Company
Friday Media Group Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Nick Paul Bending 2018-2025 View profile
- Robert Alec Anderson 2016-2022 View profile
- Peter Laurence Roberts 2013-2013 View profile
- Ian Kenneth Partington 2013-2020 View profile
- Scott John Ryan 2010-2016 View profile
- Andrew Douglas Woolgar 2005-2018 View profile
- Nicholas Taylor 2001-2013 View profile
- Geoffrey Alan Wenden 1997-2010 View profile
- Ranald James Stephen Law 1996-2000 View profile
- Robert Gordon Paterson 1993-2013 View profile
- Elizabeth Debra Kidger 2025 View profile
- Christopher John Kidger 2025 View profile
- Sharon Lesley Booth 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 21/12/1984
Ownership
Owned by iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Friday Media Group Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
11 other companies in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £13,177,262
- Total assets
- £15,048,262
- Cash
- £14,461
- Employees
- 165
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£143,563
Filed as Group accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £42,726 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £42,726
Most recent
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- Joel Benjamin Kidger Director · appointed 2010
- Hamid Shafi Director · appointed 2018
- Sam Luke Kidger Director · appointed 2010
- Kate Kristy Kidger Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Joel Benjamin Kidger Director · appointed 2010
- Hamid Shafi Director · appointed 2018
- Sam Luke Kidger Director · appointed 2010
- Kate Kristy Kidger Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Kate Kristy Kidger Director · appointed 2013
Portfolio (3)
- Joel Benjamin Kidger Director · appointed 2010
- Hamid Shafi Director · appointed 2018
- Sam Luke Kidger Director · appointed 2010
Also govern a charity
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01874025
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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