ICONIC MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£11M
+1.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£38M
+5.9% vs 2023
Employees
1,156
-0.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+45.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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7 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-28
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2024-12-28.
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,000,000 | £96,000,000 | +9.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,600,000 | £4,200,000 | +61.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,100,000 | £4,500,000 | +45.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,700,000 | £3,600,000 | +33.3% | |
| Cash | £10,700,000 | £10,900,000 | +1.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,500,000 | £37,600,000 | +5.9% | |
| Net assets | £35,500,000 | £37,600,000 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £35,500,000 | £37,600,000 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 1,162 | 1,156 | -0.5% | |
| Wages | £38,400,000 | £41,600,000 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £800,000 | £1,000,000 | +25% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 11.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.2% | 37.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 5.20x | 21.00x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- ICONIC MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-09-30 → present
- NATIONAL WORLD LIMITED 2025-06-25 → 2025-09-30
- NATIONAL WORLD PLC 2019-07-30 → 2025-06-25
- NATIONAL WORLD LIMITED 2019-07-30 → 2019-07-30
- CARNO CAPITAL LIMITED 2019-05-29 → 2019-07-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have assessed the Group's prospects, both as a going concern and its long-term viability, at the time of the approval of National World Group's Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 28 December 2024. The Directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the Group's annual consolidated financial accounts.”
Group structure
- ICONIC MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- National World Publishing Limited 100%
- National World Scotsman Publications Limited 100%
- National World SWP Limited 100%
- National World North East Limited 100%
- National World North West Limited 100%
- National World Off Road Limited 100%
- National World Yorkshire Limited 100%
- National World NMSY Limited 100%
- National World Midlands Limited 100%
- National World South Limited 100%
- National World NI Ltd 100%
- Not a Newspaper Limited 100%
- Connect Local Limited 100%
- JPiMedia Publishing Limited 100%
- Bann Media Limited 100%
- Insider Media Limited 100%
- Newsco Insider Limited 100%
- National World Systems Limited 100%
- Midland News Association Limited 100%
- Express & Star Limited 100%
- Shropshire Newspapers Limited 100%
- Shropshire Star Limited 100%
- The Business Magazine Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May 2024 we completed the acquisition of Athletics Weekly Limited, an online publisher for running and athletics.”
- “In July we acquired Serious About Rugby League (SARL) which has become one of the leading rugby league websites.”
- “In November we acquired The Business Magazine Group Limited.”
- “The Group disposed of Press Computer Systems Limited ('PCS') to Naviga 1 UK Limited (an intra-group transfer).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHAIR, Russell William George | Secretary | 2025-11-04 | — | — |
| DENMARK, Callum Nicholas Charles | Director | 2025-05-27 | Nov 1989 | British |
| DENMARK, Malcolm Charles | Director | 2025-05-27 | Jul 1955 | British |
| DENMARK, Tara Clare Maria | Director | 2025-05-27 | Feb 1992 | Irish |
| ELLIOT, Richard Emmerson | Director | 2025-05-27 | Feb 1966 | British |
| WHITEHAIR, Russell William George | Director | 2025-05-27 | Aug 1957 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EASTON, Douglas | Secretary | 2022-11-30 | 2025-11-04 |
| VAGHELA, Vijay Lakhman | Secretary | 2019-07-30 | 2019-09-19 |
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-09-19 | 2022-11-30 |
| BARBER, Stephen David | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2022-07-22 |
| CAMMIADE, Daniel | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Andrea Clare | Director | 2024-04-22 | 2025-05-27 |
| FORDHAM, David Sidney | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2024-12-18 |
| HOLLINSHEAD, Mark Thomas | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2025-05-27 |
| LINDSAY, David | Director | 2022-09-14 | 2025-05-27 |
| MANNING, Sheree Olivia | Director | 2023-11-09 | 2025-06-20 |
| MONTGOMERY, David John | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2025-05-27 |
| ROWE, John | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2025-06-30 |
| VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2022-09-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neo Media Publishing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Mr David John Montgomery | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-29 | Ceased 2021-05-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-25 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2025-06-25 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-06-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-21 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-06-25 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-06-25 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 7
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.