GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
Cash
£42M
+43.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£136M
-17.3% vs 2024
Employees
15
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£28M
-879.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC 1993-11-16 → present
- GUARDIAN AND MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS PUBLIC LIMITEDCOMPANY(THE) 1907-08-09 → 1993-11-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£21,700,000 | -£31,100,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,900,000 | -£28,400,000 | |
| Net profit | £18,200,000 | -£28,800,000 | |
| Cash | £28,900,000 | £41,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £162,400,000 | £133,400,000 | |
| Net assets | £164,100,000 | £135,700,000 | |
| Equity | £164,100,000 | £135,700,000 | |
| Average employees | 15 | 15 | |
| Wages | £900,000 | £600,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -13.4% | -23.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 20.3% | 14.2% | |
| Current ratio | 4.34x | 5.65x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Confirmation has also been received from The Scott Trust Limited that it will provide financing facilities to enable the Company to carry on its business as a going concern. For this reason, the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements continues to be appropriate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing.”
Group structure
- GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP PLC · parent
- Channel M Television Limited 100%
- ContentNext Media Inc 100%
- GMG Invesco 3 Limited 100%
- GMGRM North Limited 100%
- GNM Australia Pty Limited 100%
- GPC Manchester Limited 100%
- Guardian News & Media (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Guardian News & Media LLC 100%
- Northprint Manchester Limited 50%
- OG Enterprises Limited 100%
- Rawnam Limited 60%
- Ozone Project Media 17.8%
Significant events
- “During the prior year, GMG completed the transfer of the endowment fund to another subsidiary of STL, The Scott Trust Endowment Limited ('STEL'). The purpose of this transfer is to better reflect the separate management of the operating business and the investment activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODSELL, Stephen John | Secretary | 2017-09-28 | — | — |
| BATESON, Anna | Director | 2022-09-21 | Apr 1972 | British |
| BELL, Emily Jane | Director | 2021-11-10 | Sep 1965 | British |
| BRUNDRETT, Gale | Director | 2023-07-01 | May 1977 | American |
| COBIAN, Patricia | Director | 2025-09-29 | Feb 1975 | Spanish |
| DAVIES, Etebom Patrick | Director | 2022-12-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| GURASSA, Charles Mark | Director | 2022-03-17 | Feb 1956 | British |
| JETHA, Yasmin | Director | 2018-02-01 | May 1952 | British |
| KLEIN, Deborah | Director | 2023-09-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| SIEGHART, Mary Ann | Director | 2021-11-10 | Aug 1961 | British |
| VINER, Katharine Sophie | Director | 2015-06-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOARDMAN, Philip Edward | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| BRANKIN, Grainne | Secretary | 2017-03-29 | 2017-04-03 |
| KERR, Richard James | Secretary | 2017-04-03 | 2017-09-28 |
| TOWNSEND, Arthur Vincent | Secretary | — | 2001-02-28 |
| TRANTER, Philip Mark | Secretary | 2012-06-30 | 2017-03-29 |
| ASHCROFT, Ian Stanley | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2005-12-02 |
| BACKHOUSE, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2017-04-03 |
| BARTLE, John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| BERKETT, Neil Anthony | Director | 2009-11-03 | 2022-03-17 |
| BOORE, Anthony John | Director | — | 1996-08-05 |
| BRAHAM, Michael David | Director | 1992-02-11 | 1995-09-11 |
| BRITTIN, Matthew John | Director | 2025-02-01 | 2026-03-24 |
| BROOKS, Timothy Stephen | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2011-02-09 |
| BULLMORE, John Jeremy David | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| CANETTY CLARKE, Neil Ashley | Director | 1995-09-12 | 1998-06-30 |
| CASTRO, Nicholas | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2009-11-02 |
| CLAY, John Martin | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| COODE-ADAMS, John Giles Selby | Director | 1999-04-29 | 2008-05-01 |
| DODSON, Mark | Director | 2005-10-03 | 2010-03-28 |
| DUNNE, Ronan James | Director | 2013-05-14 | 2016-07-31 |
| DUVALIER, Jennifer Susan | Director | 2014-05-21 | 2023-04-30 |
| EYRE, Richard Anthony | Director | 2004-05-27 | 2007-03-27 |
| FAWCETT, Amelia Chilcott, Dame | Director | 2007-06-01 | 2013-09-24 |
| FORGAN, Elizabeth Anne Lucy, Dame | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2003-11-30 |
| FOWDEN, Jeremy Stephen Gary | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2007-04-13 |
| FOX, Simon Richard | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2012-08-30 |
| GAVRON OF HIGHGATE, Robert, Lord | Director | 1997-01-13 | 2000-02-29 |
| GIBBONS, Judith Mary | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| HARRIS, John Robert | Director | — | 2002-09-26 |
| HOBERMAN, Brent Shawzin | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2015-11-05 |
| JENSEN, Anders Ytrup | Director | 2020-03-17 | 2022-08-31 |
| KARNEY, Andrew Lumsdaine | Director | 1997-11-17 | 2006-11-30 |
| KERR, Richard James | Director | 2016-05-18 | 2020-03-27 |
| LUFF, Graham Ewart | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2005-03-31 |
| MARKWICK, James Charles | Director | — | 1997-10-31 |
| MARLAND, Caroline Anne | Director | 1995-09-22 | 2000-12-31 |
| MCCALL, Carolyn Julia | Director | 2000-10-28 | 2010-06-30 |
| MILLER, Andrew Arthur | Director | 2009-11-02 | 2015-06-30 |
| MORRIS, Nigel | Director | 2012-09-11 | 2022-09-01 |
| MYERS, John Frederick | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2009-02-27 |
| MYNERS, Paul | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2008-10-03 |
| PATON, John | Director | 2013-05-14 | 2019-09-02 |
| PEMSEL, David Skipwith | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-12-02 |
| PHILLIS, Robert Weston, Sir | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| PORTER, Stanley | Director | — | 1995-09-19 |
| PRESTON, Peter John | Director | — | 1998-05-23 |
| REBUCK, Gail Ruth, Baroness | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2025-01-28 |
| RECHTMAN, Rene Efraim | Director | 2020-03-17 | 2026-03-17 |
| ROCHE, Henry John, Sir | Director | — | 1997-01-10 |
| RUSBRIDGER, Alan Charles, Mr. | Director | 1999-07-29 | 2015-06-01 |
| SINGER, Darren David | Director | 2011-04-18 | 2015-10-23 |
| TAYLOR, Stuart Michael | Director | 2009-03-02 | 2012-06-30 |
| THOMAS, Annette Christina | Director | 2020-03-17 | 2021-07-01 |
| TINDLE, Raymond Stanley, Sir | Director | — | 1997-10-02 |
| UNDERWOOD, Keith Robert | Director | 2020-07-06 | 2026-01-30 |
| UNGER, Michael Ronald | Director | — | 1997-04-07 |
| WALES, Jimmy Donal | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2017-04-25 |
| WILLIAMS, Coram | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2026-01-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scott Trust Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 292 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-08 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+43.6%
£28,900,000 £41,500,000
-
Net assets
-17.3%
£164,100,000 £135,700,000
-
Employees
0%
15 15
-
Operating profit
-43.3%
-£21,700,000 -£31,100,000
-
Profit before tax
-879.3%
-£2,900,000 -£28,400,000
-
Wages
-33.3%
£900,000 £600,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers