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Future plc: History & Companies

Future plc is a British publishing company founded in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

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Future plc topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Future plc.

Related topics
57
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
60
Extracted relationships
24
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
60

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 50 topics
Brands · 4 topics
Overview · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Industry
Magazine and internet publishing
Headquarters
Bath, Somerset, England
Founder
Chris Anderson
Key people
Richard Huntingford (non-executive chairman) · Kevin Li Ying (CEO)
Net income
£66.3 million (2025): 130

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Brands

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Future plc connects Entity context

The extracted context around Future plc shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Future plc → Future Australia, Future Publishing, Future US, Purch Technologies France Another extracted example is Future plc → Kevin Li Ying (CEO), Richard Huntingford (non-executive chairman). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Future plc

Top relations

Subsidiaries · 4
Future plc → Future Australia, Future Publishing, Future US, Purch Technologies France
Key people · 2
Future plc → Kevin Li Ying (CEO), Richard Huntingford (non-executive chairman)
Founded · 1
Future plc → 1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Founder · 1
Future plc → Chris Anderson
Headquarters · 1
Future plc → Bath, Somerset, England
Industry · 1
Future plc → Magazine and internet publishing
Net income · 1
Future plc → £66.3 million (2025): 130
Number of employees · 1
Future plc → 2,991 (2025): 146
Operating income · 1
Future plc → £121.9 million (2025): 130
Predecessor · 1
Future plc → TI Media

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

company future acquired media million purch brands magazines 2014 publishing magazine com plc anderson 1985 consumer sold bought digital announced

Future plc relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 24 structured relationships around Future plc. Examples in this analysis include Future plc → Founded → 1985; 41 years ago (1985) and Future plc → Founder → Chris Anderson. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Future plcFounded1985; 41 years ago (1985)1.00infobox
Future plcFounderChris Anderson1.00infobox
Future plcHeadquartersBath, Somerset, England1.00infobox
Future plcIndustryMagazine and internet publishing1.00infobox
Future plcKey peopleRichard Huntingford (non-executive chairman)1.00infobox
Future plcKey peopleKevin Li Ying (CEO)1.00infobox
Future plcNet income£66.3 million (2025): 1301.00infobox
Future plcNumber of employees2,991 (2025): 1461.00infobox
Future plcOperating income£121.9 million (2025): 1301.00infobox
Future plcPredecessorTI Media1.00infobox
Future plcRevenue£739.2 million (2025): 1301.00infobox
Future plcSubsidiariesFuture Australia1.00infobox
Future plcSubsidiariesFuture Publishing1.00infobox
Future plcSubsidiariesFuture US1.00infobox
Future plcSubsidiariesPurch Technologies France1.00infobox
Future plcTotal assets£1,633.1 million (2025): 1331.00infobox
Future plcTotal equity£1,038.8 million (2025): 1331.00infobox
Future plcTraded asLSE: FUTR1.00infobox
Future plcTypePublic1.00infobox
Future plcWebsitefutureplc.com1.00infobox
Future plcis aBritish publishing company founded in 1985 by Chris Anderson0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Future plc bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Website, Media and Publishing. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Future plc
    • Website
    • Media
    • Publishing
    • Plc
    • Sold
    • Consumer
    • Brands
    • Magazines
    • Chris
    • Founded
    • Publications
    • Company
  • future plc
    • Publishing
    • Website
    • Million
    • Sold
    • Media
    • Com
    • Plc
    • Brands
    • Consumer
    • Purch
    • Magazines
    • Chris
  • future us
    • Media
    • Publishing
    • Plc
    • Sold
    • Consumer
    • Brands
    • Magazines
    • Chris
    • Founded
    • Publications
    • Company
    • Anderson
  • brands
    • Consumer
    • Purch
    • Ti
    • Media
    • Million
    • Website
    • Digital
    • Plc
    • Future
    • Acquired
    • Chris
    • Founded
  • official nintendo magazine
    • Years
    • October
    • Publishing
    • November
    • Published
    • Ti
    • Two
    • World
    • Titles
    • Website
    • Network
    • Plc
  • immediate media
    • Ti
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Titles
    • Bought
    • Digital
    • Com
    • Magazines
    • Two
    • Publishing
    • Website
    • Years
  • newbay media
    • Ti
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Titles
    • Bought
    • Digital
    • Com
    • Magazines
    • Two
    • Publishing
    • Website
    • Years
  • ti media
    • Ti
    • Acquired
    • Million
    • Titles
    • Bought
    • Digital
    • Website
    • Years
    • Com
    • April
    • Magazines
    • Two

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Future plc, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Future plc with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Future plcHistory · splits 10 ⟂ 51
Future plcBrands · splits 56 ⟂ 5
Future plcOverview · splits 57 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Future plc

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples24
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Future plc to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Future plc · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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