THE ATHLETIC MEDIA COMPANY UK LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£794K
+21.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+29.2% vs 2023
Employees
154
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+2% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £19,238,592 | £19,602,249 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,200,977 | £1,183,098 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,087,441 | £1,109,561 | |
| Net profit | — | £807,595 | £760,249 | |
| Cash | — | £651,225 | £793,607 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,764,046 | £3,735,568 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,604,230 | £3,364,479 | |
| Equity | £1,796,635 | £2,604,230 | £3,364,479 | |
| Average employees | — | 154 | 154 | |
| Wages | — | £12,282,709 | £12,186,254 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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
+1.9%
£19,238,592 £19,602,249
-
Cash
+21.9%
£651,225 £793,607
-
Net assets
+29.2%
£2,604,230 £3,364,479
-
Employees
0%
154 154
-
Operating profit
-1.5%
£1,200,977 £1,183,098
-
Profit before tax
+2%
£1,087,441 £1,109,561
-
Wages
-0.8%
£12,282,709 £12,186,254
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.2% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.2% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 31.9% | 31.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.13x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 10.58x | 16.09x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis. The company remains assured of the financial support by the ultimate parent company. The directors have received confirmation that the ultimate parent company will continue to support the company and provide it with adequate funds when necessary to enable it to meet its debts as they fall due in the foreseeable future. On this basis, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSC CLS (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2025-02-19 | — | — |
| BROWN, Michael August | Director | 2023-10-09 | Oct 1985 | American |
| ORTENBERG, David Stone | Director | 2023-10-09 | Dec 1986 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-05-13 | 2025-02-19 |
| HANSMANN, Adam Christopher | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2023-10-09 |
| MATHER, Alex Edward | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2023-10-09 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2019-05-13 | 2019-05-13 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2019-05-13 | 2019-05-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-18 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-03-08 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.