PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-22 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-08
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+67.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+80.4% vs 2024
Employees
107
+5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST 2003-10-27 → present
- THE CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST 2000-04-13 → 2003-10-27
- THE LUIS PALAU MISSION TO LONDON 1983-07-28 → 2000-04-13
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 | £2,634,267 | £2,593,971 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £227,395 | £1,255,047 | |
| Cash | £1,303,644 | £2,188,367 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,610,525 | £2,815,572 | |
| Net assets | £1,560,525 | £2,815,572 | |
| Equity | £1,560,525 | £2,815,572 | |
| Average employees | 101 | 107 | |
| Wages | £3,877,499 | £3,862,475 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 8.6% | 48.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.4% | 32.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 2.82x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PREMIER CHRISTIAN MEDIA TRUST · parent
- Premier Christian Communications Ltd 100%
- Christian Communication Partnership Ltd 100%
- Premier Insight 100%
Significant events
- “The year to March 2025 marked a period of transition and consolidation as Premier regrouped under its new Chief Executive, Kevin Bennett, following the sad passing of Peter Kerridge in June 2024.”
- “Following lengthy negotiations during the year, we were delighted to enter into legally binding contracts for a 12-year lease on 1 Tudor Street in Blackfriars.”
- “Premier celebrated its 30th anniversary in June 2025”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK LEGAL LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2023-07-12 | — | — |
| DUFF, Jillian Louise Calland, Rt Revd Dr | Director | 2021-02-23 | Jul 1972 | British |
| KNIGHT, David Geoffrey | Director | 2026-03-03 | Apr 1961 | British |
| LENZIE, Andrea, Lady | Director | 2022-10-18 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MBAKWE, Emmanuel Chichebe | Director | 2021-02-23 | Jul 1958 | British |
| MUIRHEAD, Sandy Alastair William | Director | 2018-02-05 | Sep 1953 | British |
| MYERS, Nicholas Larkland Barnaby | Director | 2025-09-30 | Mar 1980 | British |
| POTTS, Graeme John | Director | 2019-10-16 | Oct 1957 | British |
| SPELMAN, Mark Gerald | Director | 2022-10-18 | May 1957 | British |
| TEMPLEMAN, Jonathan | Director | 2023-07-18 | Jul 1962 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Alan David | Secretary | — | 2000-06-14 |
| SAUNDERSON, David James | Secretary | 2000-05-16 | 2004-09-07 |
| WOOD, Martin Antony | Secretary | 2004-09-07 | 2011-02-28 |
| ALDERTON-FORD, Jonathan Laurence, Reverend Canon | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2016-11-23 |
| BAPTISTE, Amanda Jean | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2009-10-05 |
| BARCLAY, Duncan Hugh | Director | 2022-10-18 | 2025-10-17 |
| BIRCHALL, Mark Dearman | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2004-01-11 |
| BOLTON, Roger John | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2020-10-20 |
| BONSER, Jeffrey Walter | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2004-02-10 |
| BROWN, Paul Campbell | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2008-03-04 |
| CATFORD, Francis James Robin | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2008-03-04 |
| CONRATHE, Paul Anthony | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2012-10-03 |
| COOMBS, Anthony Michael Vincent | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2025-10-17 |
| COOMBS, Anthony Michael Vincent | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2015-09-09 |
| DYER, Alan Watson | Director | — | 1993-05-19 |
| GRIFFITHS, Leslie, Lord | Director | 2018-02-05 | 2022-02-17 |
| HAWKINS, Andrew Stephen Lindsay | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2022-10-18 |
| HUGHES, Carl David | Director | 2018-02-05 | 2023-12-12 |
| KIRBY, Gilbert Walter, The Reverend | Director | — | 2000-03-04 |
| KIRBY, Kathleen, Reverend | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| LATHAM, Alan John | Director | 2009-06-03 | 2015-03-20 |
| LUCAS, David Royston | Director | 2019-10-16 | 2020-10-20 |
| NORRINGTON OBE, Humphrey Thomas | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2011-11-26 |
| PICKFORD, David Michael | Director | — | 2000-03-06 |
| PRITCHARD, John Lawrence, Bishop | Director | 2015-11-06 | 2020-02-28 |
| REID MBE, Claudine Almalita | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2015-12-09 |
| SAUNDERSON, David James | Director | — | 2008-05-01 |
| SCHOFIELD, Dominic John | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2025-10-17 |
| WAKELIN, Michael Paul | Director | 2015-10-20 | 2021-04-20 |
| WHITEHEAD, John Charles | Director | 2008-07-23 | 2014-07-23 |
| WILSON, Alan Thomas Lawrence, Rt Revd | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2015-12-08 |
| WINTER, David Brian, The Revd Canon | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2007-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-10-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-05 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-1.5%
£2,634,267 £2,593,971
-
Cash
+67.9%
£1,303,644 £2,188,367
-
Net assets
+80.4%
£1,560,525 £2,815,572
-
Employees
+5.9%
101 107
-
Wages
-0.4%
£3,877,499 £3,862,475
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