Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited
Registered name: INCISIVE BUSINESS MEDIA (IP) LIMITED
Part of Arc Investco Limited groupIncisive Business Media (IP) Limited made £0 revenue and a £32.8k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £32.8k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Incisive Media Group Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.The ultimate parent company is Arc Investco Limited. This is the only group of wh”
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 | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | −£197k | −£355k | −£43.4k | −£32.8k |
| Profit before tax | −£197k | £25.5m | £6m | −£32.8k |
| Profit after tax | −£197k | £25.5m | £6m | −£32.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£197k | £25.5m | £6m | −£32.8k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£16.4k | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼76.4% | ▼100.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £39k | £8.8k | £643 |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.5m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £8.3m | £8.2m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | — | £39.4k | £6m | £6m |
| Debtors | — | £420 | £6m | £6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £643
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £8.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Arc Investco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Arc Holdco Limited75–100%
- Arc Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- Incisive Media Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Incisive Business Media (IP) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Incisive Business Media LimitedRev. £16m · Profit £1.7m
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 −£32.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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