Adele fans will be waiting longer than rumoured for her third album to be released.

XL Recordings, which released her previous two albums, revealed the information in accounts filed with Companies House earlier this week.

'There will not be a further new release by Adele during 2014 and consequently there will be a fall in XL's turnover and profits,' they wrote.

The album “21” sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.