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Company description
ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 10 June 1982; registered for 44 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 58190 · Other publishing activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 21 trade marks, 5 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
- Company number
- 01642534
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 5 total · 1 outstanding · 4 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 June 2025Next accounts due
31 March 2027Last statement made up to
7 June 2026Next statement due
21 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 28.8%
- Mean bonus gap
- 23.1%
- Women receiving bonus
- 76.5%
- Men receiving bonus
- 80.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 27.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 41.9%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 47.3%
- Women in lower quartile
- 51.7%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 500 to 99926.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99914.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49915.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4998.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49917.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49910.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49918.2% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 27 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 July 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £34,133,613
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £1,104,458
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £384,578
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £11,016,162
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 2.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
With regards to qualifying contracts, Argus Media Limited does not dictate
Standard Payment terms, and works closely with suppliers to ensure that all
suppliers are paid as close to time as possible according to their individual
supplier payment terms. - Dispute resolution process
Disputes can be resolved by contacting the Argus Media Limited Accounts
Payable team who investigate and resolve issues on a case by case basis.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 8.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 8.0 average days to pay55.0% outside terms
- 10.0 average days to pay52.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay55.0% outside terms
- 13.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 11.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 11.0 average days to pay69.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay65.0% outside terms
- 15.0 average days to pay48.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
LEI 2138001GVO5BUXD87646 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 10 June 1982
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 February 2019
- LEI last updated
- 18 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 17 May 2027
- Managing LOU
- 529900T8BM49AURSDO55
- Other legal names
- PETROLEUM ARGUS LIMITED; E-O P LIMITED; MATCHMIND LIMITED
- Legal address
- Lacon House, 84 Theobald's Road, London, WC1X 8NL, GB
- Headquarters address
- Lacon House, 84 Theobald's Road, London, WC1X 8NL, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
- Approved
- 11 December 2025
- Sectors
- Media, publishing, arts and entertainment
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 12 January 2026
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Argus Electricity Price Database 5 year subscription
The Crown Estate · ocds-b5fd17-18657ecd-24d8-43cc-aae3-b16bf4e20c6e
- Supplier named in award
- Argus Media Limited
- Award value
- £42,500
- Contract period
- 1 January 2025 – 1 January 2030
- Published
- 4 February 2025
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79970000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-18657ecd-24d8-43cc-aae3-b16bf4e20c6e-2025-02-04T09:55:09Z
Data Access Subscription
NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY · ocds-b5fd17-5e1cd558-3445-4b06-b009-10d1568582d8
- Supplier named in award
- ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £62,868.36
- Contract period
- 23 March 2023 – 22 March 2026
- Published
- 29 August 2023
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79980000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-5e1cd558-3445-4b06-b009-10d1568582d8-2023-08-29T11:58:39+01:00
Oil commodity and domestic heating oil (LPG) prices data subscription (2022-2023)
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy · ocds-b5fd17-9db6708c-f80d-4f95-bc11-d3ca7344b106
- Supplier named in award
- Argus Media
- Award value
- £18,457
- Contract period
- 21 September 2022 – 20 September 2023
- Published
- 26 September 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 73200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9db6708c-f80d-4f95-bc11-d3ca7344b106-2022-09-26T14:07:07+01:00
Fuel Price Data
COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY · ocds-b5fd17-7afac22d-01be-46b9-96e1-60384b8ee02a
- Supplier named in award
- ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £12,007
- Contract period
- 16 August 2022 – 16 August 2023
- Published
- 13 September 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72300000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7afac22d-01be-46b9-96e1-60384b8ee02a-2022-09-13T10:36:53+01:00
BIOFUEL AND FOSSIL FUEL PRICE DATA
THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT · ocds-b5fd17-99ae5bfc-6548-4e0f-a502-69f5a633e29a
- Supplier named in award
- ARGUS MEDIA LIMITED
- Award value
- £21,000
- Contract period
- 24 February 2020 – 23 February 2021
- Published
- 20 April 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-99ae5bfc-6548-4e0f-a502-69f5a633e29a-2020-04-20T11:02:01+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
ICI 4
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 35,36
- Filed / designated
- 14 July 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 July 2027
ILLUMINATING THE MARKETS
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 5 November 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 November 2025
ARGUS OPEN MARKETS
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,35,36,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2024
AOM
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,35,36,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2024
METAL-PAGES
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 18 November 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 November 2024
ARGUS DIRECT
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,35,36,42
- Filed / designated
- 10 November 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 November 2024
FASA
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 August 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 August 2024
CMW CHINA METALS WEEK
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 21 August 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 August 2024
API 5
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 35,36
- Filed / designated
- 15 April 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 April 2024
API 8
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 35,36
- Filed / designated
- 21 March 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 March 2024
ICX
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 35,36
- Filed / designated
- 6 June 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 June 2023
FMB
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 19 August 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 August 2021
API 4
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 16,35,36
- Filed / designated
- 9 June 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 June 2019
API 6
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 16,35,36
- Filed / designated
- 9 June 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 June 2019
API 2
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 16,35,36
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2019
argus
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 21 November 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 November 2018
ARGUS
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 21 November 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 November 2018
ARGUS LINK
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 9 January 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 January 2028
argus
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 16,36
- Filed / designated
- 29 March 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 March 2025
PETROLEUM ARGUS
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,36
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2027
ENERGY ARGUS
Owner Argus Media Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 8 December 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Fleet Bidco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- English Law
- Legal form
- A Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 10136815
- Notified
- 20 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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