Farmers Guardian Limited
Registered name: FARMERS GUARDIAN LIMITED
Part of Arc Investco Limited groupFarmers Guardian Limited made £8.1m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Farmers Guardian Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £8.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.4m profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of newspapers” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 undertaking is Arc Media Holdings Limited. The ultimate parent company is Arc Investco Limited. This is the only group of which the company is a member for which group financial s”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £9.4m | £9m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.7m | £4m | £5.3m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £5.3m | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.3m | £830k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 86 | 98 | 94 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 23.8% | 20.3% | 15% | 16.9% |
| Gross margin | 61.4% | 56.8% | 41.6% | 45.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £109k | £92.2k | £86.5k |
| Profit per employee | £26.1k | £22.1k | £13.9k | £14.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼3.6% | ▼10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▼28.4% | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▲14% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2m | £442k | £389k |
| Net assets | £300k | £7m | £8.3m | £9.7m |
| Fixed assets | £197k | £6.2m | £7m | £7m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £8.9m | £21.7m | £23.9m |
| Debtors | £720k | £974k | £702k | £530k |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 85.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £9.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £389k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Arc Investco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arc Holdco Limited75–100%
- Arc Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- Farmers Guardian Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Incisive Media Group Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Lamma LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marketing in Partnership 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 2024 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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