TAKE A BREAK LTD

What TAKE A BREAK LTD does

TAKE A BREAK LTD operates as a UK women's weekly magazine brand and associated digital properties, published by Bauer Consumer Media Ltd within the privately-owned Bauer Media Group. The flagship product is the weekly Take a Break Magazine, complemented by a monthly subscription edition (Take a Break Monthly), a weekly digital edition, and an extended portfolio of sub-brands: Take a Break Pets (pets/animals monthly), Take a Break Makes (crafts/DIY), Take a Break Holidays (travel content), Take a Break Bingo (online gaming), and Brainwaves puzzles. Content centers on real-life emotional stories, cash-prize competitions (£50–£6,000 prizes), puzzles, fashion, food, health advice, pet care, and reader submissions such as Fiction Feast.

The underlying technology is a modest web-based digital content platform at takeabreak.co.uk with a companion mobile app for interactive puzzles and brain games. There is no disclosed proprietary AI, data, or integration layer; the digital stack is a standard publishing CMS with social distribution (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest), an email newsletter, and affiliate links (notably Amazon Associates). Distribution combines physical retail (UK newsagents), direct subscription via Great Magazines, and digital channels, with content production by a small team of approximately 11 employees attributed to the title.

Revenue is generated through a mix of streams: physical and digital magazine sales, recurring subscriptions, competition entry fees, advertising sold against the broader Bauer Media UK network (which reaches 25 million consumers), and affiliate commissions. Pricing is promotional and seasonal, exemplified by '3 issues for £3' summer subscription offers. The customer base is concentrated in a single horizontal segment — UK women readers — with no enterprise customers, international expansion, or alternative demographic diversification evident in the data.

Name

TAKE A BREAK LTD

Legal name

Take a Break (published by Bauer Consumer Media Ltd, part of Bauer Media Group)

Website

https://takeabreak.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1962

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TAKE A BREAK LTD is a UK women's weekly magazine brand (founded 1962) published within Bauer Media Group, serving female readers with real-life stories, competitions, puzzles, and lifestyle content across print, digital, app, and sub-brand extensions including Pets, Makes, and Bingo.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consumer Magazines & Publishing

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJAEAB

Women’s Interest & Parenting Magazines

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Magazine Publishing (Consumer & B2B/Trade Magazines)

SECONDARYMPAJAEAF

Food, Cooking & Beverage Magazines

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Magazine Publishing (Consumer & B2B/Trade Magazines)

SECONDARYMPAJAEAG

Home, Garden & DIY Magazines

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Magazine Publishing (Consumer & B2B/Trade Magazines)

SECONDARYMPAJAAAN

Humor, Gift & Specialty Format Books (Journals, Coloring, etc.)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Book Publishing (Trade & Consumer)

Keywords

• Women's magazines
• Consumer publishing
• True life stories
• Weekly magazines
• Celebrity news

Headquarters

HQ city

Peterborough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Magazine Sales: Take a Break magazine sold through newsagents, retail outlets, and direct subscription. Published as both weekly and monthly editions including Take a Break Monthly and Take a Break Weekly Digital.
2. Competition Entry Fees: Reader competitions with entry fees across multiple prize categories including cash prizes (£50 to £6,000), vouchers, holidays, and product giveaways.
3. Advertising Revenue: The magazine and website generate advertising revenue as part of Bauer Media UK's broader entertainment network reaching 25 million consumers.
4. Affiliate Commissions: Affiliate partnerships with brands including Amazon Associate program. Commission earned on qualifying purchases made through website links.
5. Subscription Revenue: Subscription offers via Great Magazines including '3 issues for £3' summer promotions for Take a Break Monthly and puzzle magazine subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TAKE A BREAK LTD publishes a weekly women's consumer magazine featuring real-life stories, celebrity news, health, beauty, fashion, travel, and puzzles. The brand, established in 1962 and published by Bauer Consumer Media Ltd (part of Bauer Media Group) from Peterborough in the United Kingdom, produces print and digital editions with promotional subscription offers and companion special-interest titles such as Take a Break Pets.

