METROPRESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-25 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£490K
-45.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£80M
+12.9% vs 2024
Employees
90
-12.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£10M
-24% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,942,077 | £19,895,812 | |
| Operating profit | £13,297,392 | £10,141,904 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,847,313 | £9,764,419 | |
| Net profit | £9,582,726 | £9,139,567 | |
| Cash | £906,249 | £490,005 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £72,133,994 | £80,905,579 | |
| Net assets | £71,050,456 | £80,190,023 | |
| Equity | £71,050,456 | £80,190,023 | |
| Average employees | 103 | 90 | |
| Wages | £6,736,810 | £7,278,451 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 66.7% | 51.0% | |
| Net margin | 48.1% | 45.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.4% | 12.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.8% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.46x | 2.05x | |
| Interest cover | 29.10x | 24.23x |
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
- Ernst and Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration, the Directors have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and provide support to the Company for a period to 30 April 2027. For this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for the Company for the year ended 30 September 2025.”
Group structure
- METROPRESS LIMITED · parent
- The Saleroom Limited 100%
- i-bidder Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 5 February 2026 the Group exercised the option to extend the terms of its Senior Facilities Agreement ('the SFA 2029') by twelve months. All amounts outstanding under the SFA 2029 will be due for repayment on 11 February 2030.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGHFIELD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2025-05-15 | Jul 1978 | British |
| LEWIS, Richard Benedict | Director | 2010-01-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| PAINTER, Duncan Anthony | Director | 2026-05-05 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROCKER-BOWDEN, Anne | Secretary | — | 1995-07-24 |
| HARGREAVES, Thomas Eric | Secretary | 2018-01-23 | 2025-02-28 |
| HARMAN, Deirdre Ann | Secretary | 1997-06-16 | 1999-04-13 |
| LUPPINO, Pablo | Secretary | 2008-10-03 | 2014-12-21 |
| MUDDIMAN, Sally Anne | Secretary | 1999-04-13 | 2008-10-03 |
| WHITE, Mark Edward Furnival | Secretary | 1995-07-24 | 1997-06-16 |
| WRIGHT, Joanna Clare | Secretary | 2014-12-21 | 2017-12-20 |
| ADKINS, Simon Paul | Director | 1994-10-03 | 1999-02-15 |
| ALCOCK, Mark Julius | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2008-10-03 |
| BERTI, Simon | Director | 2008-10-03 | 2016-04-05 |
| BRIDGE, Mark Charles Prentice | Director | 1995-07-24 | 2014-06-27 |
| CARR, Mark | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2008-10-03 |
| COOKE, Michael Lance | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2008-10-03 |
| FRANKS, Michael Andrew | Director | 1999-04-19 | 2008-10-03 |
| HARGREAVES, Thomas Eric | Director | 2018-01-23 | 2025-02-28 |
| HARRIS, Keith | Director | 1994-10-03 | 1995-01-20 |
| JUKES, Christopher | Director | — | 1994-10-03 |
| LUPPINO, Pablo | Director | 2008-10-03 | 2014-12-21 |
| MUNRO, Neil John Tarry | Director | 1996-01-15 | 2001-09-28 |
| SAVANT, John-Paul | Director | 2016-03-03 | 2026-05-05 |
| SICELY, Michael John | Director | 2001-11-06 | 2008-06-30 |
| SOMERS, Anne | Director | 1995-07-24 | 2016-02-19 |
| TURNBULL, Ivor Sinclair | Director | — | 1994-10-03 |
| WRIGHT, Joanna Clare | Director | 2014-12-21 | 2017-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atg Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-30 | Active |
| Auction Technology Group Uk Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
-0.2%
£19,942,077 £19,895,812
-
Cash
-45.9%
£906,249 £490,005
-
Net assets
+12.9%
£71,050,456 £80,190,023
-
Employees
-12.6%
103 90
-
Operating profit
-23.7%
£13,297,392 £10,141,904
-
Profit before tax
-24%
£12,847,313 £9,764,419
-
Wages
+8%
£6,736,810 £7,278,451
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