ELECTROPAGES MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£5.9m
-13.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.4m
-30.6% vs 2024
Employees
39
-60.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3m
-278.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
In light of these events, the director has concluded that it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Accordingly, the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 have been prepared on a break-up basis.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £13,905,444 | £13,035,144 | £2,665,521 | -79.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,095,923 | £1,546,409 | -£3,053,455 | -297.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £3,165,806 | £1,652,357 | -£2,953,302 | -278.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £2,397,833 | £1,135,708 | -£2,377,226 | -309.3% | |
| Cash | £1,018,636 | £1,551,581 | £3,281,428 | £6,433,126 | £6,856,679 | £5,926,978 | -13.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,990,263 | £2,372,730 | £4,252,412 | £6,643,345 | £7,764,353 | £5,379,927 | -30.7% | |
| Net assets | £1,990,263 | £2,343,930 | £4,223,612 | £6,621,445 | £7,757,153 | £5,379,927 | -30.6% | |
| Equity | £1,990,263 | £2,343,930 | £4,223,612 | £6,621,445 | £7,757,153 | £5,379,927 | -30.6% | |
| Average employees | 54 | 63 | 85 | 100 | 99 | 39 | -60.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £5,128,838 | £5,708,818 | £2,373,823 | -58.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £297,082 | £268,370 | £249,888 | -6.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £13,008 | £13,048 | £13,005 | -0.3% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £297,082 | £268,370 | £249,888 | -6.9% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 22.3% | 11.9% | -114.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 17.2% | 8.7% | -89.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 46.6% | 19.9% | -56.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.7% | 16.4% | 10.7% | 17.2% | 9.4% | 21.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.81x | 10.53x | 4.51x |
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
- ELECTROPAGES MEDIA LIMITED 2018-01-22 → present
- ELECTROPAGES LIMITED 2003-11-05 → 2018-01-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- M J Bushell Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“In light of these events, the director has concluded that it is no longer appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. Accordingly, the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 have been prepared on a break-up basis.”
Significant events
- “In February 2026, the company ceased trading and the directors have made the decision to put the company into voluntary liquidation in the next 12 months.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the company paid dividends to shareholders totaling £4,300,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOPP JR, Peter Frederick | Director | 2024-03-15 | Jun 1963 | American |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYBALL, Julie | Secretary | 2004-06-30 | 2014-03-31 |
| UKBF NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-11-05 | 2003-11-05 |
| BROWN, Scott Leslie | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2024-03-15 |
| DYBALL, Craig | Director | 2017-10-19 | 2026-04-10 |
| DYBALL, Craig | Director | 2004-06-30 | 2014-03-31 |
| SMITH, Glenn Lowell | Director | 2017-10-31 | 2025-10-01 |
| UKBF NOMINEE DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-05 | 2003-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouser Electronics Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 76 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.