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Reach

Reach PLC

Loss-makingCash down 54%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Group consolidated121 years on the register

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

−£132m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202320242025
Profit after tax−£132m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202320242025
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Clive Peter Whiley as a director on 21 September 2026
  2. Filing
    Resolutions (and 9 more like it since 23 May 2019)
  3. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  4. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Wais Shaifta as a director on 31 October 2025
  5. Directors
    Secretary's details changed for Ms Georgina Holly Sharley on 15 September 2025
  6. Directors
    Appointment of Ms Georgina Holly Sharley as a secretary on 15 September 2025
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Laura Elizabeth Harris as a secretary on 15 September 2025
  8. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  9. Shares
    Sale or transfer of treasury shares. Treasury capital: · GBP 835,260.35 (and 23 more like it since 29 July 2021)
  10. Directors
    Termination of appointment of James Joseph Mullen as a director on 31 March 2025
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Piers Michael North as a director on 31 March 2025
  12. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Charges
      Registration of charge 000825480009, created on 26 April 2024
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Miss Laura Elizabeth Harris as a secretary on 12 February 2024
    3. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Lorraine Rachel Sztyk Clover as a secretary on 12 February 2024
    4. Accounts
      Interim accounts made up to 19 December 2023
    5. Shares
      Statement of capital on 21 December 2023 · GBP 32,208,526.90
    6. Shares
      Certificate of cancellation of share premium account
    7. Shares
      Reduction of iss capital and minute (oc)
    8. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Wais Shaifta on 17 March 2023
    9. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 25 December 2022
    10. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Steven Thomas Hatch as a director on 3 May 2023
    11. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Darren Fisher as a director on 1 February 2023
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Simon Jeremy Ian Fuller as a director on 31 December 2022
    13. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Denise Nichola Jagger as a director on 31 December 2022
    14. Directors
      Termination of appointment of David Thomas Kelly as a director on 31 December 2022
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Helen Claire Stevenson as a director on 31 December 2022
    16. Address
      Register inspection address has been changed
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Wais Shaifta as a director on 1 September 2022
    18. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Priya Guha as a director on 1 September 2022
    19. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 26 December 2021
    20. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Barry Panayi as a director on 13 October 2021
    21. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 27 December 2020
    22. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms Anne Christine Bulford on 22 April 2021
    23. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 23 October 2020 · GBP 32,210,526.90
    24. Filing
      Memorandum and Articles of Association
    25. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 000825480003 in full
    26. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 000825480008 in full

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Reach do?

Public limited company registered in London, classed under “Activities of head offices”. In its own words: “Home for Reach”

›How much turnover does Reach make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Reach profitable?

No: it made a loss after tax of £132m in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Reach?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Reach based?

Its registered office is One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP, in London.

›When was Reach founded?

Reach PLC was incorporated on 11 November 1904.

›Is Reach still trading?

The register lists Reach PLC as active.