GRAVITY MEDIA (UK.) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+337.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
+15.2% vs 2023
Employees
92
+4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+159.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GRAVITY MEDIA (UK.) LTD 2019-10-31 → present
- GEARHOUSE BROADCAST LIMITED 1998-02-13 → 2019-10-31
- DPL BROADCAST HIRE LIMITED 1993-09-29 → 1998-02-13
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 | £42,788,000 | £55,018,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,540,000 | £5,038,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,305,000 | £3,136,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,375,000 | £3,420,000 | |
| Cash | £1,745,000 | £7,629,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,656,000 | £35,599,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,552,000 | £25,972,000 | |
| Equity | £22,552,000 | £25,972,000 | |
| Average employees | 88 | 92 | |
| Wages | £5,334,000 | £5,150,000 |
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 | -8.3% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | -14.9% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.2% | 14.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | -2.01x | 2.65x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is a profitable trading company within the Gravity Media Group (the 'Group'), supplying television broadcast equipment and services to the global broadcast market. As at 31 December 2024, the Company holds net current assets of £25,972,000 (2023: £22,552,000) and made a profit before tax of £3,136,000 (Loss before tax 2023: £5,305,000) for the year then ended. The directors' forecast expectations are for this to continue for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GRAVITY MEDIA (UK.) LTD · parent
- Gravity Media Middle East Trading WLL 0.49%
Significant events
- “The performance of the business improved on the prior year due to an increase in the number of International Sporting Events (ISE) as well as continued improvement and growth with recurring and new contractual customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, Paul James | Secretary | 2023-02-23 | — | — |
| HINDHAUGH, Jamie | Director | 2025-02-05 | Oct 1966 | British |
| LYNCH, Warwick Owen | Director | 2023-12-20 | Sep 1968 | Australian |
| STEERE, Thomas James | Director | 2025-10-07 | Mar 1990 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLMAN, Sean Martin | Secretary | 1996-11-27 | 2000-02-29 |
| GOLDSCHMIDT, David | Secretary | 1993-09-29 | 1996-11-27 |
| KAYE, Elliot Saul | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2018-04-18 |
| LEWIS, Paul James | Secretary | 2021-06-30 | 2022-01-12 |
| NEWBERT, Warren Karl | Secretary | 2000-09-29 | 2006-12-01 |
| PETKEN, Nikki | Secretary | 2022-01-12 | 2023-02-23 |
| PETKEN, Nikki | Secretary | 2018-04-18 | 2020-11-23 |
| SAVAGE, Louise Victoria | Secretary | 2020-11-23 | 2021-06-30 |
| WILLIS, William Robert | Secretary | 2000-02-29 | 2000-09-29 |
| YOUNG, Adrian John | Secretary | 2006-12-01 | 2008-01-01 |
| CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-09-29 | 1993-09-29 |
| BULLMAN, Sean Martin | Director | 1996-11-27 | 2000-02-29 |
| DEANS, Michelle Anne | Director | 2020-09-09 | 2025-02-05 |
| DOWDALL, Eamonn Macarten | Director | 2000-09-29 | 2023-12-20 |
| GREENSMITH, Paul John | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-03-27 |
| GREGORY, Shaun | Director | 2023-12-20 | 2025-01-29 |
| KAYE, Elliot Saul | Director | 2005-07-01 | 2025-10-07 |
| LAKIN, Stephen Bernard | Director | 1996-11-27 | 1999-05-18 |
| LAWRENCE, Daniel Paul | Director | 1993-09-29 | 1997-12-08 |
| MOORHOUSE, Kevin Peter | Director | 2000-09-29 | 2019-04-01 |
| NEWBERT, Warren Karl | Director | 2000-09-29 | 2009-03-31 |
| NEWTON, John Richard | Director | 1993-09-29 | 2023-12-20 |
| NEWTON, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2020-09-04 |
| VERMERSCH, Stephane Jacques Louis Marie Joseph | Director | 2023-12-20 | 2025-04-23 |
| YOUNG, Adrian John | Director | 2006-12-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-09-29 | 1993-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravity Media Group Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+28.6%
£42,788,000 £55,018,000
-
Cash
+337.2%
£1,745,000 £7,629,000
-
Net assets
+15.2%
£22,552,000 £25,972,000
-
Employees
+4.5%
88 92
-
Operating profit
+242.3%
-£3,540,000 £5,038,000
-
Profit before tax
+159.1%
-£5,305,000 £3,136,000
-
Wages
-3.4%
£5,334,000 £5,150,000
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