THE STYLIST GROUP LIMITED
Company number 06246263 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Stylist Group Limited is technically insolvent with net liabilities of £2.18 million and accumulated losses of £4.92 million, surviving only through the ongoing financial support of its parent company D.C. Thomson & Company Limited. While the going concern basis is explicitly dependent on this parental backing, the underlying business shows critical symptoms including net current liabilities, minimal cash reserves of £7,622, and a P&L reserve that continues to deteriorate. The company requires formalised funding arrangements, rigorous cash management, and a clear path to standalone profitability to improve its financial health beyond its current dependency on external life support.
Shareholders' funds
-£4,921,451
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-05-14
- Employees
- 74 (2025 accounts · was 71 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 185 Fleet Street, London, England, EC4A 2HS
- Postcode
- EC4A 2HS
- Capital
- 1,139,640 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-14
- Next due by
- 2027-05-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58142 Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Officers 6 current · 18 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by D.C. THOMSON & COMPANY LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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URBAN MEDIA EUROPE LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2425006 (Tier 2), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- thestylistgroup.com
The Stylist Group | 18,471 followers on LinkedIn. For women who want more from their world. | Stylist is the UK’s leading media brand for women; talking to 5 million UK women a month and making up 40% of the women’s lifestyle sector. Our audience are the UK’s finest professional women – a demographic who we understand and represent better than any other publisher. Our mission?
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SHORTLIST MEDIA LIMITED | 2018-11-19 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| JUBILEE HOUSE 92 LINCOLN ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 2SN | 2019-02-07 |
| GREENHILL HOUSE THORPE ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE3 6RU | 2014-06-20 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 08/06/2009 FROM, GREENHILL HOUSE, THORPE ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE3 6RU | 2009-06-08 |
| GREENHILL HOUSE, THORPE ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, PE3 6RU | 2009-06-08 |
| 4TH FLOOR, 53 PARKER STREET, LONDON, WC2B 5PT | 2007-07-31 |
| 12 YORK PLACE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 2DS | 2007-06-13 |
Among its peers
3rd largest employer
of 69 similar companies in EC, with 74 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors London
This company ranks 109 among publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals in London.
The class of 2007
28%
of the 228,173 companies incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 69% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.