FUNDAMENTAL MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£44m
+44.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.7m
+0.7% vs 2024
Employees
169
-5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+178.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,108,178 | £83,110,617 | £106,244,930 | +27.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,146,590 | £936 | £1,083,053 | +115,610.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,333,287 | £474,944 | £1,320,654 | +178.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,775,405 | £364,964 | £1,019,361 | +179.3% | |
| Cash | £47,001,018 | £30,414,752 | £43,826,935 | +44.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,589,153 | £4,635,104 | £4,701,061 | +1.4% | |
| Net assets | £5,589,153 | £4,635,104 | £4,666,915 | +0.7% | |
| Equity | £5,589,153 | £4,635,104 | £4,666,915 | +0.7% | |
| Average employees | 165 | 178 | 169 | -5.1% | |
| Wages | £9,120,224 | £9,082,709 | £11,594,276 | +27.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £476,908 | £446,026 | £2,034,268 | +356.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £15,913 | £10,552 | £10,278 | -2.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £154,861 | £209,065 | £1,489,220 | +612.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.4% | 0.0% | 23.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.2% | 87.2% | 90.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.13x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 72.15x | 0.06x | — |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- FUNDAMENTAL MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- Alphix Solutions Limited 100%
- Fundamental Media LLC 100%
- Fundamental Media Limited (Hong Kong) 100%
- Fundamental Media Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Hooplo Associates B.V. 100%
- Fundamental Group Limited 100%
- Fundamental Media Singapore PTE LTD 100%
- Fundamental Media Taiwan (Branch of Fundamental Media Ltd (Hong Kong)) 100%
Significant events
- “During the period, there was a cancellation of 29,125 shares to the value of £3.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPPS, Robyn Vanessa Maclaine | Director | 2017-12-19 | Sep 1971 | British |
| CHESNEY, Andrew William | Director | 2024-03-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
| HOOPLOT, Vincent | Director | 2019-09-01 | May 1967 | Dutch |
| MACLAINE, Angus Gillean Mathew | Director | 2003-12-22 | Jan 1975 | British |
| WILCH, Jan | Director | 2012-01-01 | Jan 1964 | German |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACLAINE, Susan | Secretary | 2003-12-22 | 2012-04-06 |
| @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-12-22 | 2003-12-22 |
| HOWSE, Anna Louise | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-12-19 |
| WILCH, Jan | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-02-01 |
| @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-12-22 | 2003-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Angus Gillean Mathew Maclaine | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-29 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-09-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-18 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-29 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.