Reach Regionals Media Limited
Publishing of newspapers · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1913Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£188,784,000
Cash
£15,000
Turnover
£121,515,000
Profit / loss
£12,157,000
Current assets
£147,539,000
Creditors < 1 year
£2,133,000
Equity
£188,784,000
Average employees
520
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £188,784,000 | £176,631,000 |
| Equity | £188,784,000 | £176,631,000 |
| Share capital | £1,255,000 | £5,255,000 |
| Retained earnings | £187,529,000 | £171,376,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £45,517,000 | £46,089,000 |
| Intangible assets | £43,600,000 | £43,600,000 |
| Current assets | £147,539,000 | £135,713,000 |
| Cash at bank | £15,000 | £269,000 |
| Debtors | £147,494,000 | £135,404,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £2,133,000 | £2,266,000 |
| Creditors after one year | £2,038,000 | £2,851,000 |
| Provisions | £101,000 | £54,000 |
| Net current assets | £145,406,000 | £133,447,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £190,923,000 | £179,536,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £121,515,000 | £126,694,000 |
| Cost of sales | £37,368,000 | £39,884,000 |
| Gross profit | £84,147,000 | £86,810,000 |
| Distribution costs | £3,455,000 | £4,547,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £64,467,000 | £63,148,000 |
| Operating profit | £16,225,000 | £19,115,000 |
| Interest payable | £195,000 | £242,000 |
| Profit before tax | £16,030,000 | £19,388,000 |
| Tax | £3,873,000 | £4,833,000 |
| Profit / loss | £12,157,000 | £14,555,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Audit fees | £56,000,000 | £75,000,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 520 | 566 |
| Staff costs | £23,486,000 | £23,265,000 |
| Wages & salaries | £20,074,000 | £20,190,000 |
| Social security costs | £2,340,000 | £1,982,000 |
| Pension costs | £1,076,000 | £1,083,000 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Reach Regionals Limited
- Ultimate parent
- Reach plc
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-09-08, signed by Darren Fisher
Subsidiaries (7)
- Channel One Liverpool Limited (3219679) · 100% · C/O Bdo Llp, 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- Examiner News & Information Services Limited (624466) · 100% · One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
- The Chester Chronicle and Associated Newspapers Limited (222859) · 100% · One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
- Trinity Mirror Huddersfield Limited (5286931) · 100% · One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
- Trinity Mirror Merseyside Limited (3890743) · 100% · One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
- Trinity Mirror North Wales Limited (3890745) · 100% · One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
- Trinity Mirror Cheshire Limited (3890747) · 0% · One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP
Turnover by segment (10)
- Circulation: 36,730 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Circulation: 40,650 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Advertising: 22,101 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Advertising: 25,230 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Other: 9,067 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Other: 7,982 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Print: 67,898 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Print: 73,862 (000s) (2024-12-31)
- Digital: 53,617 (000s) (2025-12-31)
- Digital: 52,832 (000s) (2024-12-31)
Related parties (2)
- fellow subsidiaries · fellow subsidiaries · amounts owed · 146,962 (000s)
- fellow subsidiary · fellow subsidiary · intercompany balances; unsecured, non-interest bearing, no fixed repayment date, repayable on demand
Share classes (2)
- 1,255,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each of £1
- 5,255,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each of £1
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The Company, together with certain of its fellow subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, has guaranteed the loans and bank overdraft of the group with certain of the group’s bankers. At 31 December 2025, this amounted to £44,500,000 (2024: £35,000,000).
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesNo charges available in our records.