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Reuters News & Media Limited
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Who leads it
Previous officers 40
- Matthew Bryan Keen 2018-2023 View profile
- Peter Thorn 2016-2018 View profile
- Cassandra Becker Smith 2015-2016 View profile
- Helen Elizabeth Campbell 2013-2015 View profile
- David Martin Mitchley 2012-2018 View profile
- Richard Tarling 2011-2012 View profile
- Daragh Patrick Feltrim Fagan 2009-2013 View profile
- Nicholas David Harding 2008-2011 View profile
- Richard John Oliver 2006-2009 View profile
- Donal Thomas Smith 2006-2008 View profile
- Philippe Micouleau 2005-2006 View profile
- David Guiraud 2005-2006 View profile
- Tyrone Greg Milligan 2005-2007 View profile
- Pierre Andre Jean Louette 2004-2006 View profile
- Robin Francis Coe 2003-2005 View profile
- Stefan Ploghaus 2002-2006 View profile
- Eric Pierre Scherer 2001-2006 View profile
- Antoine Ludier 2001-2006 View profile
- Bertrand Eveno 2001-2006 View profile
- Jean Pierre Vignolle 2001-2005 View profile
- Jean Pierre Tranchard 1999-2001 View profile
- John Gordon Davis 1998-2000 View profile
- Denis Hiault 1996-2004 View profile
- Jean Miot 1996-1999 View profile
- Imogen Melissa Dillon Hatcher 1995-1997 View profile
- Sir David Charles Maurice Bell 1995-2000 View profile
- Graham Parry 2003 View profile
- Denis Brulet 1994 View profile
- Lionel Fleury 1996 View profile
- Stuart James Clark 1995 View profile
- Monique Villa 1996 View profile
- Nicholas George Brookes 1998 View profile
- Gilbert Grellet 2001 View profile
- Barbara Boateng 2018-2025 View profile
- Carla O'Hanlon 2011-2018 View profile
- Elizabeth Maria Maclean 2009-2011 View profile
- Hywel Rees Thomas 2006-2009 View profile
- Timothy Robinson 2002-2003 View profile
- Richard Graham Quinton Kellett-Clarke 2000-2002 View profile
- Kelvin Charles Bossey 2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- News agency activities
- Incorporated
- 24/05/1990
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Thomson Financial News Limited (until 14/03/2018)
AFX News Limited (until 09/08/2007)
Ownership
Owned by (4) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Thomson Reuters Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-08 - Thomson Financial Limited ceased 2018-05-08
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Thomson Reuters Group Limited ceased 2018-05-08
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-08 - TTC Holdings LTD ceased 2025-07-02
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-08
Group
- Reuters News & Media Limited
is controlled by Thomson Reuters Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-08 · source: Companies House PSC register - Thomson Reuters Group Limited
is controlled by TR (2008) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - TR (2008) Limited
is controlled by Thomson Reuters Investment Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Thomson Reuters Investment Holdings Limited.
72 other companies in this group
- Complinet Limited
- Tradeweb Europe Limited
- Thomson Holdings Limited
- 11260012
- Thomson Investments Limited
- Thomson UK Investments Limited
- Practical LAW Group Limited
- Reuters Nominees Limited
- Blaxmill Limited
- Ironman 2 Limited
- Thomson Information & Solutions Limited
- Complinet UK Limited
- TTC (1994) Limited
- TN & Sons Limited
- Reuters Limited
- Thomson Publications Limited
- Business Integrity Limited
- Pensions Research Limited
- Thomorg NO.8 Limited
- Practical LAW Company Limited
- Livenote Technologies Limited
- 04267638
- The Thomson Organisation (NO. 10)
- Coolalug Limited
- Thomson Reuters Treasury Limited
- Thomson Information & Solutions (Holdings) Limited
- Thomson Information & Publishing Holdings Limited
- The Thomson Organisation Limited
- TR Organisation Limited
- AVT Technologies Limited
- 01929320
- Thomson Reuters Group Limited
- International Thomson Organisation Pension Trust Limited
- Thomorg NO. 1597 Limited
- International Thomson Publishing Limited
- Thomson Redemption Limited
- Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited
- Primark Information Services U.K. Limited
- The Thomson Organisation (NO.23)
- TPH Publishing Limited
- Reuters Finance Limited
- Pilgrim Systems Limited
- TR Organisation 1
- 10247569
- Imagen LTD
- Thomorg 657
- The Thomson Organisation (NO. 4)
- The Thomson Organisation (NO.5)
- Reuters Television
- The Thomson Organisation (NO.2)
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £190,207,000
- Total assets
- £202,943,000
- Cash
- £3,003,000
- Employees
- 1,009,000
- Turnover
- £236,570,000
- Profit/loss
- £1,881,000
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
3 directors on the board
- Wayne David Rowell Director · appointed 2019
- Kimberley Major Director · appointed 2018
- Tara Jane Jefferson Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Wayne David Rowell Director · appointed 2019
- Kimberley Major Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Tara Jane Jefferson Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Wayne David Rowell Director · appointed 2019
- Kimberley Major Director · appointed 2018
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02505735
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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