BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED
Formerly known as Clear Channel UK, the company is a private subsidiary of the Bauer Media Group that operates an extensive network of out-of-home advertising sites, including classic billboards and digital screens, across the United Kingdom.
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Cash
£222K
+131.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£271M
+24% vs 2023
Employees
677
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£52M
+43.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £200,430,000 | £206,691,000 | +3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £24,555,000 | £34,658,000 | +41.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £36,223,000 | £51,893,000 | +43.3% | |
| Net profit | £36,223,000 | £51,929,000 | +43.4% | |
| Cash | £96,000 | £222,000 | +131.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £226,670,000 | £278,234,000 | +22.7% | |
| Net assets | £218,572,000 | £271,035,000 | +24% | |
| Equity | £218,572,000 | £271,035,000 | +24% | |
| Average employees | 645 | 677 | +5% | |
| Wages | £28,103,000 | £30,470,000 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,182,000 | £1,073,000 | -9.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 16.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.1% | 25.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 12.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 2.19x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-08
- BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED 2025-04-08 → present
- CLEAR CHANNEL UK LIMITED 2002-01-11 → 2025-04-08
- MORE GROUP UK LIMITED 1996-10-23 → 2002-01-11
- ADSHEL LIMITED 1969-03-24 → 1996-10-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 December 2026 (i.e. going concern assessment period). Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR UK LIMITED · parent
- Bauer Media Outdoor (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Vision Media Group UK Limited 100%
- NWP Street Limited 100%
- Adspace 2000 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 8 January 2025, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. agreed to sell its Europe North business segment, which includes Clear Channel UK Limited, to Bauer Media Group. The transaction received clearance from the competition authorities on 10 March 2025 and completed on 31 March 2025. As a result of this acquisition, the company's ultimate controlling party changed from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. to Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG. Immediate parent undertaking changed it's legal name from Clear Channel International Limited to Bauer Media Outdoor International Limited and the company changed its legal name from Clear Channel UK Limited to Bauer Media Outdoor UK Limited. This name change occurred after the reporting date of 31st December 2024 and has no impact on the company's financial position at that date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUCAS, Philip, Mr. | Secretary | 2022-12-22 | — | — |
| BON, Richard | Director | 2019-12-17 | Jun 1977 | French |
| COCHRANE, Justin Malcolm Brian | Director | 2011-02-16 | Aug 1972 | English |
| O'SULLIVAN, Bryan Michael Martin | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jul 1974 | Irish |
| RAMAGE, William | Director | 2019-12-17 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SMITH, April Maria | Director | 2023-04-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Stuart | Secretary | 2021-01-04 | 2022-12-22 |
| ANDREWS, Nick | Secretary | 2005-12-19 | 2017-01-20 |
| DAVIES, John Graeme | Secretary | 1997-06-02 | 1999-01-31 |
| EMENY, Selina Holliday | Secretary | 2000-12-01 | 2005-12-19 |
| HALL, Peter Arnold | Secretary | — | 1997-05-22 |
| HOO, Byron Kee Chye | Secretary | 2017-01-20 | 2021-01-04 |
| MAUNDER, Timothy John | Secretary | 1999-02-01 | 2000-12-01 |
| ANDREWS, Nicholas James | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2017-01-20 |
| ATKINSON, Robert Nigel | Director | 2008-03-10 | 2013-06-04 |
| ATKINSON, Stephen Paul | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2011-12-01 |
| BEVAN, Jonathan David | Director | 2006-02-16 | 2014-07-14 |
| BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-08-25 |
| DAGLISH, Richard Graeme | Director | — | 1993-06-08 |
| DEARDEN, Matthew Peter | Director | 2010-09-14 | 2016-07-22 |
| ECCLESHARE, Christopher William | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2013-01-28 |
| ELLER, Dirk Gustaf | Director | 2013-01-28 | 2014-02-12 |
| EMENY, Selina Holliday | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2000-09-11 |
| FRANCE, Julie | Director | 2006-01-23 | 2006-04-10 |
| GORE-ANDREWS, Russell William | Director | — | 1996-04-25 |
| HALL, Peter Arnold | Director | — | 1997-05-22 |
| HOO, Byron Kee Chye | Director | 2016-09-08 | 2021-01-04 |
| HUCKERBY, David Ian | Director | 2010-03-29 | 2017-02-28 |
| MAUNDER, Timothy John | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2005-12-15 |
| MAUNDER, Timothy John | Director | 1992-06-09 | 1998-09-30 |
| MCCONVILLE, Coline Lucille, Ms. | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2006-10-16 |
| MEYER, Paul Joseph | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2009-09-10 |
| MORLEY, Andrew John, The Reverend | Director | 2014-07-14 | 2015-04-01 |
| O'SHEA, Cormac Bernard | Director | 2014-02-12 | 2018-10-12 |
| OLIVER, David Henry Maxwell | Director | 1998-04-17 | 2011-02-16 |
| PARRY, Roger George | Director | 1996-06-01 | 2005-06-13 |
| PEARS, Edmund Richard Harry | Director | 1993-09-01 | 1994-06-24 |
| PELEKANOU, Chris | Director | 2013-06-04 | 2020-04-10 |
| SAUNTER, Michael Peter | Director | 2018-10-12 | 2021-01-04 |
| SAYER, Barry | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2009-10-07 |
| SLEVIN, Charles Vincent | Director | — | 2001-09-18 |
| SMYTH, Peter Francis | Director | 1997-02-19 | 2000-03-31 |
| SPRING, Stephanie | Director | 2000-02-18 | 2006-01-23 |
| TOLIA, Sarah | Director | 2021-01-04 | 2023-04-01 |
| TURNBULL, Brian Phipps | Director | 1991-07-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| WEBB, Mark | Director | 2010-04-27 | 2023-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Media Outdoor International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-08 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.