STV GROUP PLC

Active
Company number SC203873Public limited companyIncorporated 2000

No accounts in digital format (iXBRL) since 2019. Paper or PDF accounts are available at Companies House.

Sector comparison

SIC 70100

Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).

Company age26.8 years
Older than 78% · median 16.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NSG HOLDING (EUROPE) LIMITED£335.6bn
  2. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (2012) LIMITED£68.8bn
  3. ASTRAZENECA TREASURY LIMITED£48.3bn
  4. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO P.L.C.£48.1bn
  5. ASTRAZENECA UK LIMITED£42.3bn
  6. NATIONAL GRID PLC£39.3bn
  7. RIO TINTO INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED£39.2bn
  8. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (1998) LIMITED£34.1bn
  9. GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOLDINGS LIMITED£25.2bn
  10. BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£24.7bn

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: STV GROUP PLC

What kind of company is it?

STV GROUP PLC is a public limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC203873. It was incorporated on 8 Feb 2000. Its status is active. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: It is older than 78% of them (median age 16.6 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Creative Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly electrical equipment, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

1 of 8 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Jun 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 27 Nov 2026.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
Routes
Creative Worker, Skilled Worker

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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment, machinery and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently December 2025. Main goods: electrical equipment.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

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

3 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Name changed to STV GROUP PLCPreviously SMG PLC
  3. Company incorporatedPublic 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.