AJ BELL MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-41.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-31.1% vs 2024
Employees
1,505
+5.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£205K
-66.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
These financial statements have been prepared on break up basis as the directors intend that the company will be dissolved during the year ending 30 September 2026. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities have been stated at their estimated realisable values and settlement amounts respectively.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,248,000 | £1,998,000 | |
| Operating profit | £542,000 | £141,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £618,000 | £205,000 | |
| Net profit | £437,000 | £160,000 | |
| Cash | £3,177,000 | £1,854,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £2,617,000 | £1,804,000 | |
| Equity | £2,617,000 | £1,804,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,421 | 1,505 | |
| Wages | £755,000 | £802,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £28,000 | £26,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
-11.1%
£2,248,000 £1,998,000
-
Cash
-41.6%
£3,177,000 £1,854,000
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Net assets
-31.1%
£2,617,000 £1,804,000
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Employees
+5.9%
1,421 1,505
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Operating profit
-74%
£542,000 £141,000
-
Profit before tax
-66.8%
£618,000 £205,000
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Wages
+6.2%
£755,000 £802,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 24.1% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 19.4% | 8.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.4% | 15.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.52x | 6.27x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- AJ BELL MEDIA LIMITED 2014-09-19 → present
- MSM MEDIA LIMITED 2007-08-29 → 2014-09-19
- MSM MAGAZINES LIMITED 1999-06-16 → 2007-08-29
- EUROPLAIN LIMITED 1999-03-17 → 1999-06-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“These financial statements have been prepared on break up basis as the directors intend that the company will be dissolved during the year ending 30 September 2026. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities have been stated at their estimated realisable values and settlement amounts respectively.”
Significant events
- “In September 2025, all revenue from SHARES magazine - both subscriptions and advertising ended. Revenue from events will continue into early 2026, before being undertaken by a fellow Group entity as part of the restructure.”
- “These financial statements have been prepared on break up basis as the directors intend that the company will be dissolved during the year ending 30 September 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Kina | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | — | — |
| BIRCH, Peter Michael | Director | 2022-07-01 | Apr 1978 | British |
| CARRINGTON, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2021-10-01 | Sep 1974 | British |
| GOODMAN, Karen | Director | 2021-09-20 | Dec 1986 | British |
| HUGHES, Ryan David | Director | 2024-10-10 | Jun 1977 | British |
| MUSSON, Charles Alan | Director | 2024-05-22 | Jan 1974 | British |
| SINCLAIR, Kina | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1991 | British |
| SUMMERSGILL, Michael Thomas | Director | 2012-12-20 | Dec 1983 | British |
| TAGARI, Mohamed | Director | 2019-11-01 | May 1979 | British |
| VOWLES, Stephen Eliott | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1967 | Australian,British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIKINYO, Olubunmi | Secretary | 2023-10-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Bruce | Secretary | 2012-12-20 | 2023-09-30 |
| WARMAN, Kenneth John | Secretary | 1999-03-17 | 2012-12-20 |
| L.C.I. SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-03-17 | 1999-03-17 |
| BELL, Andrew James | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2022-10-01 |
| BOYDELL, Michael John | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| BOYDELL, Michael John | Director | 2005-01-24 | 2012-12-20 |
| COLLINS, Richard Peter | Director | 2009-03-03 | 2012-02-06 |
| DORAN, Kevin | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2023-12-14 |
| GALBRAITH, Charles William | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2016-04-22 |
| GALBRAITH, Charles William | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2014-10-01 |
| GALBRAITH, Charles William | Director | 2012-12-20 | 2022-10-01 |
| LACEY, Jeremy Leslie Keith | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2008-03-20 |
| MACKAY, William Findlay | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| MOTUM, David Philip | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2013-12-31 |
| MOULD, Russ David | Director | 2010-11-05 | 2012-12-20 |
| PETHERICK, Louis | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2021-06-25 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Bruce | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2023-09-30 |
| ROBINSON, Christopher Bruce | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2014-10-01 |
| STOTT, Roger John | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2024-12-31 |
| SWEENEY, Niall Aidan | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2012-12-20 |
| TAYLOR, Richard Stuart | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2017-06-30 |
| VAN DE WEYER, Mark | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2012-12-20 |
| WARMAN, Kenneth John | Director | 1999-03-17 | 2012-12-20 |
| L.C.I. DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-03-17 | 1999-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A J Bell Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-21 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.