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Future PLC Fundamentals

Company NameFuture PLCLast Updated2025-01-15
IndustryPublishingSectorCommunication Services
Shares in Issue110.220 mMarket Cap£1.00 bn
PE Ratio13.33Dividend per Share£0.03
Dividend Yield0.38Dividend Cover19.65
EPS£0.67EPS Growth (%)-0.28
PEG0DPS Growth (%)0
Debt Ratio0.1958Debt Equity Ratio0.2882
Asset Equity Ratio1.6087Cash Equity Ratio0.0374
Quick Ratio0.5908Current Ratio0.69
Price To Book Value0.9245ROCE0

Future PLC Dividends

TypeEx-DatePay DateCurrencyNet DividendYear Total
Prelim2025-01-162025-02-11GBP0.0340
Prelim2024-01-182024-02-13GBP0.0340
Prelim2023-01-192023-02-14GBP0.0340
Prelim2022-01-132022-02-09GBP0.0280

Future PLC Company Financials

Assets202420232022
Tangible Assets£32.80 m£34.40 m£53.00 m
Intangible Assets£1.51 bn£1.64 bn£1.72 bn
Investments000
Total Fixed Assets£1.55 bn£1.68 bn£1.77 bn
Stocks£400,000.00£1.30 m£1.20 m
Debtors£95.60 m£104.80 m£134.30 m
Cash & Equivalents£39.70 m£60.30 m£29.20 m
Other Assets000
Total Assets£1.71 bn£1.88 bn£1.96 bn
Liabilities202420232022
Creditors within 1 year£229.00 m£208.90 m£304.60 m
Creditors after 1 year£417.30 m£557.70 m£592.80 m
Other Liabilities000
Total Liabilities£646.30 m£766.60 m£897.40 m
Net assets£1.06 bn£1.11 bn£1.06 bn
Equity202420232022
Called up share capital£16.80 m£17.80 m£18.10 m
Share Premium£1.30 m£197.30 m£197.00 m
Profit / Loss£103.20 m£138.10 m£170.00 m
Other Equity£1.06 bn£1.11 bn£1.06 bn
Preference & Minorities000
Total Capital Employed£1.06 bn£1.11 bn£1.06 bn
Ratios202420232022
Debt Ratio£0.22£0.28£0.29
Debt-to-Equity£0.29£0.38£0.40
Assets / Equity1.60871.60871.6087
Cash / Equity0.03740.03740.0374
EPS£0.76£1.05£1.12
Cash Flow202420232022
Cash from operating activities£169.80 m£182.80 m£202.60 m
Cashflow before financing£2.90 m£95.90 m-£186.40 m
Increase in Cash-£18.90 m£37.10 m-£303.10 m
Income202420232022
Turnover£788.20 m£788.90 m£825.40 m
Cost of sales£433.80 m£400.60 m£390.70 m
Gross Profit£354.40 m£388.30 m£434.70 m
Operating Profit£133.70 m£174.50 m£188.60 m
Pre-Tax profit£103.20 m£138.10 m£170.00 m

Future PLC Company Background

SectorCommunication Services
ActivitiesFuture PLC is a platform for specialist media underpinned by proprietary technology and enabled by data, with diversified revenue streams. It focuses on various areas which include technology, games, films, music, and photography under brands such as Louder, Tom's Guide, PC Gamer, Digital Camera World, Marie Claire, and others. The company functions through the following divisions; the Media division which generates maximum revenue includes income from digital advertising, affiliate revenue for products, rewards, price comparison and events; and the Magazine division includes revenue associated with digital or printed magazines or bookazines from advertising, to subscriptions, to newstrade. Its reportable segments include the United Kingdom which derives key revenue, and the United States.
Latest Interim Date16 May 2024
Latest Fiscal Year End Date5 Dec 2024

Future PLC Directors

AppointedNamePosition
2024-12-23Ms. Meredith E. Amdur Non-Executive Director
2011-02-14Mr. Roger George Parry CBENon-Executive Director,Chairman
2008-07-11Mr. Michael Geoffrey PeningtonNon-Executive Director
2024-12-23Mr. Richard Norman Legh HuntingfordNon-Executive Director,Chairman
2011-12-29Mr. John Reid BowmanExecutive Director,Group Finance Director
2008-03-27Mr. John Patrick Enfield TaylorNon-Executive Director
2021-10-04Ms. Rachel Bernadette AddisonExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2017-11-24Ms. Manjit WolstenholmeNon-Executive Director
2014-11-28Mr. Mark Argent WhitelingNon-Executive Director
2011-12-29Ms. Stevie SpringExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2013-12-23Mr. Graham HardingExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2016-12-19Mr. Mark William WoodNon-Executive Director
2014-12-29Mr. Seb BishopNon-Executive Director
2024-12-23Mr. Alan Philip Stephen NewmanNon-Executive Director
2018-02-05Mr. Peter Vance AllenNon-Executive Director
2007-12-10Mr. John B MellonNon-Executive Director
2018-10-01Mr. James Anthony Christopher HanburyNon-Executive Director,Deputy Chairman
2024-02-07Mr. Hugo Charles DraytonNon-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2023-03-31Ms. Zillah Ellen Byng-ThorneExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2024-12-23Ms. Angela Seymour-JacksonNon-Executive Director
2015-08-03Mr. Richard Austin HaleyExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
2024-12-23Mr. Mark David Brooker Non-Executive Director,Senior Independent Director
2024-07-26Ms. Penny Ladkin-BrandExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer
2024-12-23Mr. Jonathan SteinbergExecutive Director,Chief Executive Officer
2024-12-19Mr. Sharjeel SulemanExecutive Director,Chief Financial Officer

Future PLC Contact Details

Company NameFuture PLC
AddressQuay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA
Telephone+44 1225442244
Websitehttps://www.futureplc.com

Future PLC Advisors

SolicitorSimmons & Simmons LLP
Financial AdviserNumis Securities Limited
Phone+44 2072601000
StockbrokerN+1 Singer
Phone+44 2074963000
Fax+44 2074963150
BankHSBC Bank PLC
Remuneration ConsultantEY
Phone+44 2079512000
Fax+44 2079511345
Financial PR AdviserInstinctif Partners
Phone+44 2074572020
RegistrarComputershare Investor Services PLC
Phone+44 3707020003
Fax+44 3707036101
StockbrokerNumis Securities Limited
Phone+44 2072601000

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