Incisive Business Media Limited
Registered name: INCISIVE BUSINESS MEDIA LIMITED
Part of Arc Investco Limited groupIncisive Business Media Limited made £16.8m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Incisive Business Media Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £16.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 99 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 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 Business Media (IP) 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.5m | £18.9m | £16.5m | £16m | £16.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £13.4m | £10.8m | £9.5m | −£9.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6.5m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.8m | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £24.9m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £24.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £24.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £3.1m |
| Staff costs | £10.7m | £9.2m | £8.4m | £7.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 157 | 144 | 136 | 112 | 99 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 129.7% | 9.8% | 10.9% | 18.7% |
| Gross margin | 33.3% | 29.3% | 34.2% | 40.5% | 43.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £131k | £121k | £143k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £12.2k | £170k | £11.9k | £15.6k | £31.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.9% | ▼12.9% | ▼2.8% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1186% | ▼93.4% | ▲8.3% | ▲79.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▼5.6% | ▼17.6% | ▼11.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £7.3m | £3.3m | £874k | £1m | — |
| Net assets | £11.8m | £10.8m | £6.4m | £8.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £802k | — |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £14.8m | £17.9m | £20.1m | — |
| Debtors | £3.6m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2m | — |
| Deferred income | £3.5m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.1m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.7k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 99
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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) Limited75–100%
- Incisive Business Media Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026