REACH MIDLANDS MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25M
-0.6% vs 2023
Employees
167
-18.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+38.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- REACH MIDLANDS MEDIA LIMITED 2018-12-21 → present
- REACH PRINTING SERVICES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 2018-05-04 → 2018-12-21
- TRINITY MIRROR PRINTING (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 2004-11-15 → 2018-05-04
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 | £37,210,000 | £36,504,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,628,000 | £7,801,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,625,000 | £7,793,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,305,000 | £5,850,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,662,000 | £25,291,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,384,000 | £25,234,000 | |
| Equity | £25,384,000 | £25,234,000 | |
| Average employees | 206 | 167 | |
| Wages | £5,594,000 | £4,464,000 |
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 | 15.1% | 21.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 16.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.9% | 30.8% | |
| Current ratio | 75.10x | 115.57x | |
| Interest cover | 1876.00x | 975.13x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the date of signing of these financial statements the directors have considered all the factors impacting the Company's business, including downside sensitivities and the strong balance sheet of Reach plc. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Company's financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Operating profit increased by 39% from £5,628,000 to £7,801,000 and operating margin increased by 6 percentage points to 21%.”
- “The net assets of the Company have decreased by £150,000 (2023: increase of £4,305,000) to £25,234,000 (2023: £25,384,000) due to the profit for the period less dividends paid.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REACH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-11-15 | — | — |
| FISHER, Darren | Director | 2023-02-14 | May 1966 | Australian,British |
| NORTH, Piers Michael | Director | 2025-03-31 | Jan 1976 | British |
| REACH DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2004-11-15 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOX, Simon Richard | Director | 2014-11-17 | 2019-08-16 |
| FULLER, Simon Jeremy Ian | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| MULLEN, James Joseph | Director | 2019-08-16 | 2025-03-31 |
| VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| VICKERS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2014-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reach Regionals Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-15 | Active |
| Trinity Mirror Printing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2019-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
-1.9%
£37,210,000 £36,504,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£25,384,000 £25,234,000
-
Employees
-18.9%
206 167
-
Operating profit
+38.6%
£5,628,000 £7,801,000
-
Profit before tax
+38.5%
£5,625,000 £7,793,000
-
Wages
-20.2%
£5,594,000 £4,464,000
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