Ma Financial Media Ltd
Registered name: MA FINANCIAL MEDIA LTD
Part of Mark Allen Holdings Limited groupMa Financial Media Ltd made £4m revenue and a £859k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Ma Financial Media Ltd’s revenue was £4m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £859k and 42 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- 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: “Mark Allen Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £412k | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £381k | £4m |
| Gross profit | £31.3k | £65.5k |
| Profit before tax | −£37.8k | −£859k |
| Profit after tax | −£41.3k | −£859k |
| Profit (best available) | −£41.3k | −£859k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −10% | −21.3% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 1.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £25.8k | £95.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.6k | −£20.5k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £87.3k | £352k |
| Net assets | −£41.2k | −£900k |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £995k | £745k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£20.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 153%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- 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 −£900k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £352k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £6.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mark Allen Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ma Financial Media Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Ma Exhibitions LimitedRev. £15.8m · Profit £330k
- Ma Business LimitedRev. £12.5m · Profit £672k
- Ma Healthcare Limited.Rev. £11.3m · Profit £1.8m
- Ma Education & Music LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit £1.1m
- Master Travel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- PR Please LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£859k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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