ME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-12 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£57M
-27% vs 2024
Net assets
£190M
+6.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,143
+2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£78M
+9.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC 2022-08-01 → present
- PHOTO - ME INTERNATIONAL P L C 1962-09-14 → 2022-08-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £309,692,000 | £315,393,000 | |
| Operating profit | £74,390,000 | £78,138,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £71,393,000 | £78,138,000 | |
| Net profit | £54,090,000 | £56,572,000 | |
| Cash | £77,458,000 | £56,539,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £233,227,000 | £263,666,000 | |
| Net assets | £177,360,000 | £189,621,000 | |
| Equity | £177,360,000 | £189,621,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,119 | 1,143 | |
| Wages | £36,990,000 | £42,106,000 |
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.0% | 24.8% | |
| Net margin | 17.5% | 17.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.9% | 29.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.6% | 43.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 1.89x | |
| Interest cover | 28.38x | 34.64x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We have nothing to report in respect of the Directors' conclusion that they have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the parent Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from when the financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC · parent
- ME Group International plc 100%
- Photo-Me Limited 100%
- ME Group Finance SAS 100%
Significant events
- “Appointment of Lord Barker of Battle as a Non-executive Director on 3 June 2025.”
- “Product and technology innovation, including a new mobile app for laundry services and AI capabilities for fun photo products, launched in 2025.”
- “Declaration of interim dividend on 29 November 2024 and proposal of final dividend for 2025.”
- “ME Group completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of SG Technologies Systems International and its fully owned subsidiary, Automated Products Services (APS), obtaining control of both businesses on that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANSI, Delmo Rinaldo Vincenzo Primo | Secretary | 2013-05-10 | — | — |
| BARKER, Gregory Leonard George, Lord | Director | 2025-06-03 | Mar 1966 | British |
| COUTAZ-REPLAN, Francoise Rose Georgette | Director | 2009-09-24 | Apr 1957 | French |
| CRASNEANSCKI, Vladimir Alexis Braine | Director | 2025-06-03 | Feb 1997 | British |
| CRASNIANSKI, Serge Paul | Director | 2009-05-06 | Jul 1942 | French |
| CRASNIANSKI, Tania | Director | 2021-06-23 | May 1971 | French |
| JANAILHAC, Jean-Marc Lucien | Director | 2019-07-22 | Jun 1954 | French |
| LEWIS, John Henry James, Sir | Director | 2008-07-03 | Jul 1940 | British |
| PROGLIO, Rene | Director | 2021-06-23 | Jun 1949 | French |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRIDGE, Peter Denis | Secretary | — | 1994-02-21 |
| LOWES, Robert Emerson | Secretary | 2008-07-03 | 2013-05-10 |
| LOWES, Robert Emerson | Secretary | 1994-02-21 | 2008-04-01 |
| MANSI, Delmo Rinaldo Vincenzo Primo | Secretary | 2008-04-01 | 2008-07-03 |
| AMAR, Daniel | Director | 1998-10-27 | 2000-10-20 |
| APELOIG, Yitzhak | Director | 2012-03-08 | 2021-04-30 |
| BAREL, Thierry Marc | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2009-07-03 |
| BERRIDGE, Peter Denis | Director | — | 2000-10-20 |
| CHUTE, Terence Michael | Director | — | 1991-12-24 |
| CLAVERIE, Camille | Director | 2021-06-23 | 2024-12-04 |
| COSTI, Riccardo | Director | 1992-03-03 | 2007-07-02 |
| CRASNIANSKI, Serge | Director | — | 2007-12-13 |
| DAVID, Dan | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2011-09-06 |
| DAVID, Dan | Director | — | 2007-12-31 |
| DENIS, Jean Marcel | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2022-04-29 |
| DIAZ DELLA VITTORIA PALLAVICINI, Sigieri | Director | 2021-06-23 | 2022-05-13 |
| GIUNTINI, Francois Marie | Director | 1994-05-20 | 2007-07-02 |
| LOWES, Robert Emerson | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2008-07-03 |
| MCNAIR-WILSON, Patrick Michael Ernest David, Sir | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2005-09-28 |
| MERGUI, Eric Armand | Director | 2018-05-02 | 2020-07-12 |
| MILLER, David William | Director | — | 2000-08-16 |
| MORAINE, Michel Bernard Gustave | Director | 1994-05-20 | 1996-07-01 |
| OGBORNE, Peter Melville | Director | 1992-03-03 | 2003-11-05 |
| OLYMPITIS, Emmanuel John | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2024-11-30 |
| PARTINGTON, Roger Evans | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2008-03-31 |
| PAYEN, Philippe | Director | 1992-01-14 | 1993-12-31 |
| PEUROIS, Jean-Luc | Director | 1994-05-20 | 2009-07-05 |
| REAVLEY, Martin John | Director | 2006-02-13 | 2008-03-31 |
| SANKEY, Vernon Louis | Director | 2000-10-20 | 2007-09-03 |
| SCOTLAND, David | Director | 2001-03-26 | 2005-06-01 |
| SEURAT, Richard Marie Silvere Thomas | Director | 2009-11-26 | 2010-04-30 |
| SWIRE, Hugo George William | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2010-05-14 |
| VEZ, Michael | Director | — | 1998-10-27 |
| WAHL, Francis Raymond | Director | — | 2007-07-02 |
| WAHL, Philippe | Director | — | 2003-10-08 |
| YOUNG, David William | Director | 2007-05-17 | 2008-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 426 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-24 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-16 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-26 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 17
- Capital events
- 8
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
-
Turnover
+1.8%
£309,692,000 £315,393,000
-
Cash
-27%
£77,458,000 £56,539,000
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£177,360,000 £189,621,000
-
Employees
+2.1%
1,119 1,143
-
Operating profit
+5%
£74,390,000 £78,138,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.4%
£71,393,000 £78,138,000
-
Wages
+13.8%
£36,990,000 £42,106,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers