THE MEDIA PEOPLE LIMITED
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Cash
£4.2m
-25.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£1.6m
-34.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
78
+6.8% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-11.8% vs 2025
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,248,497 | £37,471,704 | £40,573,086 | £36,444,461 | £37,394,414 | £37,000,781 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,073,639 | £2,214,320 | £3,447,167 | £1,090,230 | £1,166,782 | £1,065,884 | -8.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,074,207 | £2,214,585 | £3,453,149 | £1,164,415 | £1,301,203 | £1,147,175 | -11.8% | |
| Net profit | £861,156 | £1,750,027 | £2,745,923 | £788,794 | £897,313 | £796,886 | -11.2% | |
| Cash | £3,055,573 | £4,633,609 | £4,616,951 | £4,559,746 | £5,633,790 | £4,205,486 | -25.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,196,953 | £2,452,536 | £3,493,648 | £3,257,103 | £2,504,877 | £1,640,725 | -34.5% | |
| Net assets | £4,188,025 | £2,382,052 | £3,438,460 | £3,222,614 | £2,488,135 | £1,625,439 | -34.7% | |
| Equity | £4,188,025 | £2,382,052 | £3,438,460 | £3,222,614 | £2,488,135 | £1,625,439 | -34.7% | |
| Average employees | 26 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 73 | 78 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £1,110,639 | £1,700,429 | £2,234,596 | £2,867,187 | £3,121,947 | £3,633,255 | +16.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £32,621 | £35,942 | £16,800 | £36,674 | £268,994 | £269,165 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £6,712 | £7,085 | +5.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | — | £135,326 | £139,109 | +2.8% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | 5.9% | 8.5% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 4.7% | 6.8% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.6% | 90.3% | 98.7% | 33.5% | 46.6% | 65.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.3% | 77.1% | 66.6% | 67.6% | 73.2% | 83.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.46x | 1.35x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 72.65x | — | — |
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
- THE MEDIA PEOPLE LIMITED 2017-11-22 → present
- THE MEDIA PEOPLE (LONDON) LTD 2015-02-10 → 2017-11-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Goodman Jones LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are committed to carrying out regular reviews of the Company's cash flows to monitor the ongoing economic situation and take any steps that are required. They are confident that sufficient cash reserves are available to support the company for a period of at least twelve months”
Group structure
- THE MEDIA PEOPLE LIMITED · parent
- The Media People (London) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year a capital contribution of £1,720,000 was paid to the Employee Ownership Trust (2025: £1,720,000).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Fiona Grosvenor | Secretary | 2022-05-01 | — | — |
| BABB, Kristopher | Director | 2024-02-28 | Jan 1976 | English |
| HUSBAND, Steven Paul | Director | 2015-10-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Teleri Blanche | Director | 2024-02-28 | Jul 1991 | Welsh |
| WINTON, Ian Kennedy | Director | 2026-07-16 | Aug 1962 | English |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TZIRKI, Steven | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Media People Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-12 | Active |
| Mr Steven Paul Husband | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-12 |
| Mr Steven Tzirki | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-02-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.