Ubmg Holdings
Activities of head offices · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1918Private Unlimited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
−£24,000,000
Cash
—
Turnover
—
Profit / loss
£44,000,000
Current assets
—
Creditors < 1 year
£2,539,000,000
Equity
−£24,000,000
Average employees
Not available
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
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| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | −£24,000,000 | −£68,000,000 |
| Equity | −£24,000,000 | −£68,000,000 |
| Share capital | £8,000,000 | £8,000,000 |
| Retained earnings | −£194,000,000 | −£238,000,000 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £1,385,000,000 | £1,435,000,000 |
| Investments | £1,385,000,000 | £1,435,000,000 |
| Debtors | £1,130,000,000 | £2,284,000,000 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £2,539,000,000 | £3,786,000,000 |
| Provisions | — | £1,000,000 |
| Net current assets | −£1,409,000,000 | −£1,502,000,000 |
| Assets less current liabilities | −£24,000,000 | −£67,000,000 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Other operating income | £14,000,000 | −£2,000,000 |
| Operating profit | £14,000,000 | −£2,000,000 |
| Interest receivable | £125,000,000 | £131,000,000 |
| Interest payable | £45,000,000 | £48,000,000 |
| Profit before tax | £44,000,000 | £81,000,000 |
| Profit / loss | £44,000,000 | £81,000,000 |
| 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.
- Comparatives
- Prior-year figures were restated
- Principal activity
- The principal activity of the Company is a holding and group financing company on behalf of Informa PLC, the ultimate parent undertaking
- What it does
- holding company · group financing · investments in Informa PLC Group companies (AI keywords)
- The year
- The Company's profit before tax has decreased from £81m in 2024 to £44m, due to the impairment of investment in subsidiaries in 2025. As at 31 December 2025, the Company had net liabilities of £24m (2024 £68m). The movement in net liabilities is driven by a reduction in amounts due to other group companies offset by a reduction in net book value of the investments due to impairment in subsidiaries
- Outlook
- No change to the Company's activity is expected in the foreseeable future
- Audit
- Subsidiary audit exemption, parent guarantee (s479A)
- Immediate parent
- Maypond Limited · Ireland
- Ultimate parent
- Informa PLC · England and Wales
- Ultimate controlling party
- Informa PLC
- Accounts
- FRS 101
- Approved
- 2026-08-25, signed by Nicholas Perkins
Related parties (5)
- parent undertaking · Group undertaking · Amounts owed by parent undertaking · 151 (m)
- subsidiary undertakings · Group undertaking · Amounts owed by subsidiary undertakings · 825 (m)
- other Group undertakings · Group undertaking · Amounts owed by other Group undertakings · 154 (m)
- subsidiary undertakings · Group undertaking · Amounts owed to subsidiary undertakings · 2,222 (m)
- other Group undertakings · Group undertaking · Amounts owed to other Group undertakings · 317 (m)
Borrowings (1)
- Formal loans and balances with the Informa PLC Group treasury company Informa Group Holdings Limited · from Informa Group Holdings Limited · £741m (m) · SONIA plus 2% · repayable on demand · secured on unsecured
Disposals (3)
- MAI Luxembourg UK Societas · 2025-11-25
- United Consumer Media UK Societas · 2025-11-25
- Vavasseur Overseas Holdings Limited · 2025-04-01
Associates & joint ventures (1)
- Informa Investments Limited · associate · 46.28% · UK
Share classes (2)
- 24,630,385 Ordinary shares of 33 71/88p
- 20 Deferred redeemable shares of 33 71/88p
Principal risks (5)
- credit risk
- cash flow risk
- foreign exchange risk
- investment valuation
- interest rate risk
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The Company acts as a guarantor to UBM Trustees Limited for the UBM Pension Scheme. This is to guarantee an amount to bring the funding level up to 105% calculated on the basis set out in section 179 of the Pensions Act 2004 in circumstances of an insolvency of one of the participating employers or a termination of the Scheme
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.