MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. Financials
- Company number
- 03903904CopyCopy
- Registered office
- The Gatehouse, 453 Cranbrook Road, Ilford IG2 6EW
- Incorporated
- 10/01/2000
Company snapshot
- Status
- Active
- Employees
- 1 (2025)
- Latest financial data
- 2025
- Accounts type
- Micro Entity
Financial highlights
Latest reported figures. Okredo holds filed data for 2021–2025.
Net Assets
809.67%vs 20242024: £3.78K
Total Assets
-13.41%vs 20242024: £438.84K
Total Liabilities
-20.55%vs 20242024: £435.06K
Employees
-1vs 20242024: 2
In 2025, MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. reported net assets of £34.35K. The same filing shows total assets of £379.99K and total liabilities of £345.64K. Reported headcount was 1 in 2025. Total Liabilities fell from £435.06K in 2024 to £345.64K in 2025 (-20.55%). Okredo holds filed figures for 2021–2025; the table below lists every reported indicator by year. See every reported indicator by year.
Financial performance
Pick a measure to see how it has moved across the reported years, with the year-on-year change beneath it.
Net Assets
809.67%from £3.78K in 2024Year-on-year change
Net Assets as filed for 2021–2025. Every figure in this chart is also in the financial history table.
3-year financial trend (2023–2025)
How the figures MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. filed moved across the three reported years 2023, 2024 and 2025 — measured end to end rather than year on year.
Net Assets
-16.5%vs 2023-8.6% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Assets
+121%vs 2023+48.7% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Liabilities
+165%vs 2023+62.7% a year compound (CAGR)
Employees
-88.9%vs 2023-8Biggest increase
Total Liabilities+165%
£130.62K in 2023 to £345.64K in 2025
Biggest decrease
Employees-88.9%
9 in 2023 to 1 in 2025
MERCHANTS NEWS LTD.'s filings pull in both directions between 2023 and 2025. The steepest rise came in total liabilities, pointing to heavier outstanding obligations, set against a fall in employee numbers, pointing to a smaller workforce. See the full year-by-year figures.
Ratios from the filed figures
Calculated from MERCHANTS NEWS LTD.'s own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from — nothing here is estimated or industry-averaged.
- Net assets to total assets
- 9.04%2025
- Reported net assets divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much of the asset base is not financed by liabilities.
- Liabilities to total assets
- 90.96%2025
- Total liabilities divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were available. Shows how much of the asset base is funded by obligations.
Financial history
Every indicator Okredo tracks, year by year.
Reported financial indicators for MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. by year. Amounts are as filed; a dash means the figure was not reported for that year.
| Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets£ | 60.95K | 102.42K | 41.12K | 3.78K | 34.35K |
| Total Assets£ | 309.67K | 259.59K | 171.74K | 438.84K | 379.99K |
| Cash in Bank£ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total Liabilities£ | 248.71K | 157.17K | 130.62K | 435.06K | 345.64K |
| Employees | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. financials: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own filed figures.
Yes. Okredo holds filed figures for MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. covering 2021–2025, across 4 reported indicators. The most recent reported year is 2025.
MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. reported net assets of £34.35K for 2025. That compares with £3.78K in 2024, a change of 809.67%.
MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. reported total assets of £379.99K for 2025. That compares with £438.84K in 2024, a change of -13.41%.
MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. reported total liabilities of £345.64K for 2025. That compares with £435.06K in 2024, a change of -20.55%.
MERCHANTS NEWS LTD. reported 1 employee in 2025, compared with 2 in 2024.
Between 2023 and 2025, MERCHANTS NEWS LTD.'s net assets fell by 16.5%, total assets rose by 121%, total liabilities rose by 165% and employee numbers fell by 88.9%. Net assets contracted at 8.6% a year across the two years to 2025, from £41.12K to £34.35K. Reported headcount went from 9 in 2023 to 1 in 2025 (-8).
Okredo holds reported figures for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Where an indicator was not reported for a given year, the financial history table shows a dash rather than a value.