Annual accounts
Micro Entity accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2024Due 30/09/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 1st Floor, 68 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR
- Classification (SIC)
- Other publishing activities (58.19 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Micro Entity
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 22/04/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-14 with no updates
- 06/01/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 14/05/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 66-68 1st Floor Pentonville Road London N1 9PR England to 1st Floor, 68 Pentonville Road London N1 9PR on 2025-05-14
- 14/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-14 with no updates
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- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
3 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
28/04/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 14/04/2026Due 28/04/2027
- Next statement date
- 14/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 14/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-208.22K2024
-459.45%vs 20232023: £-37.22K
Total Assets
£25.99K2024
-40.39%vs 20232023: £43.59K
Cash in Bank
£39.28K2023
396.76%vs 20222022: £7.91K
Total Liabilities
£234.40K2024
189.96%vs 20232023: £80.84K
Employees
32024
0vs 20232023: 3
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 459.45% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Total Assets · +54.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | -1 |
| 2022 | 4 | -4 |
| 2021 | 8 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 8 in 2021 to 3 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 05/04/2022–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 20/12/2018–05/04/2022 | 33 | |
| Director | 09/09/2019–05/04/2022 | 2 | |
| Director | 09/09/2019–05/04/2022 | 10 | |
| Director | 20/12/2018–05/04/2022 | 5 | |
| Director | 20/12/2018–05/04/2022 | 5 | |
| Director | 20/12/2018–05/04/2022 | 12 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 20/12/2018–03/04/2019 | 33 | |
| 18/01/2022–Present | 7 | |
| 30/09/2020–18/01/2022 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 10
- Since 16/03/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 22/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 22/04/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 06/01/2026
Filing timeline
- 22/04/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-14 with no updates
- 06/01/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 14/05/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 66-68 1st Floor Pentonville Road London N1 9PR England to 1st Floor, 68 Pentonville Road London N1 9PR on 2025-05-14
- 14/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-14 with no updates
- 31/12/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 08/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-04-14 with no updates
- 09/01/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Certificate of change of name
- 29/09/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 15/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-04-14 with no updates
- 16/03/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 4th Floor Clover House 147 - 149 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3HN England to 66-68 1st Floor Pentonville Road London N1 9PR on 2023-03-16
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 1st Floor, 68 Pentonville Road, London N1 9PR. Companies House classifies its business as Other publishing activities. It has been on the register for 7 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £-208.22K and 3 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD under one registered business activity: Other publishing activities (58.19 - SIC 2007).
THE LEAD NEWSPAPERS LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/12/2018.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £-208.22K, total assets of £25.99K, cash in bank of £39.28K and total liabilities of £234.40K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 22/04/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-14 with no updates, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 28/04/2027.
Companies House lists 7 officers (1 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (1 current).