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Company description
RED BEE MEDIA LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 23 July 2001; registered for 25 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 60200 · Television programming and broadcasting activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 1 trade mark. 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.
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01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- RED BEE MEDIA LIMITED
- Company number
- 04257461
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 4 total · 0 outstanding · 4 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 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
2 March 2026Next statement due
16 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 13.9%
- Mean bonus gap
- -22.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 50.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 49.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 18.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 28.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 37.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 37.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 99917.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99915.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99915.7% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99918.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99917.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99920.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499920.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499923.4% 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
- 27 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- 169 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
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
- £7,070,850
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £7,359,778
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £6,030,457
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £3,373,367
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 37.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 24.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 169 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
169 (EOM +154) Days. No changes were made to the standard payment terms during the reporting period.
- Other payment-term information
Invoicing and payment shall be made in accordance with Ericsson’s instructions. A valid invoice shall at a minimum contain a reference to the PO, Seller’s name and address, and specification of the Products purchased. With deviation from what otherwise may be provided for under applicable law, it is expressly agreed that payment shall be effected within sixty (60) days from the date of complete and successful delivery of the Products, including any documents, and receipt of a correct invoice. Further guidelines and requirements for invoices, including support for e-invoicing and supplier self-service can be found at http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/sourcing/supplier-partner-resources/invoicing-payments. In case of delayed payment of approved invoices, the seller shall notify Ericsson thereof and Ericsson shall thereafter expedite the payment.
- Dispute resolution process
3 levels of resolution:
1st level the Order Desk team or Renewals team together with the business they are addressing the situation with the supplier in case of minor queries on the invoice.
2nd level of resolution would be the Sourcing Business Partners in case 1st level is not successful or the reason for disputing the invoice is not considered minor.
3rd level of resolution is the Head of Sourcing: if not resolved, it would be escalated further for final resolution. At this level, we do extend supplier reviews and have a governance meeting if needed. If the dispute is not resolved at this stage, the dispute resolution process outlined in the Agreement between Ericsson and the Supplier will be affected.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 56.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 72.0 average days to pay38.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay21.0% 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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- RED BEE MEDIA LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- ERICSSON LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Approved
- 27 February 2025
- Sectors
- Information technology and telecommunication
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
- 25 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
Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers
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
Social audits
Third party audit arranged by your organisation Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
Ericsson has an ongoing process for risk assessing first-tier suppliers. Supplier screening includes adverse media monitoring of suppliers and covers social and labour related issues.
Demonstrated progress
Ericsson tracks progress via supplier screening, audits, enhanced traceability, and targeted training. In 2024, 79 supplier audits conducted; critical minerals due diligence expanded. Forced labor risk mapping to be updated in 2025. Continuous engagement and improvement drive Ericsson’s long-term strategy.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Electronics supply chain: forced and child labor risks in electronics manufacturing and critical minerals extraction (e.g. cobalt) in upstream supply chain.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers
- Group: Migrants Children Other vulnerable groups
- Mitigation: Enhanced traceability of critical minerals and components. Continued supplier audits and capacity building. Encouraged suppliers to use RMI-audited smelters. Extended critical minerals questionnaire beyond 3TG, cobalt and mica.
- Risk: Logistics and site services: forced labor, low wages, excessive overtime, and trafficking risks in logistics and site installation/maintenance services.
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
- Group: Migrants Other vulnerable groups
- Mitigation: Audits of logistics and site service suppliers. Maturity assessments of site suppliers.
- Risk: Temporary labor via agencies: risk of exploitation through recruitment agencies supplying temporary labor, including fees, debt bondage, and forced labor.
- Area: Within your own operations
- Mitigation: Ericsson prohibits any requirement on prospective employees to pay recruitment fees and respects the freedom of association and collective bargaining.
Earlier linked statements (1)
- RED BEE MEDIA LIMITED31 December 2022
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06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Red Bee Media Limited
Registration Z8280200
- Registered from
- 6 November 2003
- Current end date
- 5 November 2026
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TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
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07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- Sweden
- Legal authority
- Swedish Companies Act
- Legal form
- Publicly Listed
- Place registered
- Swedish Companies Registration Office
- Registration number
- 556016-0680
- Notified
- 2 May 2016
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08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 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.
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15 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: ERICSSON MEDIA SERVICES UK LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: RED BEE MEDIA LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 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.
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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