THE GROVE MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+17.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2M
-6.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
24
-11.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£588K
-27.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £29,392,506 | £25,950,398 | £20,620,307 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,041,719 | £813,129 | £592,444 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,026,653 | £813,060 | £588,403 | |
| Net profit | — | £813,335 | £615,103 | £439,609 | |
| Cash | — | £315,783 | £1,121,874 | £1,322,862 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,401,436 | £2,350,046 | £2,202,273 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,401,436 | £2,350,046 | £2,202,273 | |
| Equity | £2,408,532 | £2,401,436 | £2,350,046 | £2,202,273 | |
| Average employees | — | 26 | 27 | 24 | |
| Wages | — | £972,148 | £1,092,807 | £949,319 |
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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 43.4% | 34.6% | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.51x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | 50.91x | 78.36x | 32.02x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors note that the company is trading adequately and has sufficient working capital and other finance available to continue trading for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As such, the directors believe that there are no significant uncertainties in their assessment of whether the business is a going concern and therefore have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company conducted a restructure, following the mutually beneficial departure of a long-standing client. The restructuring plans ensure the agency's going concern is maintained into the immediate future and beyond.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEERING, Ciaran Leo | Director | 2014-09-25 | Aug 1972 | Irish |
| LAY JUNG, Suzana | Director | 2021-10-06 | Aug 1982 | Portuguese |
| PRICE, David Michael | Director | 2014-09-25 | Nov 1966 | British |
| PRUTEANU, Alina | Director | 2021-10-06 | Sep 1985 | Romanian |
| SMITH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 2017-11-21 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUTHRIE, Sean Patrick | Secretary | 2017-11-21 | 2024-01-09 |
| HOUNSELL, John Graham | Secretary | 1996-04-16 | 2017-11-21 |
| TUCKEY, Keith | Secretary | — | 1996-04-16 |
| ASHBY, Michael James | Director | — | 2006-03-11 |
| CLEMENS, Anthony Philip | Director | — | 2007-12-20 |
| GUTHRIE, Sean Patrick | Director | 2017-11-21 | 2024-01-09 |
| HOUNSELL, John Graham | Director | 2017-11-21 | 2019-12-31 |
| HOUNSELL, John Graham | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2017-11-21 |
| PARKER, Simon John | Director | 2017-11-21 | 2022-08-11 |
| PARKER, Simon John | Director | 2006-07-25 | 2017-11-21 |
| SIMEK, Milan Alan | Director | — | 2002-07-09 |
| SMITH, Peter Geoffrey | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2017-11-21 |
| TUCKEY, Keith | Director | — | 2004-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tcs Media Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-18 | Active |
| Tcs Media Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-20.5%
£25,950,398 £20,620,307
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+17.9%
£1,121,874 £1,322,862
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£2,350,046 £2,202,273
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-11.1%
27 24
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-27.1%
£813,129 £592,444
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-27.6%
£813,060 £588,403
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-13.1%
£1,092,807 £949,319
lowest in 3 filed years
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