Frontiers Media Limited
Registered name: FRONTIERS MEDIA LIMITED
Frontiers Media Limited made £28.2m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Frontiers Media Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £28.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1m profit and 463 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in Esher; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Esher, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “Frontiers Media SA”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41.4m | £50.2m | £35.8m | £28.2m |
| Gross profit | £41.4m | £50.2m | £35.8m | — |
| Operating profit | £2m | £6.9k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | −£81 | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £11.1k | £851k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £11.1k | £851k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £35.1m | £45.3m | £29.7m | £24m |
| Employees (average) | 792 | 999 | 610 | 463 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 0% | 2.4% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £52.3k | £50.2k | £58.6k | £60.8k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £11 | £1.4k | £2.2k |
| Cash conversion | 64.6% | −4711% | 58.9% | 141.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▼28.7% | ▼21.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.3% | ▲7579% | ▲21.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.1% | ▼38.9% | ▼24.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £628k | £118k | £772k | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.2m | £4m | £5.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £736k | £222k | £79.2k |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £6.4m | £5.4m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3.8m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £667k | £346k | £440k |
| Cash from operations | £1.3m | −£324k | £651k | £2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £60.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 141.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £5.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲248%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼24%
- Now 463
- Deferred income
- ▲27%
- Now £440k
- Fixed assets
- ▼64%
- Now £79.2k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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