Ocean Media (Topco) Limited
Private Limited Company · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2015Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
−£5,429,000
Cash
£823,000
Turnover
£13,281,000
Profit / loss
£610,000
Current assets
£2,414,000
Creditors < 1 year
£5,250,000
Equity
−£5,429,000
Average employees
80
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Group · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | −£5,429,000 | £980,000 |
| Equity | −£5,429,000 | £980,000 |
| Share capital | £3,747,000 | £10,700,000 |
| Retained earnings | −£9,178,000 | −£9,788,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £4,046,000 | £4,795,000 |
| Intangible assets | £4,000,000 | £4,758,000 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £46,000 | £37,000 |
| Current assets | £2,414,000 | £9,585,000 |
| Cash at bank | £823,000 | £6,857,000 |
| Debtors | £1,591,000 | £2,728,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £5,250,000 | £5,235,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £6,639,000 | £8,165,000 |
| Net current assets | −£2,836,000 | £4,350,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £1,210,000 | £9,145,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £13,281,000 | £14,230,000 |
| Cost of sales | £7,324,000 | £7,292,000 |
| Gross profit | £5,957,000 | £6,938,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £4,102,000 | £5,085,000 |
| Operating profit | £1,855,000 | £1,853,000 |
| Interest payable | £808,000 | £233,000 |
| Profit before tax | £1,047,000 | £1,620,000 |
| Tax | £437,000 | £722,000 |
| Profit / loss | £610,000 | £898,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £26,000 | £39,000 |
| Amortisation | £1,037,000 | £1,082,000 |
| Operating lease charges | £204,000 | £204,000 |
| Audit fees | £56,000 | £81,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 80 | 73 |
| Staff costs | £4,375,000 | £4,358,000 |
| Wages & salaries | £3,819,000 | £3,854,000 |
| Social security costs | £451,000 | £398,000 |
| Pension costs | £105,000 | £106,000 |
| Directors' remuneration | £365,000 | — |
| Highest paid director | £175,000 | £381,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Principal activity
- The principal activity of the company is to act as a holding company. The principal activity of the Group is to act as a digital publisher and exhibition and conference organiser. The Group is engaged in business to business activities within two markets housing and bridal. The group operates principally in the UK.
- What it does
- digital publisher · exhibition · conference organiser · housing · bridal (AI keywords)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited · senior statutory auditor Robert Blundell
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Ultimate parent
- Lonsdale Capital Partners L.L.P. · England and Wales
- Ultimate controlling party
- Lonsdale Capital Partners L.L.P.
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-06-03, signed by Declan Cassidy
Turnover by segment (12)
- Display revenue: 804 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Recruitment revenue: 889 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Subscription revenue: 2,126 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Exhibition and conference revenue: 7,388 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Sponsorship and other revenue: 2,074 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Display revenue: 1,073 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Recruitment revenue: 1,072 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Subscription revenue: 2,053 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Exhibition and conference revenue: 8,026 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Sponsorship and other revenue: 2,006 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 13,281 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 14,230 (000s) (2024-12-31)
Related parties (4)
- Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited · A company that holds a common director with Ocean Media Group Limited · Revenues · £69k (2024: £83k) (000s)
- Communities and Housing Investment Consortium Limited · A company that holds a common director with Ocean Media Group Limited · Balance due from · £nil (2024: £14k) (000s)
- D.Moran · Balance due from · £121k (2024: £296k) (000s)
- Key management personnel of the group, who are also directors · Key management personnel/directors · Aggregate compensation · 365 (2024: 345) (000s)
Directors' report (4)
- Declan Cassidy
- Benjamin Russell Evans
- Ross Arthur Finegan
- David John Moran
Principal risks (6)
- Competition
- Economic growth in the UK
- Accelerated online migration of recruitment, classified and display advertising revenues
- People
- Disaster recovery
- Contractor pricing
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
6 outstanding chargesAll Assets · created 2024-12-23
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2023-06-28
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2021-05-11
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2021-05-11
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2020-09-02
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OutstandingAll Assets · created 2015-10-17
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OutstandingShow 1 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2015-10-17 · satisfied 2021-05-13
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Satisfied