Media Powerhouse Limited
Registered name: MEDIA POWERHOUSE LIMITED
Media Powerhouse Limited made £13.4m revenue and £26.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Media Powerhouse Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £13.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £26.2k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 parent of the smallest and largest group for which consolidated accounts are prepared for which the company is a member is Media Powerhouse Group Ltd., a company registered in England and Wales 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £14.6m | £12.3m | £13.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.1m | £9.9m | £7.9m | £8.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.7m | £4.4m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £320k | £163k | −£369k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | £232k | £16.5k | −£531k | £11.8k |
| Profit after tax | £237k | £68k | −£432k | £26.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £237k | £68k | −£432k | £26.2k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 60 | 63 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | 0.5% | −3.5% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.7% | 32.1% | 35.9% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £244k | £195k | £219k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £1.1k | −£6.9k | £430 |
| Cash conversion | — | −360.6% | — | −691.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.4% | ▼16.2% | ▲9.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.4% | ▼735.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.4% | ▲5% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £331k | £409k | £36.7k | £526k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £4.8m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £933k | £610k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£587k | −£398k | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £219k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £430
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −691.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1331%
- Now £526k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▲80%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £2m
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 £26.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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