TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£20m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£8.8m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,286
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£3.9m
Period ending 2025-12-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
However, members of the Group and its parent entities, remain involved in the potential transaction relating to TMGH described above which is expected to complete imminently and would result in a change in the Group and Company's controlling party and directors in the going concern period. The current directors may not remain on the boards of the Group and Company after a transaction is consummated, and as such do not have certainty on the plans of the future directors of the Group and Company, including any financing arrangements, which creates a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £75,101,000 | £273,152,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£1,322,000 | £7,752,000 | -£1,802,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,322,000 | £6,962,000 | -£3,881,000 | — | |
| Net profit | -£1,322,000 | £6,225,000 | -£10,886,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | £30,124,000 | £20,126,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,322,000 | £112,759,000 | £95,514,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£1,322,000 | £4,839,000 | -£8,775,000 | — | |
| Equity | — | £4,839,000 | -£8,775,000 | — | |
| Average employees | — | 326 | 1,286 | — | |
| Wages | — | £22,896,000 | £98,404,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £156,000 | £660,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £78,000 | £330,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 10.3% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.3% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.9% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 598.9% | 99.3% | 101.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.17x | 0.12x | 0.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | 5.86x | -0.48x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2023-11-07 → present
- HACKREMCO (NO. 2679) LIMITED 2022-12-20 → 2023-11-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, members of the Group and its parent entities, remain involved in the potential transaction relating to TMGH described above which is expected to complete imminently and would result in a change in the Group and Company's controlling party and directors in the going concern period. The current directors may not remain on the boards of the Group and Company after a transaction is consummated, and as such do not have certainty on the plans of the future directors of the Group and Company, including any financing arrangements, which creates a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt about the Group and Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- The Chelsea Magazine Company Limited 100%
- Chelsea Magazine Inc 100%
- TMG Innovations Limited 100%
- Telegraph Publishing Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 15 May 2023, Bank of Scotland ... appointed Alastair Beveridge and Ben Browne of AlixPartners as receivers ... Following their appointment, independent directors ... were appointed to the boards of B. UK. Limited and certain of its subsidiaries.”
- “In October 2023, the board of PAL launched a sales process of the TMG business... suspended because PIHL reached an agreement for the Debt to be refinanced in full by certain entities controlled by Redbird IMI.”
- “On 16 December 2025, Daily Mail and General Trust ("DMGT") announced that Redbird IMI had written to the Secretary of State for DCMS requesting permission to transfer its interest in the TMG business ... to DMGT.”
- “On 6 March 2026, Axel Springer announced that it had agreed to acquire the TMG business in a deal valued at £575 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WELCH, Stephen Hamilton | Director | 2023-11-07 | Jun 1973 | Australian |
| WENTINK, Boudewijn Clemens | Director | 2023-11-07 | Jun 1969 | Dutch |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2022-12-20 | 2023-11-07 |
| NEWCOMBE, Paul Alan | Director | 2022-12-20 | 2023-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Media Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-07 | Active |
| Hackwood Secretaries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-20 | Ceased 2023-11-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.