AFG MEDIA LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+85.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-1.3% vs 2023
Employees
49
+11.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-42.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,592,407 | £40,489,823 | |
| Operating profit | £4,441,247 | £2,829,630 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,744,012 | £2,149,687 | |
| Net profit | £3,157,516 | £1,477,874 | |
| Cash | £2,765,654 | £5,139,954 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,670,753 | £10,237,254 | |
| Net assets | £7,442,375 | £7,345,587 | |
| Equity | £7,442,375 | £7,345,587 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 49 | |
| Wages | £2,345,361 | £2,540,770 |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.6% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.9% | 27.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 2.65x | |
| Interest cover | 6.37x | 4.14x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In assessing going concern, the business has undertaken an extensive review of the Group's cash position under different revenue and cost scenarios, including considering the impact of the evolving global tariff landscape. The directors are confident that the business has sufficient working capital available to allow it to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due and comply with its banking covenants.”
Group structure
- AFG MEDIA LTD · parent
- Awesome Golf Limited 100%
- Fun Shack (UK) Limited 100%
- AthollCO10 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group repurchased all A Ordinary Shares in November 2024”
- “On 18 June 2024, AthollCO10 Limited was incorporated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMEATON, Alistair David | Secretary | 2007-05-16 | — | British |
| LAWSON, Gregor | Director | 2009-12-01 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MENZIES, Graeme | Director | 2012-03-23 | Feb 1982 | British |
| SMEATON, Alistair David | Director | 2007-05-16 | Mar 1981 | British |
| SMEATON, Fraser Kent | Director | 2007-05-16 | May 1979 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Ben Julius | Director | 2016-05-04 | 2019-04-10 |
| BAXTER, Euan John | Director | 2019-04-10 | 2024-06-25 |
| GILMOUR, Hugh | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2015-07-06 |
| KUGLER, Ralph David | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2016-02-29 |
| MACRAE, Duncan | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2016-02-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Fraser Smeaton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Gregor Lawson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Alistair Smeaton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-01-20 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-11-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-28 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
-2.7%
£41,592,407 £40,489,823
-
Cash
+85.8%
£2,765,654 £5,139,954
-
Net assets
-1.3%
£7,442,375 £7,345,587
-
Employees
+11.4%
44 49
-
Operating profit
-36.3%
£4,441,247 £2,829,630
-
Profit before tax
-42.6%
£3,744,012 £2,149,687
-
Wages
+8.3%
£2,345,361 £2,540,770
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