HALFORDS MEDIA (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£83M
+50.7% vs 2023
Employees
624
-3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
+27.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £96,629,000 | £97,485,000 | |
| Operating profit | £13,299,000 | £13,727,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,235,000 | £16,851,000 | |
| Net profit | £9,779,000 | £20,203,000 | |
| Cash | £1,000 | £1,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,219,000 | £83,235,000 | |
| Net assets | £55,219,000 | £83,235,000 | |
| Equity | £55,219,000 | £83,235,000 | |
| Average employees | 643 | 624 | |
| Wages | £65,753,000 | £59,969,000 |
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 | 13.8% | 14.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 20.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 16.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.7% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.36x | 2.73x | |
| Interest cover | — | 16.07x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- KPMG Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing these financial statements the Directors have determined the going concern basis to be appropriate. In addition to the Company being in a net asset position and a net current asset position, it is expected to continue to be profitable in the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KING, Christina | Secretary | 2024-07-01 | — | — |
| FORREST, Trystan Michael | Director | 2019-03-04 | Aug 1970 | British |
| PROCTOR, Ian David Fraser | Director | 2020-05-28 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEELEY, Jonathan | Secretary | 2021-03-17 | 2024-07-01 |
| ABC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-28 | 2015-05-15 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-29 | 2011-07-28 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-29 | 2004-07-29 |
| NEPTUNE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-05-15 | 2021-03-17 |
| ASHKENAZI, Rafael | Director | 2015-11-09 | 2020-05-28 |
| ASHKENAZI, Rafael | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| HAZEL, Michael Vincent | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2015-11-09 |
| NIR, Yehuda | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2012-07-18 |
| ROSENTHAL, Israel | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2016-05-16 |
| SCHAPIRA, Pinhas | Director | 2004-07-29 | 2014-08-01 |
| SCHEINBERG, Igal Mark | Director | 2012-07-18 | 2014-08-01 |
| TEMPLER, Guy Nigel Lethbridge | Director | 2016-05-16 | 2020-11-02 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-07-29 | 2004-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flutter Entertainment Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-02-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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
+0.9%
£96,629,000 £97,485,000
-
Cash
0%
£1,000 £1,000
-
Net assets
+50.7%
£55,219,000 £83,235,000
-
Employees
-3%
643 624
-
Operating profit
+3.2%
£13,299,000 £13,727,000
-
Profit before tax
+27.3%
£13,235,000 £16,851,000
-
Wages
-8.8%
£65,753,000 £59,969,000
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