FUTURE PLC
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28M
-30.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£948M
-8.7% vs 2024
Employees
2,991
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£92M
-10.9% vs 2024
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 | £788,200,000 | £739,200,000 | |
| Operating profit | £133,700,000 | £121,900,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £103,200,000 | £91,900,000 | |
| Net profit | £76,800,000 | £66,300,000 | |
| Cash | £39,700,000 | £27,600,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,231,100,000 | £1,194,900,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,038,800,000 | £948,000,000 | |
| Equity | £1,038,800,000 | £948,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,998 | 2,991 | |
| Wages | £179,200,000 | £177,600,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,972,000 | £3,047,000 |
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
-
Turnover
-6.2%
£788,200,000 £739,200,000
-
Cash
-30.5%
£39,700,000 £27,600,000
-
Net assets
-8.7%
£1,038,800,000 £948,000,000
-
Employees
-0.2%
2,998 2,991
-
Operating profit
-8.8%
£133,700,000 £121,900,000
-
Profit before tax
-10.9%
£103,200,000 £91,900,000
-
Wages
-0.9%
£179,200,000 £177,600,000
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 | 17.0% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.9% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.2% | 42.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.33x | 0.31x | |
| Interest cover | 4.20x | 3.97x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- FUTURE PLC 2005-01-26 → present
- THE FUTURE NETWORK PLC 1999-05-21 → 2005-01-26
- ARENABEAM LIMITED 1999-04-22 → 1999-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FUTURE PLC · parent
- ActuallTech LLC 100%
- Barcroft Media Limited 100%
- Broadleaf Bidco Limited 100%
- Broadleaf Bidco 2 Limited 100%
- Broadleaf Newco 2 Limited 100%
- Broadleaf US Bidco Inc 100%
- Circlesite Media Inc 100%
- Cligue Brands Inc 100%
- Comary Inc 100%
- Dennis Interactive Inc 100%
- Dennis Publishing Limited 100%
- Future Holdings 2002 Limited 100%
- Future Publishing Australia Pty Limited ACN 558 563 252 100%
- Future Publishing Holdings Limited 100%
- GoCoCompare Limited 100%
- GoCompare.com Finance Limited 100%
- MarketoForce (U.K.) Limited 100%
- MusicFly LLC 100%
- Sapphire Bidco Limited 100%
- Sarracenia Limited 100%
- Sport Insights Media Ltd 100%
- The Kiplinger Washington Editors Inc 100%
- This is the Big Deal, Inc 100%
- Thred the Big Deal Limited 100%
- Trilogy Content plc 100%
- Future Creative Media Canada Limited 100%
- Future Publishing s.r.o 100%
- Future Technologies Sarl 100%
- Whatsoever Support Services Private Limited 100%
- What Culture Philippines Inc 100%
- Future US LLC 100%
- Future US Holdings, Inc 100%
- Future B2B Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 December 2025 the Board approved a share buyback of up to £30.0m which is expected to commence in 2026.”
- “On 12 November 2025, the Board made the decision to close the operations of Mozo Pty Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATESON, David John | Secretary | 2023-03-31 | — | — |
| AMDUR, Meredith Eve | Director | 2020-02-06 | May 1966 | American,British |
| BROOKER, Mark David | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| HATTRELL, Robert John | Director | 2018-10-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| KIRKBRIDE, Ivana | Director | 2023-12-15 | Mar 1976 | American |
| LI YING, Chin Shin Kevin | Director | 2025-03-31 | Mar 1979 | British |
| NEWMAN, Alan Philip Stephen | Director | 2018-02-06 | Apr 1957 | British |
| SEYMOUR-JACKSON, Angela Charlotte | Director | 2021-02-22 | Sep 1966 | British |
| SULEMAN, Sharjeel | Director | 2024-09-16 | Nov 1976 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDISON, Rachel Bernadette | Secretary | 2020-07-31 | 2021-02-10 |
| BYNG-MADDICK, Zillah Ellen | Secretary | 2015-07-09 | 2015-08-03 |
| BYNG-MADDICK, Zillah Ellen | Secretary | 2013-11-18 | 2014-10-01 |
| DAY, Robert Paul | Secretary | 2000-04-18 | 2002-09-25 |
| HALEY, Richard Austin | Secretary | 2014-10-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| HARDING, Graham David | Secretary | 2013-01-25 | 2013-11-18 |
| LADKIN-BRAND, Penelope | Secretary | 2015-08-03 | 2019-11-15 |
| LINKINS, Ian | Secretary | 1999-05-11 | 2000-04-18 |
| MAW, Timothy Ian | Secretary | 2019-11-15 | 2020-07-31 |
| MILLAR, Mark Falcon | Secretary | 2002-09-25 | 2013-01-25 |
| STEELE, Anne | Secretary | 2021-02-10 | 2023-03-31 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-04-22 | 1999-05-11 |
| ADDISON, Rachel Bernadette | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| ALLEN, Peter Vance | Director | 2011-08-05 | 2018-02-01 |
| ANDERSON, Christopher | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2001-11-19 |
| BATESON, David John | Director | 2023-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
| BISHOP, Sebastian Luke | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2014-04-01 |
| BOWMAN, John Reid | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2011-10-27 |
| BYNG-THORNE, Zillah Ellen | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| CLOUSTON, Brendan | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2002-09-25 |
| DRAYTON, Hugo Charles | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| FITZSIMONS, Paul | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2000-06-21 |
| GORDON, Lisa Jane | Director | 2003-03-12 | 2006-02-07 |
| HALEY, Richard Austin | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2015-07-09 |
| HANBURY, James Anthony Christopher | Director | 2016-10-21 | 2018-09-30 |
| HARDING, Graham David | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2013-11-29 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Richard Norman Legh | Director | 2017-12-01 | 2026-02-05 |
| INGHAM, Gregory John | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2006-06-06 |
| LADKIN-BRAND, Penelope Anne | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2024-07-28 |
| LADKIN-BRAND, Penelope | Director | 2015-08-03 | 2020-06-01 |
| LINKINS, Ian | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2001-04-17 |
| MANFREY, Barbara Louise | Director | 1999-05-11 | 2000-06-21 |
| MELLON, John | Director | 2003-03-12 | 2009-07-17 |
| MORRISON, Colin | Director | 2001-01-05 | 2003-09-15 |
| MURDOCH, Elisabeth | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2002-05-29 |
| PARRY, Roger George | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2011-09-28 |
| PENINGTON, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2011-02-09 |
| SPRING, Stephanie | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2011-10-27 |
| STEINBERG, Jon | Director | 2023-04-03 | 2025-03-30 |
| TAYLOR, John Patrick Enfield | Director | 2001-04-24 | 2011-02-09 |
| WHITELING, Mark Argent | Director | 2010-10-08 | 2014-12-01 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, Manjit | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2017-11-23 |
| WOOD, Mark William | Director | 2011-10-27 | 2016-02-03 |
| WOOD, Mark William | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-04-22 | 1999-05-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 1452 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc | |
| 2026-04-07 | SH07 | capital | Capital cancellation shares by plc |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 19
- 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.