
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2026
NOW TV COMBO
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 4 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 May 2026
NOW TV SMART BOX
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 4 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 May 2026
NOW TV HUB
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 4 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 May 2026
NOW TV BROADBAND BUDDY
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 4 May 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 May 2026
BELIEVE IN BETTER
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 3,4,7,9,11,12,16,17,18,25,28,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45
- Filed / designated
- 1 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 April 2026
NOW TV
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 9 September 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 September 2025
NOW
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 19 August 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 August 2025
BRAVO
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 25 February 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 February 2025
UNA
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,41
- Filed / designated
- 14 November 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 November 2024
PICNIC
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2024
FLUID VIEWING
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 27 March 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 March 2024
NOWWIRELESS
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 38
- Filed / designated
- 4 March 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 March 2024
PICK
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 9 January 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 January 2024
SNF
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 2 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 September 2023
RECREATE
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 25 January 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 January 2023
NOW TV
Owner Sky UK Limited · classes 9,16,28,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 8 August 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 August 2022
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.
10 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Sky 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 & Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 2247735
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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11 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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12 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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13 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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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.
14 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
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.
15 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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16 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Other telecommunications activities
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
17 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
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
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.
18 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: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
19 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.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
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.
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