Product overview

TAKE A BREAK LTD operates as a multi-platform magazine publisher under the Bauer Media Group umbrella. The core product is the weekly Take a Break Magazine, complemented by the monthly Take a Break Monthly subscription version. The portfolio includes specialized sub-brands: Take a Break Pets (pets and animals content), Take a Break Makes (crafts and DIY), Brainwaves (puzzles and brain activities), and Fiction Feast (fiction competitions). Additional offerings include Take a Break Bingo (online gaming), the Take a Break App (interactive puzzles), and dedicated Take a Break Holidays and Dating sections. The company generates revenue through magazine sales, subscriptions via Great Magazines, competitions, and affiliate partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Take a Break Pets: Monthly real-life publication focused on pets and the people who love them, launched in 2019.
• Take a Break Makes
• Take a Break Holidays

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• TV Choice AwardsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Take a Break covers and promotes the annual TV Choice Awards, which attracted viewers voting across 18 categories in 2026. The awards celebrate TV shows with categories including Best Soap (won by Emmerdale in 2026).
• Great MagazinescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGreat Magazines handles subscription services for Take a Break magazine (both monthly and weekly digital editions), puzzle magazine subscriptions, Take a Break Pets, and Take a Break Makes. They provide subscriber services including address management, payment updates, and subscription start/expiry information. Subscription offers are promoted across takeabreak.co.uk with referral links.
• Bauer Media GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTake a Break is owned and published by Bauer Media Group, one of the world's largest privately-owned media businesses and Britain's biggest magazine publisher. Bauer reaches 25 million UK consumers. The group includes Bauer Consumer Media, Bauer Radio, and H Bauer Publishing.
• AmazonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTake a Break participates in the Amazon Associate affiliate programme as an Amazon Associate, earning commissions from qualifying purchases made through links on the takeabreak.co.uk website.
• IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation)minorOthersTake a Break is regulated by IPSO (Independent Press Standards Organisation), displayed on the website and magazine. IPSO handles editorial complaints and ensures press standards compliance.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Now Magazine: UK celebrity and TV-led women's weekly; competes with Take a Break for the same women's weekly purchase occasion and ad budgets.
• Bella: Bauer Media women's weekly covering celebrity, fashion and lifestyle; same publisher, same UK women audience, similar price point and distribution through Great Magazines.
• That's Life!: Sister Bauer Media title featuring real-life stories, puzzles and reader competitions in a near-identical weekly format; the closest direct competitor and benchmark for Take a Break's content mix and pricing.
• Woman's Own: Future plc women's weekly covering real-life stories, health and lifestyle content; long-established direct competitor on the UK newsstand.
• Closer: Bauer Media women's weekly with celebrity, real-life and TV content; sister title sharing Bauer's distribution, subscription platform and advertising sales force with Take a Break.
• Real People: UK weekly built around real-life reader stories and cash-prize competitions; closest content analogue to Take a Break's 'real-life + prize' formula.
• Chat: UK women's weekly (Future plc) with similar real-life stories, puzzles and competitions format; positioned as a direct newsstand substitute to Take a Break.
• Woman's Weekly: Long-running UK women's weekly (Future plc) covering real-life stories, health, food and crafts; competes head-to-head with Take a Break on the newsstand and subscription channel for the same UK women reader.
• Woman: Future plc women's weekly offering celebrity, real-life and lifestyle content targeting the same UK female demographic as Take a Break, with overlap in cover price and subscription mechanics.

Broad incumbents

• Good Housekeeping UK: Hearst UK's flagship women's interest monthly spanning food, health, home and lifestyle; competes with Take a Break in the women's lifestyle segment but at a broader, more premium positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/takeabreakmag
• Facebookfacebook.com/takeabreakmag
• Instagraminstagram.com/takeabreak.mag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/take-a-break-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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