DOWNTOWN RADIO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
-2.5% vs 2023
Employees
32
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+31.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DOWNTOWN RADIO LIMITED 2000-01-01 → present
- COMMUNITY RADIO SERVICES LIMITED 1997-09-11 → 2000-01-01
- COMMUNITY RADIO SERVICES PLC 1974-05-06 → 1997-09-11
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 | £17,398,000 | £17,249,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,357,000 | £7,079,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,394,000 | £7,087,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,138,000 | £5,304,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,549,000 | £6,693,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,008,000 | £6,833,000 | |
| Equity | £7,008,000 | £6,833,000 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 32 | |
| Wages | £1,687,000 | £1,536,000 |
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 | 30.8% | 41.0% | |
| Net margin | 23.8% | 30.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 81.8% | 105.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 18.5% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.10x | 3.73x | |
| Interest cover | — | 337.10x |
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
- Rödl & Partner Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAUER GROUP SECRETARIAT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-04-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Alexander | Director | 2025-07-22 | Mar 1971 | British |
| DAVIES, Christopher Peter | Director | 2022-12-13 | Feb 1962 | British |
| MYCIUNKA, Simon | Director | 2023-06-28 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROTHERS, Gavin | Secretary | 1974-05-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| WHITE, Gary Charles | Secretary | 2007-12-31 | 2008-01-25 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-01-29 | 2011-04-01 |
| ALEXANDER, David Edward | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2000-08-25 |
| BOWMAN, John Reid | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2000-08-25 |
| BOYLE, Keiran A | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2002-04-23 |
| COLLETT, Richard George | Director | 2003-08-26 | 2004-11-01 |
| CROTHERS, Gavin | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| DONNELLY, James | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2006-12-13 |
| FINDLAY, Richard | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2004-09-30 |
| FORD, Deidre Ann | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2023-06-30 |
| GOODE, David | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2005-12-23 |
| HANNA, Margaret Helene | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2005-08-30 |
| JACKSON, Richard | Director | 2022-12-13 | 2024-04-25 |
| JONES, Christopher James | Director | 2024-04-25 | 2025-06-30 |
| KEENAN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2013-07-24 | 2022-12-13 |
| MAHAFFY, Mark James | Director | 2007-08-07 | 2008-01-29 |
| SLOAN, David Gerald | Director | 1974-05-06 | 2008-12-31 |
| VICKERY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2014-09-30 | 2022-12-13 |
| WHITE, Gary Charles | Director | 2008-01-29 | 2013-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Radio Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-31 | Active |
| Scottish Radio Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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%
£17,398,000 £17,249,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-2.5%
£7,008,000 £6,833,000
-
Employees
0%
32 32
-
Operating profit
+32.1%
£5,357,000 £7,079,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.4%
£5,394,000 £7,087,000
-
Wages
-9%
£1,687,000 £1,536,000
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