REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£22M
-10.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9M
+34.2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
55
+3.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3M
-7.6% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £73,928,933 | £84,743,036 | — | £85,540,658 | £88,457,224 | +3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £764,638 | £1,638,477 | — | £790,758 | £563,570 | -28.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £791,563 | £1,629,552 | £1,003,830 | £1,431,600 | £1,322,443 | -7.6% | |
| Net profit | £642,993 | £1,316,580 | £685,234 | £1,066,751 | £985,231 | -7.6% | |
| Cash | £2,038,469 | £11,425,398 | £17,552,066 | £24,701,279 | £22,193,520 | -10.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,791,090 | £2,103,432 | £1,830,953 | £2,951,954 | £3,913,671 | +32.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,774,741 | £2,091,321 | £1,817,888 | £2,884,639 | £3,869,870 | +34.2% | |
| Equity | £1,774,741 | £2,091,321 | £1,817,888 | £2,884,639 | £3,869,870 | +34.2% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 38 | 53 | 53 | 55 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | £1,565,768 | £1,657,107 | £2,232,365 | £2,240,112 | £2,501,692 | +11.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £412,421 | £390,965 | £376,499 | £336,908 | £422,864 | +25.5% |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 1.9% | — | 0.9% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.6% | — | 1.2% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.7% | 77.9% | — | 26.8% | 14.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 90.7% | 86.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.09x | 1.15x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- REPUBLIC OF MEDIA LIMITED · parent
- The Freethinking Group Limited
Significant events
- “The Board remains committed to diversifying our client base.”
- “Investment in people and culture to reduce employee turnover, recognising this as critical to sustaining growth and service quality in a competitive talent market.”
- “Invested in operational excellence, including internal processes and operational infrastructure, combined with a newly modernised office environment.”
- “Retained ISO27001 accreditation and further strengthened IT and systems support infrastructure.”
- “Established cross-functional working groups to monitor technological developments, trial new tools, and assess how AI can be embedded across operations.”
- “Issued an all-staff bonus and conducted market-aligned salary reviews in 2025, recording a staff retention rate of 88.2%.”
- “Updated sustainability policy and retained ISO14001 certification for environmental management in 2025.”
- “Launched a new apprenticeship scheme in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRUNDEN, Simon James | Director | 2013-01-14 | Sep 1979 | British |
| ELDER, Clare Rosina | Director | 2024-04-29 | Apr 1987 | British |
| HERBERT, Leigh | Director | 2019-04-01 | Mar 1984 | British |
| JARVIE, Gillian | Director | 2019-04-01 | Apr 1971 | Scottish |
| MCKINNEY, Dean | Director | 2021-05-13 | Apr 1987 | British |
| WATSON, Simon Scott | Director | 2023-04-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Charlotte | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-02-29 |
| BRADY, Carl | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| CROSS, Nicholas James | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| FEATHER, Stuart Nicholas | Director | 2012-01-05 | 2019-04-01 |
| MACLAREN, Hugh Graham | Director | 2013-03-15 | 2019-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Freethinking Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-02-17 | Active |
| Mr Stuart Nicholas Feather | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.