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REACH REGIONALS MEDIA LIMITED

#00127699 · Active · Incorporated 1913-03-11 (113y 2m) · Last filing 2026-05-11 (this month)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 58130 · J Information & Communication · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-15 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-05-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£269K

+896.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£177M

+6.4% vs 2023

Employees

566

-20.1% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£19M

+79.8% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. REACH REGIONALS MEDIA LIMITED 2018-12-21 → present
  2. TRINITY MIRROR NORTH WEST & NORTH WALES LIMITED 2003-12-05 → 2018-12-21
  3. LIVERPOOL DAILY POST AND ECHO LIMITED(THE) 1985-01-11 → 2003-12-05
  4. TRINITY GROUP LIMITED(THE) 1980-12-31 → 1985-01-11
  5. SOUTHPORT PRINTERS LIMITED 1913-03-11 → 1980-12-31

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £136,594,000£126,694,000
Operating profit £11,024,000£19,115,000
Profit before tax £10,786,000£19,388,000
Net profit £8,275,000£14,555,000
Cash £27,000£269,000
Total assets less current liabilities £171,214,000£179,536,000
Net assets £166,066,000£176,631,000
Equity £166,066,000£176,631,000
Average employees 708566
Wages £24,778,000£20,190,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 8.1%15.1%
Net margin 6.1%11.5%
Return on capital employed 6.4%10.6%
Current ratio 51.37x59.89x
Interest cover 46.32x78.99x

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
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. REACH REGIONALS MEDIA LIMITED · parent
    1. Channel One Liverpool Limited 100% · England and Wales
    2. Examiner News & Information Services Limited 100% · England and Wales
    3. The Chester Chronicle and Associated Newspapers Limited 100% · England and Wales
    4. Trinity Mirror Huddersfield Limited 100% · England and Wales
    5. Trinity Mirror Merseyside Limited 100% · England and Wales
    6. Trinity Mirror North Wales Limited 100% · England and Wales
    7. Trinity Mirror Cheshire Limited 100% · England and Wales

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 34 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2001-12-10 — —
FISHER, Darren Director 2023-02-14 May 1966 Australian,British
NORTH, Piers Michael Director 2025-03-31 Jan 1976 British
REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Director 2001-12-10 — —
Show 34 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DIGGORY, Catherine Jeanne Secretary 1999-10-01 2001-12-10
RYAN, Michael Paterson Secretary — 1999-09-30
ALLWOOD, Charles John Director 1999-10-01 2000-07-20
BALL, Les Director 1998-10-28 2001-12-10
BARON, Keith Director 1993-01-18 1993-05-17
BARON, Keith Director — 1994-05-06
CATON, Charles Kirk Director — 1993-01-02
COLIGAN, Leo Clive Director — 2000-01-02
DICKS, John Elliott Christopher Director 1993-11-11 1995-12-11
EDWARDS, Kenneth John Director — 1997-07-29
ELY, Sydney Keith Director 1998-01-01 2000-02-09
ELY, Sydney Keith Director — 1995-05-02
EVANS, James Director 1996-01-08 1997-08-01
EWING, Margaret Director 2000-07-20 2001-12-10
FOX, Simon Richard Director 2014-03-20 2019-08-16
FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian Director 2019-03-01 2022-12-31
GRAF, Charles Philip Director — 2001-12-10
GRANT, Roy Director 1999-06-23 2001-12-10
GRIFFITH, John Director — 2000-01-04
HARRISON, Elisabeth Director 1999-05-04 2000-04-30
HOLLINSHEAD, Mark Thomas Director 2014-03-20 2014-12-12
HOYLE, Arthur Philip Director 1993-07-30 1998-09-30
MACHRAY, Alastair Hulbert Director 1995-05-15 2001-12-10
MASTERS, Michael David Director — 2000-12-18
MULLEN, James Joseph Director 2019-08-16 2025-03-31
O'HAGAN, John Director 1993-09-01 1994-10-31
OBRIEN, Lorraine Ann Director 1999-01-01 2000-02-29
PARKER, Stephen Davenport Director 1999-10-01 2001-12-10
PYE, Kenneth Raymond Director — 1993-01-18
SNEDDEN, David King Director — 1993-02-23
VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji Director 2009-10-01 2019-06-30
VASCO, Heather Director 1992-06-29 2000-11-29
VICKERS, Paul Andrew Director 2009-10-01 2014-11-17
VICKERS, Paul Andrew Director 1999-10-01 2001-12-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Reach Regionals Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 192 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-05-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-12-09 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2025-12-09 SH20 capital Legacy
2025-12-09 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2025-12-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-08-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-02-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-01-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-09-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-03-15 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
2

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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

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