Future plc
United Kingdom · GB00BYZN9041 · reports in GBP · Europe
The answers
From the annual report for the year to Sep 30, 2025. Each line says what it is based on.
- Is it growing?To watch
- Revenue −6.2% in the year to Sep 30, 2025, on the year before.
- Is it a good business?Fair
- It earned 6.4% on its shareholders' equity in the year to Sep 30, 2025.
- Is it safe?Good
- Equity is 64% of its assets, and operations brought in cash in the year.
- Is the price fair?n/a
- Not answered: no exchange publishes this company's price for free reuse, so there is no P/E here.
The year
Year to Sep 30, 2025, consolidated, in GBP.
revenue
operating margin
net profit
Year by year
As filed; an earlier year can differ from its own report when the company restated it.
| Sep 2021 | Sep 2022 | Sep 2024 | Sep 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £607M | £825M | £788M | £739M |
| Operating profit | £115M | £189M | £134M | £122M |
| Net profit to shareholders | £66M | £122M | n/a | n/a |
| Earnings per share | £0.59 | £1.01 | £0.67 | £0.63 |
| Dividend per share | n/a | n/a | £0.03 | n/a |
| Cash from operations | £166M | £203M | £170M | £117M |
| Capital spending | £4M | £3M | £3M | £3M |
| Cash | £324M | £29M | £40M | £28M |
| Total assets | £1.6B | £2.0B | £1.7B | £1.6B |
| Equity | £862M | £1.1B | £1.1B | £1.0B |
What they do
In the company's own words, from the annual report.
FUTURE operates c.175 brands in diversified verticals, with market leading positions and three monetisation frameworks: advertising, eCommerce affiliate (products and price comparison) and Magazines (subscriptions and newstrade magazine sale). Our content is distributed through a range of formats including websites, email newsletters, videos, magazines, podcasts and live events. The successful execution of our strategy is based on a value-led organisation with a clear purpose
Source: the company’s annual financial report in ESEF, via filings.xbrl.org (XBRL International). Listed shares from ESMA’s FIRDS register; ESMA does not endorse this site. Ryufin computed the answers and ratios from the filed figures.