TORTOISE MEDIA LTD

Active
Company number 11100473Private limited companyIncorporated 2017

Key figures

£14,239,911+1,570.6%
Net assets 2025
+47.8%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
-5 m05 m10 m15 m202020212022202320242025

TORTOISE MEDIA LTD does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 63990

Where the company stands among the 14,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 63990 (Other information service activities n.e.c.).

Net assets£14,239,911
Higher than 99% · median £7,783
Total assets£18,391,002
Higher than 99% · median £30,561
Cash£4,394,168
Higher than 97% · median £22,819
Employees148
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age8.9 years
Older than 51% · median 8.7 years
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  8. MOODY'S ANALYTICS UK LIMITED£228.4m
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 14,343. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: TORTOISE MEDIA LTD

What kind of company is it?

TORTOISE MEDIA LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 11100473. It was incorporated on 6 Dec 2017. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (W1W). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other information service activities n.e.c. (63990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts. Loss for the year was £13,307,975. Net assets were £14,239,911, up 1,570.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £4,394,168. The company had an average of 148 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 14,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 63990: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £7,783). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £30,561). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £22,819). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 51% of them (median age 8.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £34k. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £50k, from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker).

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 8 current directors.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Turnover—6,235,3526,056,442——
Profit for the year—-4,647,754-3,846,205—-13,307,975
Cash at bank and in hand10,295,1634,299,2461,381,6021,298,7024,394,168
Total assets11,074,3965,862,3782,949,0663,462,84718,391,002
Total liabilities2,221,4901,606,7961,217,3994,431,164—
Net assets / total equity8,910,0624,302,9841,731,667-968,31714,239,911
Average number of employees5673640148
Average pay (per year)—84,15185,908——

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

TORTOISE MEDIA LTD is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED. Its published value is £34k.

Contract
  1. Events EngagementGENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED · £34,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

1 grant

TORTOISE MEDIA LTD is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £50k.

Grant
  1. Future News Pilot FundDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £50,000 · Pilot Future News Fund 1920

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

24 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £14.2m, 148 employees
  2. Vivian Luisa SCHILLER appointedDirector
  3. Clive Adam COWDERY appointedDirector
  4. Richard FURNESS appointedDirector
  5. Mr James Paul Harding ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets −£968.3k, 0 employees
  7. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: turnover £6.1m, net assets £1.7m, 64 employees
  8. Nick JONES appointedDirector
Earlier events (16)
  1. Ceci KURZMAN appointedDirector
  2. Emma SULLIVAN appointedDirector
  3. Catherine Sarah Elizabeth VANNECK-SMITH resignedDirector
  4. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: turnover £6.2m, net assets £4.3m, 73 employees
  5. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £8.9m, 56 employees
  6. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £2m, 49 employees
  7. Catherine Sarah Elizabeth VANNECK-SMITH appointedDirector
  8. Matthew Winthrop BARZUN appointedDirector
  9. Name changed to TORTOISE MEDIA LTDPreviously TORTOISE VENTURES LTD
  10. Daniel Richard Murad SOPHER resignedDirector
  11. James Paul HARDING appointedDirector
  12. Mr James Paul Harding registered as a person with significant control
  13. Mr Daniel Richard Murad Sopher ceased to be a person with significant control
  14. Daniel Richard Murad SOPHER appointedDirector
  15. Mr Daniel Richard Murad Sopher registered as a person with significant control
  16. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.