REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED

Active
Company number 01979335Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

Key figures

£8,336,000+9.8%
Net assets 2025
+9.8%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
02.5 m5 m7.5 m10 m20242025

† REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 18110

Where the company stands among the 122 active companies whose first SIC code is 18110 (Printing of newspapers).

Net assets£8,336,000
Higher than 95% · median £5,446
Total assets£158,193,000
Higher than 96% · median £37,719
Employees382
Higher than 97% · median 1
Company age40.8 years
Older than 95% · median 7.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MGN LIMITED£804.4m
  2. SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD AND SUNDAY MAIL LIMITED£81.1m
  3. REACH MIDLANDS MEDIA LIMITED£27.1m
  4. ILIFFE PRINT CAMBRIDGE LIMITED£8.5m
  5. REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED£8.3m
  6. SHARMAN & COMPANY LIMITED£3.7m
  7. ABERDEEN JOURNALS LIMITED£3.5m
  8. INTERPRESS (NI) LTD£2.7m
  9. ORKNEY MEDIA GROUP LIMITED£1.9m
  10. ST. CLEMENTS PRESS (1988) LIMITED£889k

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 122. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01979335. It was incorporated on 17 Jan 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (E14). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is printing of newspapers (18110), publishing of newspapers (58130), activities of head offices (70100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £93,561,000. Profit for the year was £684,000. Net assets were £8,336,000, up 9.8% on the previous year. Total assets were £158,193,000 and total liabilities £148,038,000. The company had an average of 382 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 122 active companies whose first SIC code is 18110: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £5,446). By total assets it ranks higher than 96% of them (median £37,719). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 1). It is older than 95% of them (median age 7.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2022. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £680.7k. Its most frequent buyer is Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (3 contracts).

What do public registers and reports show?

In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 43 days to pay suppliers, and 32% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 29 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover101,017,00093,561,000
Profit for the year8,683,000684,000
Cash at bank and in hand10,000—
Total assets164,514,000158,193,000
Total liabilities155,563,000148,038,000
Net assets / total equity7,591,0008,336,000
Average number of employees377382

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

4 contracts

REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2022. Their combined published value is £680.7k.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
3 contracts · £180.7k
London Borough of Hackney
1 contract · £500k
Contracts
  1. Printing of the Sandwell Herald council newspaper - AWARD‡Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · £60,714 · runs until Jan 2028
  2. Printing of Sandwell Herald - AWARD‡Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · £60,000
  3. Publication Printing Services‡London Borough of Hackney · £500,000
  4. Printing of The Sandwell Herald - AWARD‡Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · £60,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
43 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
32%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 24%
  • 31 to 60 days 60%
  • After 60 days 16%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
45
19%
31%
30 Jun 2025
45
18%
31%
31 Dec 2024
44
22%
29%
30 Jun 2024
44
19%
28%
31 Dec 2023
43
25%
23%
30 Jun 2023
41
29%
22%
31 Dec 2022
46
22%
30%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Modern slavery statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (REACH PLC)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (REACH PLC)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (REACH PLC)
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (REACH PLC)
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (REACH PLC)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (REACH PLC)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £93.6m, net assets £8.3m, 382 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £101m, net assets £7.6m, 377 employees
  3. Name changed to REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITEDPreviously TRINITY MIRROR PRINTING LIMITED
  4. Mgl2 Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.