TXT In plain English
Company description
FUTURE PUBLISHING LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 10 April 1986; registered for 40 years; registered office reported in BATH. Its primary declared activity is 58190 · Other publishing activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 30 trade marks. 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
- FUTURE PUBLISHING LIMITED
- Company number
- 02008885
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 13 total · 0 outstanding · 13 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 September 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
31 March 2026Next statement due
14 April 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 30.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 89.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 92.9%
- Women in top quartile
- 39.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 53.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 56.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 54.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49996.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49996.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49995.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49996.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 9998.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49914.5% 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 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 10 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 15 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 October 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £92,990,113
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £24,786,147
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £5,606,434
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £34,505,668
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 11.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
Any variation on standard terms must be requested on a new vendor forms and approved by the Accounts Payable Manager
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard terms of business are 15 days from date of invoice for contributors and 30 days from date of invoices for suppliers
- Other payment-term information
Our standard practice is to pay within standard or otherwise agreed payment terms on receipt of a valid and accurate invoice which quotes purchase order number, and provided we are satisfied that the goods or services have been delivered or performed in accordance with the agreement with the supplier.
We operate a NO PURCHASE ORDER NO PAY policy. Any invoices received without a PO are rejected back to supplier requesting a PO, with some pre-agreed exceptions.
Any variation on standard terms must be requested on a new vendor forms and approved by the Accounts Payable Manager - Dispute resolution process
Any queries relating to payment of invoices should be sent to Accounts Payable Team
The supplier should liaise with the person who orders the goods/service who placed the order to resolve any dispute or complaint.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 33.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay23.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 38.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 35.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay45.0% 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
FUTURE PUBLISHING LIMITED
LEI 213800EMAWZVOXU9W151 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 10 April 1986
- Initial LEI registration
- 8 November 2017
- LEI last updated
- 16 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 28 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- QUAY HOUSE, THE AMBURY, BATH, GB-SOM, BA1 1UA, GB
- Headquarters address
- QUAY HOUSE, THE AMBURY, BATH, GB-SOM, BA1 1UA, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800EMAWZVOXU9W151 to LEI 213800K2581YRLEXV353
- Related legal entity
- FUTURE PLC →
- Initial registration
- 8 November 2017
- Last updated
- 16 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 28 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-09-30T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-08T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02008885/filing-history/MzQ3MjAyMTQ0OGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800EMAWZVOXU9W151 to LEI 213800K2581YRLEXV353
- Related legal entity
- FUTURE PLC →
- Initial registration
- 8 November 2017
- Last updated
- 16 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 28 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-09-30T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-11-08T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02008885/filing-history/MzQ3MjAyMTQ0OGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
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.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Future
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,42
- Filed / designated
- 22 November 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 November 2022
GAMESMASTER
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,25,35,38,41
- Filed / designated
- 7 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 July 2020
EDGE
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 5 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 July 2020
EDGE
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 5 July 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 July 2020
GAMES MASTER
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 28 August 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 August 2019
GAMES MASTER
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 29 July 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 July 2019
computer and video Games
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 4 January 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 January 2023
GOLDEN JOYSTICK
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 13 December 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 December 2022
SFX
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 35,41
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2022
CVG
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 June 2020
C&VG
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 June 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 June 2020
PC GAMER
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 February 2020
COMPUTER ARTS
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 5 August 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 August 2019
PHOTOMEMORIES
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,38,41,42,43
- Filed / designated
- 26 February 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 February 2019
RED LINE
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 29 January 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 January 2018
FUTURENET
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,42
- Filed / designated
- 29 August 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 August 2025
FUTURE MUSIC
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 23 March 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 March 2025
PC FORMAT
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 23 March 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 March 2025
SFX
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 21 February 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 February 2025
EDGE
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 11 February 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 February 2021
GAMESMASTER
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 19 May 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 May 2020
NGamer
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 30 May 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 May 2016
ArtFX
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2015
ruf2t?
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,25,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 October 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 October 2014
BANG
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,35,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 April 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 April 2013
BANG!
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 19 July 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 July 2012
GAMESHEAD
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 June 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 June 2012
CHARGED
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 23 February 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 February 2011
M-POWERED
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,35,36,41
- Filed / designated
- 9 May 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 May 2010
THE Future NETWORK
Owner Future Publishing Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2010
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Sapphire Bidco Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 11157309
- Notified
- 20 April 2021
Future Holdings 2002 Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Uk Company Law
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 4387886
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 21 April 2021
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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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.
14 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
15 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.
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.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.