INCISIVE BUSINESS MEDIA LIMITED
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Cash
£1m
+1.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£11m
+38.6% vs 2024
Employees
99
-11.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.2m
+81.4% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,498,000 | £18,930,000 | £16,482,939 | £16,014,499 | £16,786,107 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £2,707,000 | £1,646,000 | £1,169,612 | £1,773,547 | £3,218,055 | +81.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,646,000 | £24,904,000 | £1,168,695 | £1,773,547 | £3,218,055 | +81.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,909,000 | £24,548,000 | £1,615,294 | £1,749,304 | £3,138,674 | +79.4% | |
| Cash | £7,295,000 | £3,349,000 | £873,776 | £1,021,409 | £1,033,111 | +1.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,929,000 | £10,921,000 | £6,535,777 | £8,285,081 | £11,423,755 | +37.9% | |
| Net assets | £11,768,000 | £10,760,000 | £6,374,331 | £8,123,635 | £11,262,309 | +38.6% | |
| Equity | £11,768,000 | £10,760,000 | £6,374,331 | £8,123,635 | £11,262,309 | +38.6% | |
| Average employees | 157 | 144 | 136 | 112 | 99 | -11.6% | |
| Wages | £9,406,000 | £7,853,000 | £7,294,764 | £6,681,839 | £5,986,796 | -10.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £973,000 | £674,000 | £653,013 | £84,459 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £43,610 | £2,500 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £393,658 | — | — | — |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.0% | 8.7% | 7.1% | 11.1% | 19.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.5% | 129.7% | 9.8% | 10.9% | 18.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | 15.1% | 17.9% | 21.4% | 28.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.3% | 29.8% | 66.8% | 61.2% | 55.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.41x | 1.59x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 44.38x | — | — | — | — |
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
- INCISIVE BUSINESS MEDIA LIMITED 2014-10-01 → present
- INCISIVE BUSINESS MEDIA (IP) LIMITED 2014-08-15 → 2014-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's business activities and the availability of financial support from its parent company, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue its operations for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Simon | Director | 2022-06-30 | Dec 1966 | British |
| KRAFT, Claire Noreen | Director | 2024-03-31 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL-HARRIS, James Neil | Secretary | 2014-08-15 | 2022-03-31 |
| CAMPBELL-HARRIS, James Neil | Director | 2014-08-15 | 2022-03-31 |
| NEWBURY, Leighton | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2024-03-31 |
| WELLER, Timothy Grainger | Director | 2014-08-15 | 2022-03-31 |
| WHITELEY, Jonathon Andrew | Director | 2017-07-10 | 2024-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incisive Business Media (Ip) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
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.