MEDIAHUIS UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-13 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£592K
+13.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
+32.5% vs 2023
Employees
114
-8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£838K
-71.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- MEDIAHUIS UK LTD 2021-05-05 → present
- INDEPENDENT NEWS AND MEDIA LTD 2002-07-15 → 2021-05-05
- INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS (UK) LIMITED 1998-05-27 → 2002-07-15
- NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING PLC. 1985-04-26 → 1998-05-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,346,000 | £11,560,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,817,000 | £757,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,928,000 | £838,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,317,000 | £403,000 | |
| Cash | £520,000 | £592,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,004,000 | -£335,000 | |
| Net assets | -£3,028,000 | -£2,043,000 | |
| Equity | -£3,028,000 | -£2,043,000 | |
| Average employees | 124 | 114 | |
| Wages | £4,333,000 | £4,549,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.7% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 280.6% | -226.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 127.5% | 119.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.41x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | 5.37x | 37.85x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Significant events
- “There were no events since the year end that would require the adjustment of or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAY, Richard | Secretary | 2017-10-02 | — | — |
| GRAY, Richard | Director | 2019-01-31 | Sep 1982 | British |
| MURRAY, Ross | Director | 2024-04-12 | Jul 1982 | Irish |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRACKEN, Derek Andrew | Secretary | 2009-05-08 | 2011-04-19 |
| PARKINSON, Keith Brian | Secretary | — | 1995-02-01 |
| ROUND, Andrew John | Secretary | 1998-03-19 | 2009-05-08 |
| SNODDY, Simon | Secretary | 2011-04-19 | 2017-10-02 |
| VICKERS, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 1994-06-17 | 1998-03-19 |
| ALLWOOD, Charles John | Director | 1996-05-15 | 1998-01-15 |
| ALLWOOD, Charles John | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1996-05-15 |
| ASHDOWN, Paddy, Rt Hon | Director | 1999-10-28 | 2002-04-30 |
| BALLSDON, Michael | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1995-05-24 |
| BENEDETTO, Marco | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1995-05-24 |
| BORRIE, Gordon, Lord | Director | 1995-05-24 | 1998-03-19 |
| BRADLEE, Benjamin Crowninshield | Director | 1995-05-24 | 2010-03-06 |
| BROPHY, Michael | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2012-11-12 |
| CARACCIOLO DI CASTAGNETO, Carlo | Director | — | 1995-05-24 |
| CARVELL, George Derek | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2015-08-03 |
| CEBRIAN ECHARRI, Juan Luis | Director | — | 1998-03-19 |
| CELLINI, Sergio | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1995-05-24 |
| CLARKE, Kenneth Harry | Director | 1999-10-28 | 2009-12-31 |
| CONAWAY, Stephan Wayne | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| CONNERY, Sean | Director | 2003-10-10 | 2010-03-06 |
| CROWLEY, Vincent Conor | Director | 2010-09-29 | 2014-06-02 |
| DAHRENDORF, Ralf, Sir | Director | — | 1993-05-03 |
| DAVISON, Ian Frederic Hay | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| DIEZ DE POLANCO, Javier | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1998-03-19 |
| DUNCAN, George | Director | — | 1993-06-24 |
| FALLON, Ivan Gregory | Director | 2002-10-08 | 2010-02-23 |
| FIREMAN, Bruce Anthony | Director | — | 1993-09-13 |
| HARTON, Stephen | Director | 2021-07-31 | 2024-04-12 |
| HAYES, Maurice Nugent, Dr | Director | 1998-04-03 | 2010-02-25 |
| HEALY, Liam Padraig | Director | 1995-05-24 | 2009-12-31 |
| HOPKINS, Brendan Michael Anthony | Director | 1995-05-24 | 2010-12-31 |
| JAY, Margaret Ann, Baroness | Director | 2001-10-09 | 2010-03-10 |
| KENNEDY, Helena Ann, Baroness | Director | 1998-04-03 | 2010-03-06 |
| LUFF, Graham Ewart | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| MCCLEAN, Richard J | Director | 2011-06-07 | 2021-07-31 |
| MCMAHON, Kit, Sir | Director | 1993-07-29 | 1994-03-24 |
| MONTGOMERY, David John | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1998-03-19 |
| MONTGOMERY, David John | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1996-05-15 |
| MORRISSEY, Patrick John | Director | 1993-09-16 | 1994-03-24 |
| O'KENNEDY, Eamonn | Director | 2011-09-30 | 2011-09-30 |
| O'KENNEDY, Eamonn | Director | 2011-06-07 | 2014-12-31 |
| O'NEILL, Adrian Richard | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| O'REILLY, Anthony John Francis, Sir | Director | 1998-04-03 | 2009-05-07 |
| O'REILLY, Gavin Karl | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2010-09-29 |
| PATTEN, Christopher Francis, Lord | Director | 1998-04-03 | 1999-10-28 |
| PRESTON, Michael Ryan | Director | 2015-08-03 | 2019-01-31 |
| QUIGLEY, William George Henry, Sir | Director | 2001-02-21 | 2010-03-06 |
| RIKLIN, Cornel Carl | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1998-03-19 |
| ROUND, Andrew John | Director | 2009-05-07 | 2011-09-30 |
| ROUND, Andrew John | Director | 1998-03-19 | 1999-02-20 |
| SATRUSTEGUI, Miguel | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1998-03-20 |
| SYMONDS, Matthew | Director | — | 1994-10-04 |
| TAVERNE, Suzanna | Director | — | 1994-03-24 |
| WEBB, Joseph Patrick | Director | 2010-07-02 | 2013-09-30 |
| WHITTAM SMITH, Andreas | Director | — | 2010-03-06 |
| WILSON, Charles Martin | Director | 1996-05-15 | 1998-01-15 |
| WILSON, Charles Martin | Director | 1994-03-24 | 1996-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediahuis Uk Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-02-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 456 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-08-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-6.4%
£12,346,000 £11,560,000
-
Cash
+13.8%
£520,000 £592,000
-
Net assets
+32.5%
-£3,028,000 -£2,043,000
-
Employees
-8.1%
124 114
-
Operating profit
-73.1%
£2,817,000 £757,000
-
Profit before tax
-71.4%
£2,928,000 £838,000
-
Wages
+5%
£4,333,000 £4,549,000
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