The Athletic Media Company UK Ltd.
Registered name: THE ATHLETIC MEDIA COMPANY UK LTD.
The Athletic Media Company UK Ltd. made £20.2m revenue and £848k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Athletic Media Company UK Ltd.’s revenue grew 3% to £20.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £848k profit and 162 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Athletic Media 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) | £19.2m | £19.6m | £20.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £808k | £760k | £848k |
| Profit (best available) | £808k | £760k | £848k |
| Staff costs | £14.1m | £14.1m | £15.1m |
| Employees (average) | 154 | 154 | 162 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £127k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £4.9k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▲11.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £651k | £794k | £565k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.4m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £762k | £113k |
| Current assets | £21m | £40m | £59.5m |
| Debtors | £20.3m | £39.2m | £58.9m |
| Deferred income | £871k | £506k | £772k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 291.3%
- 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 £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £565k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 162
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £772k
- Fixed assets
- ▼85%
- Now £113k
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 £848k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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