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Company description
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 26 September 2006; registered for 19 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 96090 · Other service activities n.e.c..
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 9 trade marks, 15 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
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Company number
- 05946902
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- 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 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
31 December 2025Next statement due
14 January 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
- -22.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 67.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 73.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 31.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 33.5%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 41.5%
- Women in lower quartile
- 36.8%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 9995.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9995.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9990.0% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9992.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9994.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9996.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9994.6% median hourly gap
- Not Provided0.5% 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 – 1 June 2026
- Filed
- 31 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- 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
- £5,724,703
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,721,469
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £970,408
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £4,691,876
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 19.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 45.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
N/A
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
• The standard contractual length of time for payment of invoices is 30 days from invoice date. A number of freelance suppliers are on zero payment terms to ensure that where possible they are on the next available payment run after invoice approval.
• The maximum contractual payment period is 90 days.
• Changes to standard payment terms would only be made subject to contractual agreement by both parties. - Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
• The Accounts Payable team will contact supplier and request details of dispute by email.
• On receipt of requested details, the dispute is then referred to the relevant internal recipient of service (“account manager”) to review
the details of the dispute and either contact the supplier directly and/or give direction to the Accounts Payable team how they need to
handle the dispute.
• In the event of the dispute not being satisfactorily resolved by the Accounts Payable team or the account manager, the matter will be
referred to the Legal team for further action.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 18.0 average days to pay56.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay55.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay24.0% outside terms
- 27.0 average days to pay56.0% outside terms
- 18.0 average days to pay49.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay59.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay65.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay58.0% 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
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- PA MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 10 June 2026
- 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
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 12 June 2026
Policies described
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits discrimination
Training described
Other
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Workers within your organisation Businesses in your industry or sector
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
Not applicable
Demonstrated progress
We have meetings during the year where we review our policies and processes, and details of our progress against these actions will be provided in the next annual statement.
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 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
The Press Association Limited
Registration Z9719946
- Registered from
- 2 January 2007
- Current end date
- 1 January 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.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Photography Services Framework
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · ocds-b5fd17-cda078e7-96a0-492e-86ad-ab898074a9b9
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £240,000
- Contract period
- 13 March 2025 – 12 March 2029
- Published
- 27 March 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79961000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cda078e7-96a0-492e-86ad-ab898074a9b9-2025-03-27T10:54:32Z
Media Monitoring
UK EXPORT FINANCE · ocds-b5fd17-b64ba8c0-f943-4d52-a2b1-163ee7a63540
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £10,003
- Contract period
- 2 October 2024 – 1 October 2025
- Published
- 14 November 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b64ba8c0-f943-4d52-a2b1-163ee7a63540-2024-11-14T17:49:50Z
DLUHC Mediapoint Subscription 2024 - 2026
DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES · ocds-b5fd17-e6b9df12-cccd-4080-8575-cb8219892f12
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £49,400
- Contract period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2026
- Published
- 23 August 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 22200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e6b9df12-cccd-4080-8575-cb8219892f12-2024-08-23T14:12:47+01:00
Press Association Newswire Subscription
Department for Culture, Media and Sport · ocds-b5fd17-596e13a5-99b8-4f3f-b842-692d810f31e2
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £32,150.65
- Contract period
- 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
- Published
- 18 July 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79900000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-596e13a5-99b8-4f3f-b842-692d810f31e2-2024-07-18T11:32:46+01:00
The Provision of a Framework Agreement for Photography Services for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-2d65c46c-ba6d-4f83-a5ae-a562210bb0a8
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 20 May 2024 – 19 May 2028
- Published
- 2 July 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79961000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2d65c46c-ba6d-4f83-a5ae-a562210bb0a8-2024-07-02T12:56:08+01:00
