Data · Companies House
Cash position of UK information and communication companies in 2026
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The median UK information and communication company holds cash equal to 66% of the creditors it must pay within one year. The UK-wide median is 48%. Based on 164 companies in this sector with the figure tagged, from Companies House filings in June and July 2026.
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Each row shows what this sector reported, the same measure across the whole sample, and how many companies in the sector carried that figure. The counts differ by row because companies tag different fields, and the median ratio row uses its own smaller count: it needs both figures tagged and creditors above zero.
| Measure | Information and communication | UK-wide | Companies in this figure |
|---|---|---|---|
| With negative net cash (cash plus debtors, less creditors due within one year, below zero) | 28.1% | 37.2% | 128 |
| In net current liabilities (net current assets below zero) | 32.8% | 37.3% | 522 |
| Holding less cash than the creditors due within one year | 61.3% | 63.8% | 173 |
| Median cash as a share of creditors due within one year | 66% | 48% | 164 |
| With £1,000 or less in the bank at the balance sheet date | 24.4% | 20.6% | 242 |
| Median cash at the balance sheet date | £13,984 | £12,327 | 242 |
Reading these numbers
Information and communication comes in below the UK figures on the broad measures and above on the thinnest one. 32.8% are in net current liabilities against 37.3%, 28.1% have negative net cash against 37.2%, and the median company's cash covers 66% of the creditors due within a year against 48%. Yet 24.4% had £1,000 or less in the bank at their balance sheet date, above the UK rate of 20.6%. A median describes the middle and says nothing about the tail. A sector can hold a strong middle and still contain a group of companies with very little in the account, and the second group takes no comfort from the first. If you are in it, your own balance is the number.
Where these numbers come from. The Companies House monthly accounts bulk product, which is free and public, for accounts filed in June and July 2026. Dataset 2026-08: 10,000 filings randomly sampled (seed-reproducible), 6,863 with usable iXBRL facts; SIC joined from BasicCompanyDataAsOneFile-2026-08-01. Balance sheet facts were read from the filings themselves; each figure carries its own count of companies, because companies do not all tag the same fields.
Small companies file balance-sheet-only accounts with no profit and loss, so nothing on this page describes cover over time. Every claim here is cash against what is owed. Full method, definitions and caveats. This sector page draws on 554 sampled companies.
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