IW OBSERVER LIMITED

Active
Company number 12134079Private limited companyIncorporated 2019

Key figures

£109,523-11.1%
Net assets 2024/25
+95.5%
Average annual growth 2019/20–2024/25
050 k100 k150 k2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25

Like most small UK companies, IW OBSERVER LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 58130

Where the company stands among the 744 active companies whose first SIC code is 58130 (Publishing of newspapers).

Net assets£109,523
Higher than 80% · median £3,402
Total assets£151,668
Higher than 74% · median £21,154
Employees4
Higher than 82% · median 1
Company age7.3 years
Younger than 55% · median 8.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. REACH REGIONALS MEDIA LIMITED£188.8m
  2. H.H. SAUDI RESEARCH AND MARKETING (UK) LIMITED£16.2m
  3. NEWSQUEST COMMUNITY MEDIA LIMITED£14.4m
  4. FADAAT MEDIA LIMITED£11.9m
  5. FARMERS GUARDIAN LIMITED£11.3m
  6. NEW YORK TIMES LIMITED£9.4m
  7. IRISH NEWS LIMITED - THE£7.6m
  8. ALARABY ALJADEED LTD£5.6m
  9. MEDIAHUIS UK GROUP LTD£4.3m
  10. THE BARNSLEY CHRONICLE LIMITED£4m

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 744. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: IW OBSERVER LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

IW OBSERVER LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 12134079. It was incorporated on 1 Aug 2019. Its status is active. The registered office is in Newport (PO30). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is publishing of newspapers (58130).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Aug 2025); the company files micro-entity accounts. Net assets were £109,523, down 11.1% on the previous year. The company had an average of 4 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2019/20–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 744 active companies whose first SIC code is 58130: By net assets it ranks higher than 80% of them (median £3,402). By total assets it ranks higher than 74% of them (median £21,154). By number of employees it ranks higher than 82% of them (median 1). It is younger than 55% of them (median age 8.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Isle of Wight Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £720k.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Aug 2027.

Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
Cash at bank and in hand83,052103,33977,111107,262—
Total assets114,924123,580144,160174,304151,668
Total liabilities100,51667,63166,41057,454—
Net assets / total equity19,54261,94082,930123,242109,523
Average number of employees44454

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

IW OBSERVER LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Isle of Wight Council. Its published value is £720k.

Contract
  1. Local Media Direct Buying Solutions‡Isle of Wight Council · £720,000 · 2 lots

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. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

History

10 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £109.5k, 4 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £123.2k, 5 employees
  3. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £82.9k, 4 employees
  4. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £61.9k, 4 employees
  5. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £19.5k, 4 employees
  6. Christopher CORNFORD appointedDirector
  7. Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: net assets £3,839, 4 employees
  8. Carole Ann DENNETT appointedDirector
Earlier events (2)
  1. Miss Carole Ann Dennett registered as a person with significant control
  2. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.