ICONIC MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£54K
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£31M
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.1M
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £88,000,000 | £96,000,000 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,600,000 | -£2,938,248 | -£4,152,024 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £3,100,000 | £4,500,000 | -£4,121,144 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,700,000 | — | -£4,121,144 | — | |
| Cash | £10,700,000 | £10,900,000 | £54,047 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,500,000 | £37,600,000 | £30,731,991 | — | |
| Net assets | £35,500,000 | £31,357,058 | £30,731,991 | — | |
| Equity | £35,500,000 | £37,600,000 | £30,731,991 | — | |
| Average employees | 1,162 | 1,156 | 3 | — | |
| Wages | £38,400,000 | £41,600,000 | £506,734 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £800,000 | £1,000,000 | £506,734 | — |
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 9 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | -3.1% | — | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | -7.8% | -13.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.2% | 48.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 15.63x | 18.09x | |
| Interest cover | 5.20x | -14.69x | — |
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 4 times since incorporation
- ICONIC MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED 2025-09-30 → present
- NATIONAL WORLD LIMITED 2025-06-25 → 2025-09-30
- NATIONAL WORLD PLC 2019-07-30 → 2025-06-25
- NATIONAL WORLD LIMITED 2019-07-30 → 2019-07-30
- CARNO CAPITAL LIMITED 2019-05-29 → 2019-07-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- 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. The directors have prepared a cash flow forecast for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicates that the company will have sufficient funds to meet liabilities as they fall due for that period. The cash flow forecast has assessed the impacts of other external factors and has concluded that there is no significant impact to the going concern status of the company. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ICONIC MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Iconic Media Group Limited 100%
- Iconic Media Scotsman Publications Limited 100%
- Iconic Media North West Limited 100%
- Iconic Media Off Road Limited 100%
- Iconic Media Yorkshire Limited 100%
- Iconic Media NMSY Limited 100%
- Iconic Media Midlands Limited 100%
- Iconic Media South Limited 100%
- Iconic Media N.I. Limited 100%
- Not a Newspaper Limited 100%
- Bann Media Limited 100%
- Iconic Media Publishing Limited 100%
- Connect Local Limited 100%
- Iconic Media Systems Limited 100%
- Midland News Association Limited 100%
- Insider Media Limited 100%
- Newsco Insider Limited 100%
- The Business Magazine Group Limited 100%
- Express and Star Limited 100%
- Shropshire Newspapers Limited 100%
- Shropshire Star Limited 100%
- Iconic Media SWP Limited 100%
- Iconic Media North East Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 December 2024, the intermediate parent, Neo Media Holdings Limited signed a Term Loan Facility with HSBC UK Bank plc, the facility to be used primarily to fund the acquisition of Iconic Media Holdings Limited. The acquisition completed on 27 May 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHAIR, Russell William George | Secretary | 2025-11-04 | — | — |
| DENMARK, Callum Nicholas Charles | Director | 2025-05-27 | Nov 1989 | British |
| DENMARK, Malcolm Charles | Director | 2025-05-27 | Jul 1955 | British |
| DENMARK, Tara Clare Maria | Director | 2025-05-27 | Feb 1992 | Irish |
| ELLIOT, Richard Emmerson | Director | 2025-05-27 | Feb 1966 | British |
| WHITEHAIR, Russell William George | Director | 2025-05-27 | Aug 1957 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EASTON, Douglas | Secretary | 2022-11-30 | 2025-11-04 |
| VAGHELA, Vijay Lakhman | Secretary | 2019-07-30 | 2019-09-19 |
| ONE ADVISORY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-09-19 | 2022-11-30 |
| BARBER, Stephen David | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2022-07-22 |
| CAMMIADE, Daniel | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Andrea Clare | Director | 2024-04-22 | 2025-05-27 |
| FORDHAM, David Sidney | Director | 2021-09-29 | 2024-12-18 |
| HOLLINSHEAD, Mark Thomas | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2025-05-27 |
| LINDSAY, David | Director | 2022-09-14 | 2025-05-27 |
| MANNING, Sheree Olivia | Director | 2023-11-09 | 2025-06-20 |
| MONTGOMERY, David John | Director | 2019-05-29 | 2025-05-27 |
| ROWE, John | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2025-06-30 |
| VAGHELA, Vijay Kumar Lakhman Meghji | Director | 2019-07-12 | 2022-09-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neo Media Publishing Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-06-25 | Active |
| Mr David John Montgomery | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-29 | Ceased 2021-05-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2025-08-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-06-25 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-06-25 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-21 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-08-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-25 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-25 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-06-25 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- 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.