FREUD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FREUD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=16805

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Δ vs prior
Turnover	£31,255,243	£32,231,679	£24,968,045	£29,659,194	£27,900,741	£33,540,375	+20.2%
Operating profit	£8,809,872	£9,215,721	£6,129,036	£6,853,996	£6,275,641	£10,144,372	+61.6%
Profit before tax	£9,031,870	£9,227,662	£6,371,801	£7,130,909	£9,595,426	£10,392,782	+8.3%
Net profit	£7,348,059	£7,460,149	£5,348,501	£5,989,854	£7,900,135	£7,780,042	-1.5%
Cash	£10,814,979	£9,962,292	£7,681,296	£6,043,982	£3,461,567	£3,208,682	-7.3%
Total assets less current liabilities	£37,076,958	£43,580,114	£41,313,614	£4,463,683	£12,348,726	£20,111,062	+62.9%
Net assets	£32,177,236	£39,637,385	£38,368,058	£4,357,912	£12,258,047	£20,038,089	+63.5%
Equity	£32,177,236	£39,637,385	£38,368,058	£4,357,912	£12,258,047	£20,038,089	+63.5%
Average employees	215	213	169	178	181	207	+14.4%
Wages	£14,464,316	£14,500,356	£10,767,695	£12,208,943	£11,859,459	£14,130,995	+19.2%
Directors' remuneration	£900,000	£400,000	£400,000	£400,000	£400,000	£400,000	0%
Directors' pension contributions	—	—	—	£14,667	£16,000	£16,000	0%
Highest paid director	—	—	—	£400,000	£400,000	£400,000	0%

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	2020-12-31	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31
Operating margin	28.2%	28.6%	24.5%	23.1%	22.5%	30.2%
Net margin	23.5%	23.1%	21.4%	20.2%	28.3%	23.2%
Return on capital employed	23.8%	21.1%	14.8%	153.6%	50.8%	50.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	36.5%	35.7%	42.1%	93.0%	61.3%	49.4%
Current ratio	—	—	—	1.04x	1.54x	1.97x
Interest cover	—	54.93x	29.89x	—	—	—

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

FREUD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1990-04-19 → present
JAYSTONE PLC 1990-03-07 → 1990-04-19

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Sopher + Co LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months”

Group structure

FREUD COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED · parent
1. Freuds + Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Public relations
2. Freuds Republic Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Public relations

Significant events

“There are no events after the reporting date which affect the Company.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 35 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HIRST, Rebecca	Secretary	2026-08-05	—	—
BANKES, Rhydian Wynne	Director	2026-07-30	Jun 1983	British
BRADY, Arlo	Director	2016-10-14	Jul 1977	British
FREUD, Matthew Rupert	Director	—	Nov 1963	British

Show 35 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DAVIS, Robert	Secretary	2010-11-03	2011-04-15
EWING, Susanna	Secretary	2007-11-30	2009-11-16
GLYNN, Michael Richard	Secretary	2001-10-01	2002-10-01
GONZALEZ-GOMEZ, Minna Katariina	Secretary	2007-03-26	2010-11-02
HIRST, Rebecca Jane	Secretary	2014-08-26	2017-04-10
HYDE, Matthew James	Secretary	2011-04-15	2013-11-18
KIERNAN EARL, Elizabeth Louise	Secretary	2005-09-16	2007-11-30
MACDONALD, Robbie	Secretary	2013-11-18	2014-08-26
MARTEN, Napier Anthony Sturt Thomas	Secretary	—	1993-06-18
NIGHTINGALE, Andrew Mark	Secretary	1996-02-23	2001-10-01
RICHARDSON, Alan John	Secretary	1993-06-18	1996-02-23
THOMAS, Linda Rhiannon	Secretary	2002-10-01	2005-09-16
WYLLIE, Alison	Secretary	2006-01-01	2006-10-06
CHILCOTT, Clare Louise	Director	2000-03-20	2003-07-16
GLYNN, Michael Richard	Director	2001-06-21	2002-10-01
HICKS, Jeremy David	Director	1994-12-12	1999-02-28
HIRST, Rebecca Jane	Director	1999-05-20	2017-04-10
HOWSON, Nicola Jayne	Director	2010-01-01	2014-10-22
JOHNSTON, Alexander John	Director	1993-12-08	2005-09-16
KEEGAN, Patrick	Director	2000-11-06	2010-01-01
KEEN, Caroline Elizabeth	Director	2016-10-10	2018-06-30
KENNEDY, Simon Jonathan	Director	1993-10-07	1997-05-23
LEE, Cathryn Vanessa	Director	2001-06-06	2010-01-01
MARTEN, Napier Anthony Sturt Thomas	Director	—	1993-06-18
MCGUINNESS, Andrew Peter	Director	2014-12-01	2016-12-07
MEAD, Peter William	Director	1994-12-12	2001-06-27
MELODY, Paul Jonathan	Director	2000-03-27	2013-06-11
NIGHTINGALE, Andrew Mark	Director	1996-02-23	2001-10-01
PECK, Jerry Neil Weston	Director	1999-05-20	1999-10-25
SANCHEZ, Jonathan Lee	Director	2003-05-01	2004-04-22
THOMAS, Linda Rhiannon	Director	2002-10-01	2008-10-14
THYKIER, Svendkristoffer Stael	Director	1996-02-23	2007-12-31
WHEELER, Oliver Mark	Director	2000-11-06	2010-01-01
WISZOWATY, Nicholas Jan	Director	1993-01-01	2009-03-31
ZEIN, Gaby	Director	1999-01-31	2005-09-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Freuds Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Matthew Rupert Freud	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 239 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-09-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-08-05	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2026-07-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-03-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-03-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-02-28	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-12-11	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-09-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-08-13	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous extended	PDF
2024-05-16	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-03-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-29	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company previous shortened	PDF
2023-04-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-09-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-22	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-03-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.