Stream UK Media Services Limited
Registered name: STREAM UK MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Pa Media Group Limited groupStream UK Media Services Limited made £11m revenue and £445k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Stream UK Media Services Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £445k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £455k | −£233k |
| Profit before tax | £687k | £570k |
| Profit after tax | £486k | £445k |
| Profit (best available) | £486k | £445k |
| Employees (average) | — | 61 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4% | 4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £180k |
| Profit per employee | — | £7.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.6m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £78k | £55k |
| Current assets | £16.9m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £780k | £700k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £180k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▼65%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £55k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pa Media Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Press Association Limited75–100%
- Stream UK Media Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Ebs New Media LtdRev. £2.5m · Profit £1.6m
- Wearehydrogen LtdRev. £2.3m · Profit −£373k
- Alamy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pa Media LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.2m
- Pa Photos LimitedRev. — · Profit −£34k
- Podium Sports LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Social Media Training School LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Scottish Press Association LimitedFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £445k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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