PEI MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
Cash
£9M
-63.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£48M
+92.4% vs 2023
Employees
279
+11.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£25M
+7% vs 2023
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
- PEI MEDIA LIMITED 2007-07-16 → present
- INVESTORACCESS LIMITED 2001-11-28 → 2007-07-16
- DRUMMONDPRINT LIMITED 2001-08-14 → 2001-11-28
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 | £65,802,000 | £75,492,000 | |
| Operating profit | £23,155,000 | £25,318,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,775,000 | £25,447,000 | |
| Net profit | £20,295,000 | £22,288,000 | |
| Cash | £25,276,000 | £9,231,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,958,000 | £47,843,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,758,000 | £47,643,000 | |
| Equity | £24,758,000 | £47,643,000 | |
| Average employees | 250 | 279 | |
| Wages | £17,000,000 | £19,558,000 |
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 | 35.2% | 33.5% | |
| Net margin | 30.8% | 29.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 92.8% | 52.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.87x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company reported a profit of £22,288K for the year and net assets stood at £47,643K at 31 December 2024. The directors have reviewed the forecasts and projections for 'PEI Group' and have reasonable expectation that through its support from the Group, the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least twelve months from the date these financial statements have been approved. For these reasons, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “2024 saw the launch of several new products. A new information suite was introduced for intelligence at deal and asset level which integrated transaction data, editorial news, insight and analysis for real estate assets. A similar product for infrastructure will follow in early 2025.”
- “2024 saw progress across strategic initiatives to boost operational efficiency and expand product and service range. Investments were made in systems, data science, Al, marketing, customer insight, and talent.”
- “Despite 2024 macro challenges, the investors in this space take a very long term view. Nonetheless, more than US$1.2 trillion of capital was raised in private markets - 73% of the 2021 peak.”
- “89% of investors surveyed by PEI in Q4 2024 stated their intention to maintain or increase capital commitments to private markets funds in the upcoming year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREL, Philip Carl | Director | 2001-10-17 | Jul 1971 | German |
| BRININ, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-08-08 | May 1977 | Australian |
| TAVERNIER, Edouard Julien | Director | 2026-02-27 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, David Charles | Secretary | 2001-10-17 | 2010-12-17 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Lynne | Secretary | 2010-12-17 | 2015-09-29 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Timothy Stephen | Secretary | 2015-09-29 | 2026-02-27 |
| O'DONOHOE, Cora Ann | Secretary | 2010-12-17 | 2015-09-29 |
| WEISSER-BOREL, Cordulla | Secretary | 2010-12-17 | 2015-09-29 |
| M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-08-14 | 2001-10-17 |
| HAWKINS, David Charles | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2015-09-29 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Timothy Stephen | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2026-02-27 |
| O'DONOHOE, Richard Francis | Director | 2001-10-17 | 2015-09-29 |
| SOHI, Kashmir Singh | Director | 2023-08-16 | 2025-07-17 |
| DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-08-14 | 2001-10-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pei Media Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+14.7%
£65,802,000 £75,492,000
-
Cash
-63.5%
£25,276,000 £9,231,000
-
Net assets
+92.4%
£24,758,000 £47,643,000
-
Employees
+11.6%
250 279
-
Operating profit
+9.3%
£23,155,000 £25,318,000
-
Profit before tax
+7%
£23,775,000 £25,447,000
-
Wages
+15%
£17,000,000 £19,558,000
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