PTARMIGAN MEDIA GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2023-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£21M
Equity attributable
Employees
132
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,341,629 | £128,940,023 | |
| Operating profit | £1,860,301 | £2,940,590 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,794,359 | £2,965,677 | |
| Net profit | £1,286,764 | £1,718,777 | |
| Cash | £38,268,771 | £28,009,735 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,204,182 | £21,489,849 | |
| Net assets | £13,954,182 | £21,489,849 | |
| Equity | £13,954,182 | £21,489,849 | |
| Average employees | 143 | 132 | |
| Wages | £4,266,799 | £9,429,690 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £469,471 | £1,346,251 |
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.2% | 13.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | 23.65x | 26.51x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“We are confident of the company's and group's financial position and future. Accordingly, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- PTARMIGAN MEDIA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Ptarmigan Media Limited 100%
- Ptarmigan Media (Asia) Ltd 100%
- Ptarmigan Media (Australia) Pty Ltd 100%
- Ptarmigan Media (Singapore) PTE Ltd 100%
- Ptarmigan Media (Taiwan) Limited 100%
- Ptarmigan Media Inc. 100%
- Ptarmigan Media Netherlands B.V. 100%
- Ptarmigan Media Japan GK 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, Ptarmigan Media Group Limited, was acquired by Ptarmigan Media Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Ptarmigan Media Group Limited became the immediate parent company. The ultimate parent company became Omnicom Group Inc., a company registered in the USA which is considered the ultimate controlling party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRAYNOR, John Devon | Secretary | 2025-08-28 | — | — |
| BALL, Matthew James | Director | 2022-08-12 | Feb 1972 | British |
| WOODFORD, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2022-08-12 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAY, Sally-Ann | Secretary | 2023-08-21 | 2025-08-28 |
| MCDONALD, Jonathan Peter | Secretary | 2022-08-12 | 2023-08-21 |
| JONES, Timothy Frederick | Director | 2022-08-12 | 2025-04-01 |
| WELLS, James Nigel | Director | 2022-08-12 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ptarmigan Media Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-07 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Thomas Woodford | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-09 | Ceased 2023-07-07 |
| Mr Timothy Frederick Jones | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-09-09 | Ceased 2023-07-07 |
| Matthew James Ball | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-12 | Ceased 2023-07-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.