# Solent News & Photo Agency Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [03254686](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03254686)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 25 Sep 1996
- **Registered office:** 3 ACORN BUSINESS CENTRE, NORTHARBOUR ROAD COSHAM, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 3TH
- **Nature of business:** [63910](/sic/63910) News agency activities


## Previous names

- Playcroft Limited (until 13 Dec 2000)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLEY, Matthew | director | 4 Oct 2018 |  |
| BAYLEY, Elizabeth | director | 4 Oct 2018 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David James Holt | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 3 Oct 2018 |
| Mr Anthony Patrick Meenaghan | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 3 Oct 2018 |
| The Story Is Everything Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 3 Oct 2018 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £681,712 | £266,439 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £677,371 | £168,046 | 20 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £752,060 | £259,855 | 22 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £757,146 | £246,294 | 20 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £745,082 | £238,679 | 15 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | £726,058 | £172,838 | 15 |
| 31 Dec 2018 | £663,775 | £163,765 | - |
| 31 Dec 2017 | £603,410 | £349,031 | - |
| 31 Dec 2016 | - | £301,343 | - |
| 31 Dec 2015 | - | £310,285 | - |
| 31 Dec 2014 | £533,218 | £325,344 | - |
| 31 Dec 2013 | £503,654 | £346,230 | - |



## Owned by

Solent News & Photo Agency Limited → [The Story Is Everything Limited](/company/11429314)




## Directors' other companies

- [BAYLEY, Elizabeth](/person/5626896) - director at [The Story Is Everything Limited](/company/11429314)
- [BAYLEY, Elizabeth](/person/5626896) - director at [Your Story Is Everything Limited](/company/11429351)
- [BAYLEY, Matthew](/person/5626942) - director at [The Story Is Everything Limited](/company/11429314)
- [BAYLEY, Matthew](/person/5626942) - director at [Your Story Is Everything Limited](/company/11429351)



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