DELUXE MEDIA EUROPE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£895K
-78.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+50.2% vs 2023
Employees
198
-16.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+379% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DELUXE MEDIA EUROPE LTD 2013-07-11 → present
- ITFC 2010 LIMITED 2010-09-02 → 2013-07-11
- DELUXE DIGITAL CINEMA EUROPE LIMITED 2006-11-23 → 2010-09-02
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 | £27,431,000 | £28,140,000 | |
| Operating profit | £993,000 | £3,600,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £670,000 | £3,209,000 | |
| Net profit | £670,000 | £3,209,000 | |
| Cash | £4,091,000 | £895,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,520,000 | £17,286,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,668,000 | £11,517,000 | |
| Equity | £7,668,000 | £11,517,000 | |
| Average employees | 237 | 198 | |
| Wages | £12,901,000 | £11,151,000 |
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 | 3.6% | 12.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 20.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.03x | 3.39x | |
| Interest cover | 3.07x | 9.21x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's directors have prepared a cashflow forecast for the company and considered the ability of the company to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements. The company is a subsidiary of Deluxe Media Inc ("parent company") and is financed through its own cash balances and inter-company funding. The company relies on the continued support of its parent company and the directors have received written confirmation that Deluxe Media Inc will continue to support the company for a period of at least 12 months from the approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DELUXE MEDIA EUROPE LTD · parent
- Deluxe Media Paris SAS 100%
- Deluxe Media GmbH 100%
Significant events
- “Turnover of £28.1 million for the year is £0.7 million higher than the prior year as the business continues to grow and work alongside our major customers to meet their needs (2023: £27.4 million). Profit before tax in 2024 is £3.2 million, an increase of £2.5 million on the prior year (2023: profit of £0.7 million) due to continuous monitoring of all operational costs.”
- “The Company expects to continue to benefit from the increased Ofcom requirements in its media access services for subtitling, audio description and signing services for cable and satellite broadcasters. In addition, the increase in digital channels will continue to benefit content services by providing more programme material to an increased number of channels.”
- “On 11 December 2024, the Company issued 639,921 ordinary shares of £1 each to its' parent company Deluxe UK Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRABINSKY, Cyril Raymond | Director | 2020-11-24 | Jun 1957 | Canadian |
| O'BRIEN, Michael John | Director | 2025-06-01 | Feb 1985 | American |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATTERALL, Christopher Edward | Secretary | 2008-09-16 | 2015-01-19 |
| CLEARY, David James | Secretary | 2016-10-21 | 2017-10-05 |
| WATSON, James Neil | Secretary | 2015-01-19 | 2016-10-20 |
| TURBERVILLES NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-11-23 | 2008-09-16 |
| BELL, Andrew Michael | Director | 2018-06-08 | 2019-09-18 |
| BIGGINS, Kenneth Walter | Director | 2010-08-27 | 2014-08-02 |
| CROSS, Darrell Julius | Director | 2014-08-02 | 2014-10-08 |
| CUMMINS, John Eric | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| CUPPLES, Amanda Suzanne | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2017-12-15 |
| DAVIDSON, Neil Patrick | Director | 2015-04-22 | 2017-08-29 |
| DOUGHTY, Michael James | Director | 2008-09-16 | 2014-08-02 |
| GUNTER, Michael Frederick | Director | 2020-11-24 | 2025-06-01 |
| GURNEY, Patrick Philip | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-07-16 |
| HECKENDORF, Timothy Alan | Director | 2014-10-16 | 2015-07-10 |
| HIGGS, Martin Christopher | Director | 2010-09-16 | 2016-06-30 |
| HOWL, Roger Stuart | Director | 2015-07-10 | 2018-12-07 |
| JULIAN, Robert Keith | Director | 2017-08-29 | 2018-04-28 |
| LEVY, Ralph Abraham | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2019-09-18 |
| LIQUORI DIGRIGOLI, Stefanie | Director | 2019-09-17 | 2020-11-11 |
| SAVILLE, Philip Charles | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2025-06-01 |
| SEIDEL, Robert | Director | 2014-08-02 | 2015-06-05 |
| SHAFIQUE, Sirmad Balal | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2019-09-18 |
| TURBERVILLES INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-11-23 | 2008-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-11-06 | Active |
| Mr Ronald Perelman | Individual | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-11-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.6%
£27,431,000 £28,140,000
-
Cash
-78.1%
£4,091,000 £895,000
-
Net assets
+50.2%
£7,668,000 £11,517,000
-
Employees
-16.5%
237 198
-
Operating profit
+262.5%
£993,000 £3,600,000
-
Profit before tax
+379%
£670,000 £3,209,000
-
Wages
-13.6%
£12,901,000 £11,151,000
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