Ocean Media (Topco) Limited
Registered name: OCEAN MEDIA (TOPCO) LIMITED
Ocean Media (Topco) Limited made £13.3m revenue and £610k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ocean Media (Topco) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £610k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £14.2m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£8m | −£7.3m | −£7.3m |
| Gross profit | £7.7m | £6.9m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £898k | £610k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £898k | £610k |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 73 | 80 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 10.8% | 6.3% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 49% | 48.8% | 44.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £195k | £166k |
| Profit per employee | £21.5k | £12.3k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.3% | ▼6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47% | ▼32.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▲9.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £166k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ocean Media (Bidco) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £610k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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