AMS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
-8.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£3.3m
-15.5% vs 2025
Employees
37
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£188k
-57.1% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,172,539 | £20,806,046 | -13.9% | |
| Operating profit | £214,076 | £77,032 | -64% | |
| Profit before tax | £438,433 | £188,019 | -57.1% | |
| Net profit | £316,064 | £125,336 | -60.3% | |
| Cash | £5,100,636 | £4,649,568 | -8.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,878,802 | £3,278,138 | -15.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,878,802 | £3,278,138 | -15.5% | |
| Equity | £3,878,802 | £3,278,138 | -15.5% | |
| Average employees | 37 | 37 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,660,685 | £2,609,385 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,068,894 | £962,978 | -9.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £239,247 | £210,609 | -12% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.5% | 2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.2% | 67.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.47x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AMS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED 1999-06-14 → present
- A M S ADVERTISING LIMITED 1975-04-10 → 1999-06-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- AMS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Whisper Agency Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLS, Jennifer | Secretary | 2012-10-16 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Amanda Jane | Director | 2001-11-22 | Feb 1971 | British |
| COLLINS, Duncan James | Director | 2004-04-01 | Jul 1970 | British |
| PHELPS, Paul Robert | Director | 1993-05-12 | Apr 1963 | British |
| SPOKES, Paul | Director | 2012-10-16 | Jan 1979 | British |
| SYMONDS, Collette | Director | 2013-07-29 | Jul 1971 | Irish |
| WILLS, Jennifer | Director | 2012-10-16 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORBES, Ian | Secretary | — | 1993-10-08 |
| LANDING, Gail Frances | Secretary | 1993-05-12 | 1994-03-21 |
| LEGGETT, Karen Patricia | Secretary | 1994-10-26 | 2012-10-23 |
| EVANS, John Roland | Director | — | 2004-04-08 |
| FORBES, Ian | Director | — | 1993-11-29 |
| FORBES, Julian Michael | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
| HOLLANDS, Richard William | Director | 1994-03-21 | 1996-06-28 |
| HOLLANDS, Richard William | Director | 1993-05-12 | 1994-10-26 |
| LEGGETT, Karen Patricia | Director | 1996-10-15 | 2012-10-23 |
| LYONS, Francis John | Director | 1995-10-04 | 2026-02-19 |
| RADGICK, Deborah Lynn | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| YATES, Adam Gregory | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Frank Lyons | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Mr Duncan James Collins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Mr Paul Phelps | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Mrs Amanda Jane Collins | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Mrs Jennifer Wills | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Mrs Collette Symonds | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Mr Paul Spokes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-08 | Ceased 2016-10-08 |
| Ams Comms Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.