STV Group PLC
Registered name: STV GROUP PLC
STV Group PLC made £177m revenue and a £4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
STV Group PLC’s revenue fell 6% to £177m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4m and 738 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £168m | £188m | £177m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £13.2m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £10.4m | −£5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £5.3m | £13.1m | −£4m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3m | £13.1m | −£4m |
| Employees (average) | 598 | 643 | 738 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 7% | −2.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £282k | £292k | £240k |
| Profit per employee | £8.9k | £20.4k | −£5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▼5.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲147.2% | ▼130.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▲14.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £240k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.4k
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now 738
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- STV Audio LimitedFigures not disclosed
- STV News Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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