Press Association - Mediapoint 7 User Agreement
OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD · ocds-b5fd17-e6763acf-96ad-4e89-829a-f25442b04f38
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £14,394.87
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 3 April 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 48500000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e6763acf-96ad-4e89-829a-f25442b04f38-2024-04-03T13:32:26+01:00
EHRC 2324-19 Domestic Newswire
EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION · ocds-b5fd17-abb6f160-42cb-41af-ad89-3836c44a7338
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £24,118.94
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2027
- Published
- 6 March 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 92400000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-abb6f160-42cb-41af-ad89-3836c44a7338-2024-03-06T14:06:17Z
Newswire Press Association CF
Ministry of Defence · ocds-b5fd17-13e67d9f-8b64-4f51-92a6-a6c392af9f0c
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £58,500.99
- Contract period
- 1 April 2023 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 22 May 2023
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-13e67d9f-8b64-4f51-92a6-a6c392af9f0c-2023-05-22T14:01:34+01:00
Active Travel England- Newswire Service
DfTc - Department for Transport · ocds-b5fd17-df5bde54-573c-45d2-8f88-b2b28b32540c
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £13,400
- Contract period
- 31 March 2023 – 30 March 2024
- Published
- 24 March 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79342200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-df5bde54-573c-45d2-8f88-b2b28b32540c-2023-03-24T14:02:54Z
Access to embargoed news content
Cabinet Office · ocds-b5fd17-5af449eb-d2c1-4064-9fa5-21e84a5f266d
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION GROUP LTD
- Award value
- £39,338.25
- Contract period
- 1 March 2023 – 28 February 2026
- Published
- 2 September 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 22200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5af449eb-d2c1-4064-9fa5-21e84a5f266d-2025-09-02T13:45:45+01:00
Press Association Newswire Subscription 2022/2023
DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT · ocds-b5fd17-69f82ebe-e8ce-417e-ad4c-6f8b934f2a95
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £23,787.39
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 6 April 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-69f82ebe-e8ce-417e-ad4c-6f8b934f2a95-2022-04-06T12:39:48+01:00
Press Association Newswire Subscription 2021/2022
Department For Culture Media & Sport · ocds-b5fd17-51a9f381-54b4-4230-a31c-a15842379c0c
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £22,212.48
- Contract period
- 1 May 2021 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 12 April 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-51a9f381-54b4-4230-a31c-a15842379c0c-2021-04-12T14:52:55+01:00
PA MediaPoint - 3 year breaking and embargoed news service
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-ab47a2ef-d7d2-4105-947e-58c52c50b39d
- Supplier named in award
- THE PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Award value
- £22,500
- Contract period
- 7 April 2021 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 14 July 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ab47a2ef-d7d2-4105-947e-58c52c50b39d-2021-07-14T20:18:40+01:00
Press Association Newswire Subscription 2020/2021
Department For Culture Media & Sport · ocds-b5fd17-ef2040e8-eff9-4b2d-a475-1f596670e2c6
- Supplier named in award
- The Press Association Limited
- Award value
- £21,538.56
- Contract period
- 1 May 2020 – 30 April 2021
- Published
- 24 February 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ef2040e8-eff9-4b2d-a475-1f596670e2c6-2021-02-24T10:04:53Z
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
SNAPPA
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 9,16,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 May 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 May 2024
PA SNAPPA
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 9,16,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 7 May 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 May 2024
BRANDX
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 4 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 February 2023
PA MEDIAPOINT
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 16,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 November 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 November 2022
MEDIAPOINT
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 16,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 November 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 November 2022
PA NEWS
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 9,16,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 18 April 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 April 2021
PREMIER SHOWBIZ
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 16,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2016
PA PHOTOCALL
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 9,16,38,40,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 11 July 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 July 2016
LOVELACEMEDIA
Owner The Press Association Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 21 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 April 2015
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.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Pa Media Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- United Kingdom (England And Wales) Companies House
- Registration number
- 00004197
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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09 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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10 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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11 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.
12 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.
13 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.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 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
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.
16 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: 292 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD (NO.2) LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 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.
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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