MEDIA POWERHOUSE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£37K
-91% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1M
-24.4% vs 2023
Employees
63
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£531K
-3,320.1% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £14,632,337 | £12,262,284 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £162,871 | -£368,899 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £16,487 | -£530,900 | |
| Net profit | — | -£375,210 | — | — | £67,997 | -£432,372 | |
| Cash | — | £307,916 | — | — | £409,407 | £36,747 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,980,344 | — | — | £2,460,936 | £2,103,674 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,117,746 | — | — | £1,769,658 | £1,337,286 | |
| Equity | £1,492,956 | £1,117,746 | — | — | £1,769,658 | £1,337,286 | |
| Average employees | — | 50 | — | — | 60 | 63 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,583,095 | £2,860,890 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £167,291 | £213,894 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-16.2%
£14,632,337 £12,262,284
-
Cash
-91%
£409,407 £36,747
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-24.4%
£1,769,658 £1,337,286
-
Employees
+5%
60 63
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-326.5%
£162,871 -£368,899
-
Profit before tax
-3,320.1%
£16,487 -£530,900
-
Wages
+10.8%
£2,583,095 £2,860,890
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | -3.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | -3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 6.6% | -17.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.24x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.11x | -2.28x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RDP Newmans LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “The financial year was an unusual and difficult year in that there were elections across the world with the most important to our business being here in the UK and of course the USA and the likely changes to economic policies.”
- “Our systems integration business saw a reduction in turnover from £9,778,757 in 2023 to £6,551,603 in 2024. This division had benefitted since 2021 by a significant UK and European contract valued at £5.6 million across those four years. The final part of that contract in 2024 amounted to £295,083 whereas 2023 benefitted by £1,890,482.”
- “Following the July UK general election there was an expectation of a bruising budget to be held on 30th October which caused concern to all business sectors and this was noticeable in our System Integration division by delays in Capital Expenditure. It is difficult to fully quantify the impact on the industry in general but we are able to identify projects with a value of £1.3million that were originally planned for the second half of 2024 that were postponed. Almost all of that has been delivered in 2025.”
- “The division immediately took action to recognise the market conditions and to review its business by sadly reducing some staff members which has led to a decrease in salaries of £300,000 in 2025 from 2024. This better reflects the stable underlying business.”
- “We have also continued to invest in our audio visual equipment fleet with a spend in 2024 of £631,314 representing 11.3% of the Live Event Rental Turnover.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHINCHANWALA, Rashid Peter | Secretary | 2008-04-24 | — | British |
| BREEN, Michael James | Director | 2023-05-05 | Jun 1984 | British |
| BREEN, Michael John | Director | 2008-04-24 | Jun 1954 | English |
| CHINCHANWALA, Rashid Peter | Director | 2008-04-24 | Apr 1964 | British |
| MACDONALD, Alan John | Director | 2007-07-05 | Feb 1967 | British |
| SAPPAL, Pardeep Ray | Director | 2024-11-25 | Nov 1966 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, Alan | Secretary | 2007-07-05 | 2008-04-24 |
| BEDDOW, Charles Edward Kenneth | Director | 2008-07-26 | 2023-05-05 |
| COX, Simon Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2016-02-11 |
| HOWARD, Alexander Patrick, Dr | Director | 2019-08-05 | 2020-07-31 |
| MEACHIN, Alistair Sherman, Mr. | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| ORWIN, Kevin Michael | Director | 2007-07-05 | 2009-01-31 |
| ROFFEY, Timothy Paul | Director | 2012-02-28 | 2014-01-14 |
| SEAWARD, Albert James | Director | 2011-12-28 | 2012-09-12 |
| STOREY, Matthew | Director | 2018-06-18 | 2019-03-31 |
| WATTS, Michael | Director | 2008-09-19 | 2009-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-15 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.