Midland News Association Limited(The)
Registered name: MIDLAND NEWS ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE)
Part of Media Concierge Holdings Group Limited groupMidland News Association Limited(The) made £9.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Midland News Association Limited(The)’s revenue was £9.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.5m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of newspapers” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 76 yrs · since 1950
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Iconic Media Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £75.2k | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £70.2k | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £313k | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £313k | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 26.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 49.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.4k | £86k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £23.1k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £394k |
| Net assets | £96.2k | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £145k | £105k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £387k | £3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 36.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £394k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £105k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Media Concierge Holdings Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Media Concierge (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Neo Media Holdings Group Limited75–100%
- Neo Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- Neo Media Publishing Limited75–100%
- Iconic Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- Iconic Media Group Limited75–100%
- Midland News Association Limited(The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Express and Star LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shropshire Newspapers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shropshire Star LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (17)
- Alpha Media Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bann Media LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Connect Local LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Country Publications LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Midlands LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media N.i. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Nmsy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media North East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media North West LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Off Road LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Scotsman Publications LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media South LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media SWP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Iconic Media Yorkshire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Not a Newspaper LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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