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FREDERICK WARNE & CO LIMITED

#00155455 · Active · Incorporated 1919-05-26 (107y 5m) · Last filing 2026-09-15 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 58110 · J Information & Communication · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-04-10 (in 6 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£53k

+23.1% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£7.9m

-28.4% lowest in 4 filed years

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£9.3m

+0.7% vs 2024

Accounts

4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £21,149,120£20,878,123£19,621,480£16,476,214 -16%
Operating profit £8,715,749£9,260,825£8,530,233£8,684,095 +1.8%
Profit before tax £8,891,420£10,168,917£9,212,688£9,281,133 +0.7%
Net profit £7,131,686£7,688,311£6,811,998£6,876,064 +0.9%
Cash —£43,429£43,187£53,167 +23.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £21,748,803£14,209,974£15,924,331£11,841,251 -25.6%
Net assets £21,508,414£14,196,725£11,008,723£7,884,787 -28.4%
Equity £21,508,414£14,196,725£11,008,723£7,884,787 -28.4%
Average employees 0000 —
Wages £160,944£238,770£170,293£156,912 -7.9%
Directors' remuneration —£44,134£49,466£74,674 +51%
Directors' pension contributions —£4,283£317— —
Highest paid director —£28,642£33,562£45,885 +36.7%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 41.2%44.4%43.5%52.7%
Net margin 33.7%36.8%34.7%41.7%
Return on capital employed 40.1%65.2%53.6%73.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) —31.9%51.7%58.4%
Current ratio —3.13x3.32x2.66x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the Company's current trading performance, the sensitivity and reverse stress testing scenarios performed, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 15 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MARTIN, Sinead Mary Secretary 2016-06-30 — —
DOW, Francesca Director 2010-12-31 Aug 1963 British
GARDINER, Mark William Director 2014-03-31 Apr 1961 British
WELDON, Thomas Daryl Director 2010-12-31 Aug 1963 British
Show 15 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ENGLE, Cecily Julia Secretary — 2002-03-31
PEACOCK, Helena Caroline Secretary 2002-03-31 2016-06-30
BARTON, Stephanie Director 2008-01-07 2010-12-31
BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret Director 2010-06-14 2014-03-31
ENGLE, Cecily Julia Director 2000-06-21 2002-03-31
FIELD, Peter Director 2007-01-01 2010-12-31
FLOYER, Sally Margaret Doris Director — 2008-03-31
FORBES WATSON, Anthony David Director 1997-05-01 2005-02-28
GLOVER, Trevor David Director — 1995-11-24
HALL, Stephen Derek Director — 1998-01-31
LANDERS, Brian James Director 2008-05-20 2009-07-31
MAKINSON, John Crowther Director 2005-02-28 2007-01-01
ROLFE, John Henry Director — 1997-05-01
WAN, David Andrew Director 2000-06-21 2002-05-31
WEBSTER, John Walter Director — 1996-01-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Penguin Books Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-03-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-03-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-25 ANNOTATION miscellaneous Legacy
2024-10-30 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-09-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-05 DISS40 gazette Gazette filings brought up to date
2022-03-08 GAZ1 gazette Gazette notice compulsory
2021-04-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-02-10 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2020-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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