Midwich Group plc

AIM:MIDW Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£145.3m

Midwich Group Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Midwich Group's CEO is Stephen Fenby, appointed in Jan 2010, has a tenure of 16.33 years. total yearly compensation is £509.00K, comprised of 74.7% salary and 25.3% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 18.18% of the company’s shares, worth £26.43M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.3 years and 9.1 years respectively.

Key information

Stephen Fenby

Chief executive officer

UK£509.0k

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage74.66%
CEO tenure16.3yrs
CEO ownership18.2%
Management average tenure2.3yrs
Board average tenure9.1yrs

Recent management updates

Analysis Article • May 06

Shareholders May Be A Bit More Conservative With Midwich Group plc's (LON:MIDW) CEO Compensation For Now

Key Insights Midwich Group will host its Annual General Meeting on 13th of May Total pay for CEO Stephen Fenby includes...

Recent updates

Analysis Article • Feb 06

Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Midwich Group plc (LON:MIDW)

When close to half the companies in the United Kingdom have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") below 16x, you may...
Analysis Article • Dec 03

Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) Might Be Having Difficulty Using Its Capital Effectively

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Typically, we'll...
Analysis Article • Sep 12

Midwich Group plc (LON:MIDW) Shares Could Be 43% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

Key Insights Using the 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity, Midwich Group fair value estimate is UK£3.20 Midwich Group's...
Analysis Article • May 06

Shareholders May Be A Bit More Conservative With Midwich Group plc's (LON:MIDW) CEO Compensation For Now

Key Insights Midwich Group will host its Annual General Meeting on 13th of May Total pay for CEO Stephen Fenby includes...
Analysis Article • Apr 09

Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Midwich Group plc's (LON:MIDW) Low P/E

Midwich Group plc's ( LON:MIDW ) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 12x might make it look like a buy right now...
Analysis Article • Mar 21

Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) Will Pay A Dividend Of £0.075

Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of £0.075 per share on the 4th of July. The...
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New Narrative • Feb 23

Live Events Sector Growth Will Shape Future Prospects Amid Margin Pressures

Expansion into key markets and a focus on high-margin technical products are set to drive significant revenue and profitability growth.
Analysis Article • Apr 26

Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At £0.11

Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's comparable...
Analysis Article • Apr 12

Midwich Group's (LON:MIDW) Upcoming Dividend Will Be Larger Than Last Year's

Midwich Group plc's ( LON:MIDW ) dividend will be increasing from last year's payment of the same period to £0.11 on...
Analysis Article • Mar 22

Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) Has Announced That It Will Be Increasing Its Dividend To £0.11

Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's comparable...
Analysis Article • Sep 08

Midwich Group's (LON:MIDW) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.055

The board of Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend by 22% on the 27th of...
Analysis Article • Mar 17

Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year

Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's comparable...
Analysis Article • Mar 14

Is Midwich Group plc (LON:MIDW) Trading At A 47% Discount?

Key Insights Midwich Group's estimated fair value is UK£8.31 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Midwich Group's...
Analysis Article • Sep 30

These 4 Measures Indicate That Midwich Group (LON:MIDW) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Some say volatility, rather than debt, is the best way to think about risk as an investor, but Warren Buffett famously...
Analysis Article • Sep 09

Midwich Group's (LON:MIDW) Dividend Will Be Increased To £0.045

Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's comparable...
Analysis Article • Jun 18

Midwich Group plc's (LON:MIDW) Intrinsic Value Is Potentially 69% Above Its Share Price

How far off is Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ) from its intrinsic value? Using the most recent financial data, we'll...
Analysis Article • Mar 15

When Should You Buy Midwich Group plc (LON:MIDW)?

Midwich Group plc ( LON:MIDW ), might not be a large cap stock, but it saw a double-digit share price rise of over 10...
Analysis Article • Feb 26

Investors Could Be Concerned With Midwich Group's (LON:MIDW) Returns On Capital

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Typically, we'll...

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Stephen Fenby's remuneration changed compared to Midwich Group's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2025UK£509kUK£380k

-UK£23m

Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-UK£8m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

UK£7m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

UK£11m

Dec 31 2024UK£475kUK£373k

UK£16m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

UK£19m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

UK£22m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

UK£25m

Dec 31 2023UK£684kUK£360k

UK£27m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

UK£23m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

UK£19m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

UK£17m

Dec 31 2022UK£595kUK£343k

UK£15m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

UK£15m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

UK£15m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

UK£14m

Dec 31 2021UK£958kUK£326k

UK£12m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

UK£8m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

UK£3m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-UK£229k

Dec 31 2020UK£260kUK£237k

-UK£4m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

UK£927k

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

UK£6m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

UK£11m

Dec 31 2019UK£401kUK£315k

UK£17m

Compensation vs Market: Stephen's total compensation ($USD692.40K) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD825.07K).

Compensation vs Earnings: Stephen's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Stephen Fenby (62 yo)

16.3yrs
Tenure
UK£509,000
Compensation

Mr. Stephen Barry Fenby has been Group Managing Director at Midwich Group Plc at Midwich Limited since 2010. He has been a Director at Midwich Group Plc since April 13, 2016. Mr. Fenby served as Company Se...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Stephen Fenby
Group MD & Director16.3yrsUK£509.00k18.18%
£ 26.4m
Adam Councell
Group CFO & Directorless than a yearno datano data
Thomas Sumner
Chief Strategy Officer & CEO of North America2.3yrsno datano data
Mark Lowe
Chief Commercial Officer7.3yrsno datano data
Miguel Mezquita
Managing Director of Earpro8.2yrsno datano data
Rick ter Wee
Managing Director of Van Domburg8.2yrsno datano data
Philip Bligh
Chief Finance Officer of UK & Ireland2.3yrsno datano data
Joel Thompson
Chief Transformation Officerless than a yearno datano data
Andrew Garnham
Secretary1.4yrsno datano data
Lauren Hall
Secretaryless than a yearno datano data
2.3yrs
Average Tenure
45.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: MIDW's management team is considered experienced (2.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Stephen Fenby
Group MD & Director10.1yrsUK£509.00k18.18%
£ 26.4m
Adam Councell
Group CFO & Directorless than a yearno datano data
Andrew Herbert
Independent Non-Executive Chairman10.1yrsUK£95.00k0.039%
£ 56.0k
Michael Ashley
Independent Non-Executive Director10.1yrsUK£51.00k0.0014%
£ 2.0k
Hilary Wright
Independent Non-Executive Director8.2yrsUK£49.00k0.0039%
£ 5.6k
Alison Seekings
Independent Non-Executive Director2.2yrsUK£49.00kno data
9.1yrs
Average Tenure
60yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: MIDW's board of directors are considered experienced (9.1 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/08 09:13
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/08 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Midwich Group plc is covered by 5 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Benjamin MayBerenberg
James BaylissBerenberg
Gert ZonneveldCanaccord Genuity