MACFARLANE MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
Cash
£19M
+32.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£21M
+21.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
51
+4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-02-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2020-02-29 | 2020-03-01 | 2021-02-28 | 2021-03-01 | 2022-02-28 | 2022-03-01 | 2023-02-28 | 2023-03-01 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,865,808 | — | £5,122,962 | — | £4,241,558 | — | £3,417,493 | £4,069,018 | |
| Cash | £8,340,632 | — | £8,784,429 | — | £11,822,264 | — | £12,806,728 | — | £14,612,701 | £19,305,063 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,347,364 | — | £8,995,567 | — | £13,926,409 | — | £14,397,835 | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £5,347,364 | — | £8,995,567 | — | £13,926,409 | — | £14,397,835 | — | £17,436,834 | £21,185,720 | |
| Equity | £5,347,364 | £5,347,373 | £8,995,567 | £8,995,567 | £13,926,409 | £13,926,409 | £14,397,835 | £14,397,835 | £17,436,834 | £21,185,720 | |
| Average employees | 30 | — | 40 | — | 54 | — | 62 | — | 49 | 51 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least twelve months from the date these financial statements were approved. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MACFARLANE MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- The Media Image US Inc 1%
- J S 2 Trading (Pty) Limited 1%
Significant events
- “New business wins: Expanded presence across traditional service sectors, including a significant new client in South Africa.”
- “Rebrand: Completed in June 2025, following work initiated in late 2024.”
- “Talent initiatives: Launch of second graduate intake, Executive Vice President of Growth appointment, and creation of internal recruitment function.”
- “Operational focus: Continued investment in project management and workflow optimisation to enhance capacity and efficiency.”
- “On 17 March 2025, the company issued six ordinary C shares with a nominal value of £1 each, issued at par.”
- “As at 28 February 2025, the company recognised a liability of £330,000 in respect of staff bonuses. This liability was subsequently settled in April 2025 through a dividend distribution to eligible employees.”
- “In March 2025, director Grant Macfarlane received a loan of £2 million from the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACFARLANE, Grant | Director | 2009-10-16 | Oct 1973 | British |
| MACFARLANE, Marketa | Director | 2015-08-31 | Jun 1979 | Czech |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, Andrew Simon | Director | 2009-10-16 | 2009-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Marketa Macfarlane | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-15 | Active |
| Mr Grant Macfarlane | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-16 | Ceased 2025-04-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-09-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-02-28 vs 2024-02-29
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
+32.1%
£14,612,701 £19,305,063
highest in 6 filed years
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Net assets
+21.5%
£17,436,834 £21,185,720
highest in 6 filed years
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Employees
+4.1%
49 51
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers