PELHAM MEDIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-16 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
EUR 2,531,398
+35.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£26M
EUR 30,261,567
+10.9% vs 2023
Employees
63
-4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
EUR 3,943,996
-6.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,081,898 | £13,035,704 | |
| Operating profit | £3,025,891 | £2,592,524 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,682,612 | £3,429,860 | |
| Net profit | £2,747,551 | £2,574,821 | |
| Cash | £1,624,514 | £2,201,407 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,730,281 | £26,316,694 | |
| Net assets | £23,730,281 | £26,316,694 | |
| Equity | £23,730,281 | £26,316,694 | |
| Average employees | 66 | 63 | |
| Wages | £3,387,922 | £3,184,431 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £185,964 | £172,064 |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.870 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.4%
£14,081,898 £13,035,704
-
Cash
+35.5%
£1,624,514 £2,201,407
-
Net assets
+10.9%
£23,730,281 £26,316,694
-
Employees
-4.5%
66 63
-
Operating profit
-14.3%
£3,025,891 £2,592,524
-
Profit before tax
-6.9%
£3,682,612 £3,429,860
-
Wages
-6%
£3,387,922 £3,184,431
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.5% | 19.9% | |
| Net margin | 19.5% | 19.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 9.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.7% | 14.6% | |
| Current ratio | 5.95x | 6.83x |
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
- PELHAM MEDIA LIMITED 2001-05-15 → present
- WORDAPPEAL LIMITED 2000-06-09 → 2001-05-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group'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
- PELHAM MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- WordAppeal SARL 100%
- Pelham Media SARL 100%
- L'Eclaireur SARL 100%
- KCO Event SAS 100%
- Pelham Media Production SAS 100%
- Alto International SARL 100%
- Alto Asia Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, the business was clearly impacted by the unexpected contraction of Pelham Media Ltd. clients' communication expenses or delay in communication projects due to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, as well by the termination of two significant projects (Covea and Orange annual reports).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-30 | — | — |
| CERESA, Lorenzo, Mr. | Director | 2022-05-17 | Feb 1984 | French |
| MREJEN, Corinne, Mrs. | Director | 2019-04-05 | Mar 1963 | French |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMUTNIAK, John | Secretary | 2000-06-13 | 2007-06-30 |
| SWEETING, Julien Dyfrig | Secretary | 2000-06-09 | 2000-06-13 |
| LACROIX, Arnaud Jean-Noël | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2015-05-29 |
| LAFAYE, Jean Paul | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2011-06-21 |
| LOUETTE, Pierre | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2026-02-19 |
| MOREL, Francois | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2019-04-05 |
| PUYFAUCHER, Laetitia | Director | 2000-06-13 | 2022-05-17 |
| RANTY, Julie, Mrs. | Director | 2019-04-05 | 2022-07-11 |
| SAADA, Daniel | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2017-09-08 |
| SIMONNEAU, Emmanuel Clément, Alphonse | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2016-04-08 |
| SMUTNIAK, John | Director | 2000-06-13 | 2007-11-08 |
| SWEETING, Julien Dyfrig | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2000-06-13 |
| TYTHERLEIGH, Simon Grosvenor | Director | 2000-06-09 | 2000-06-13 |
| VICTOR, Christophe | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2019-04-05 |
| L P HOLDING S.A.S. | Corporate Director | 2016-04-08 | 2022-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laetitia Puyfaucher | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-05-17 |
| Lvmh Se | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-01 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2022-11-24 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-23 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2022-09-21 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-09-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-08 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up 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.