BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED

1. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED 2002-10-02 → present
2. BMA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 1995-09-15 → 2002-10-02

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Despite modelling a decline in both operating profit and cash in hand across a number of scenarios, the expected financial outlook out to May 2026 remains one which delivers ongoing profits and a comfortable cash position, allowing the business to continue to expect to meet obligations as they fall due.”

Group structure

1. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED · parent
   1. Medelect Limited 100% · United Kingdom
   2. BMJ Publishing Inc 100% · California, USA · marketing and sales
   3. BMJ Group India Private Limited 99% · India
   4. BMJ (Beijing) Medical Science and Technology Co. Limited 100% · China
   5. Ying Yi Hui Tong (Beijing) Information Technology Co. Limited · China

Significant events

• “2024 also marked a change in how BMJ as a business is understood by bringing the Group under the one umbrella brand of BMJ Group. From June 2024, we became known as BMJ Group, with a new brand, complete with a new logo, font and colour palette, and with a brand-new corporate website: bmjgroup.com”
• “In 2024, BMJ Group launched a partnership with CoForge, aimed at modernising technology-enabled business processes, diversifying the range of our application portfolio and improving our access to cutting-edge digital development at scale.”
• “In January 2025, TheBMJ shifted to fortnightly print editions and daily online updates.”
• “In 2024, BMJ Group introduced a work experience programme to support individuals on free school meals and contribute to societal efforts to promote equity and inclusion.”
• “A dividend of £12,500,000 (2023: £4,140,000) was paid to the British Medical Association during the year which represented £6.25 per ordinary share (2023: £2.07 per ordinary share).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.4%

  £86,861,000 → £85,631,000

• Cash

  -22.6%

  £20,855,000 → £16,140,000

• Net assets

  -36.9%

  £20,443,000 → £12,892,000

• Employees

  -3.7%

  507 → 488

• Operating profit

  +9.8%

  £5,866,000 → £6,443,000

• Profit before tax

  -34.4%

  £10,345,000 → £6,783,000

• Wages

  -1.3%

  £29,736,000 → £29,351,000

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