Itv PLC
Registered name: ITV PLC
Itv PLC made £3.5bn revenue and £225m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Itv PLC’s revenue grew 1% to £3.5bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £225m profit. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6bn | £3.5bn | £3.5bn |
| Cost of sales | −£3.4bn | −£3.2bn | −£3.1bn |
| Operating profit | £238m | £318m | £363m |
| Profit before tax | £193m | £521m | £338m |
| Profit after tax | £209m | £406m | £225m |
| Profit (best available) | £209m | £406m | £225m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 11.6% | 6.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.8% | ▲0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲94.3% | ▼44.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Carlton Communications LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Itv Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Itv M&E Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Itv Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Itv Studios Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £225m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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