Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 6th Floor, Manfield House,, 1 Southampton Street, London WC2R 0LR
- Classification (SIC)
- Wholesale of other intermediate products (46.76 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 90 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
14/09/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 31/08/2026Due 14/09/2027
- Next statement date
- 31/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 31/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£701.00K2025
-31.72%vs 20242024: £1.03M
Total Assets
£2.20M2025
-24.52%vs 20242024: £2.91M
Cash in Bank
£1.06M2025
-31.35%vs 20242024: £1.54M
Total Liabilities
£1.38M2025
-20.08%vs 20242024: £1.73M
Employees
02025
0vs 20242024: 0
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 24.52% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -28.3% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.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 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | -24 |
| 2023 | 24 | +4 |
| 2022 | 20 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 20 in 2021 to 0 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
14Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Secretary | 19/01/1994–25/03/1994 | 16533 | |
| Director | 31/05/1994–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 31/05/1994–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 05/08/2005–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 13/02/2014–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 13/02/2014–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 13/02/2014–Present | 0 | |
| Nominee Director | 19/01/1994–25/03/1994 | 7163 | |
| Nominee Director | 19/01/1994–25/03/1994 | 16533 | |
| Secretary | 05/03/1994–05/08/2005 | 0 | |
| Director | 05/03/1994–31/05/1994 | 0 | |
| Director | 25/03/1994–31/05/1994 | 0 | |
| Director | 25/03/1994–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 20/01/2022–Present | 7 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 5 |
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About WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 6th Floor, Manfield House,, 1 Southampton Street, London WC2R 0LR. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of other intermediate products. It has been on the register for 32 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £701.00K and 0 employees.
WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED under one registered business activity: Wholesale of other intermediate products (46.76 - SIC 2007).
WILLIS NEWS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 19/01/1994.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £701.00K, total assets of £2.20M, cash in bank of £1.06M and total liabilities of £1.38M.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 14/09/2027.
Companies House lists 14 officers (8 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control.