# Newsdirect (UK) Ltd

## Details

- **Company number:** [SC244267](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC244267)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 20 Feb 2003
- **Registered office:** LEVEL 5, 9, HAYMARKET SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH3 8RY
- **Nature of business:** News agency activities, Other information service activities n.e.c., Public relations and communications activities
- **Corporate group:** [ECI Partners LLP](/group/74388) (152 companies)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HINE, Mark Richard | director | 4 Apr 2025 |  |
| HIMSLEY, Andrew David | director | 4 Apr 2025 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kirsty Joanne Peebles | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 4 Apr 2025 |
| Mr Gavin James Thomas Peebles | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 4 Apr 2025 |
| Helio Intelligence Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 4 Apr 2025 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | £284,074 | £554,171 | 22 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | £224,140 | £308,671 | 24 |
| 31 Mar 2023 | £164,601 | £242,712 | 16 |
| 31 Mar 2022 | £158,094 | £124,006 | 15 |
| 31 Mar 2021 | £123,986 | £304,670 | 14 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | £17,681 | £86,417 | 14 |
| 31 Mar 2019 | £17,765 | £26,438 | - |



## Owned by

Newsdirect (UK) Ltd → [Helio Intelligence Group Limited](/company/13185436) → [Helio Lower Midco Limited](/company/13185489) → [Helio Midco Limited](/company/13185467) → [Helio Upper Midco Limited](/company/13185356) → [Helio Intelligence Holdings Limited](/company/15018387)




## Directors' other companies

- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Helio Intelligence Group Limited](/company/13185436)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Helio Lower Midco Limited](/company/13185489)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Crossfire Payco Limited](/company/17299954)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Ahld Holdings Limited](/company/15935665)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Helio Midco Limited](/company/13185467)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Newsdirect (Wales) Ltd](/company/07781074)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Forefront Advisers Limited](/company/13248974)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Helio Upper Midco Limited](/company/13185356)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [DE Havilland Information Services Limited](/company/08297488)
- [HIMSLEY, Andrew David](/person/5621188) - director at [Hamsard 3826 Limited](/company/16723057)