ES MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-05 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-22
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+175.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-15.8% vs 2023
Employees
211
+6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
-489.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ES MEDIA GROUP LIMITED 2021-02-15 → present
- ES BROADCAST LTD. 2009-03-06 → 2021-02-15
- OCTOBER HOUSE LTD 2002-12-11 → 2009-03-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £61,025,652 | £48,326,798 | |
| Operating profit | £641,974 | -£1,138,352 | |
| Profit before tax | -£428,440 | -£2,524,175 | |
| Net profit | -£1,847,722 | -£2,756,652 | |
| Cash | £1,497,917 | £4,120,269 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,622,915 | £22,397,321 | |
| Net assets | £15,049,146 | £12,675,865 | |
| Equity | £15,049,146 | £12,675,865 | |
| Average employees | 199 | 211 | |
| Wages | £11,292,665 | £11,810,552 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -2.4% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.5% | -5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 0.55x | -0.73x |
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
- MHA, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group continues to be impacted by the legacy of COVID-19 and general economic uncertainty, but 2025 has seen revenues growing again. The directors acknowledge that the migration to a new accounting system and the associated changes in finance personnel have resulted in the Group being unable to provide the auditors with all the audit evidence they require, resulting in the audit qualification of these 2024 financial statements. The board reviewed and approved plans to remediate the accounting system.”
Group structure
- ES MEDIA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- ES Broadcast Hire Limited 100%
- Memnon Archiving Services Limited 100%
- Film Store Rental Limited 100%
- ES Broadcast Limited 100%
- ES Broadcast Hire Belgium 100%
- ES Broadcast Hire Spain SL 100%
- ES Broadcast Hire BVBA 100%
- ES Broadcast Hire Inc 100%
- Memnon Archiving Services S.A. 100%
- Memnon R&D S.A. 100%
- Suffusion Limited 100%
- ES Broadcast Hire France 100%
- Crosspoint S.A 100%
- ES Broadcast GmbH 100%
- Memnon Archiving Services Inc 100%
- Memnon Archiving Services New Zealand 100%
Significant events
- “During July-December 2024 (post report event), material cost savings were implemented, including headcount reduction and operational streamlining.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| SAUNDERS, Edward Paul Lucas | Director | 2002-12-11 | Jan 1981 | English |
| TAGGART, Warren | Director | 2024-06-18 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERS, Alison Jean | Secretary | 2002-12-11 | 2010-12-10 |
| SAUNDERS, Helen | Secretary | 2010-12-01 | 2019-09-02 |
| DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-12-11 | 2002-12-11 |
| PITSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-09-02 | 2024-01-02 |
| EYLES, Christopher John | Director | 2024-09-24 | 2026-04-30 |
| KINES, Stephen | Director | 2024-06-18 | 2026-04-30 |
| MURPHY, Benjamin David | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-06-18 |
| SAVJANI, Snehal | Director | 2017-05-02 | 2024-06-18 |
| DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-12-11 | 2002-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Paul Lucas Saunders | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-11-20 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-08-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
-20.8%
£61,025,652 £48,326,798
-
Cash
+175.1%
£1,497,917 £4,120,269
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Net assets
-15.8%
£15,049,146 £12,675,865
-
Employees
+6%
199 211
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Operating profit
-277.3%
£641,974 -£1,138,352
-
Profit before tax
-489.2%
-£428,440 -£2,524,175
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Wages
+4.6%
£11,292,665 £11,810,552
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