IMAGO PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-25.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£3.4m
-5.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
40
+5.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£164k
+22.5% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,092,421 | £17,584,835 | £17,139,070 | -2.5% | |
| Operating profit | £567,282 | £652,894 | £288,554 | -55.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £89,911 | £134,193 | £164,432 | +22.5% | |
| Net profit | £85,439 | £134,193 | £164,432 | +22.5% | |
| Cash | £1,269,230 | £2,074,618 | £1,552,739 | -25.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,854,642 | -£2,712,824 | -£2,893,865 | -6.7% | |
| Net assets | -£2,448,093 | -£3,255,022 | -£3,419,454 | -5.1% | |
| Equity | -£2,448,093 | -£3,255,022 | -£3,419,454 | -5.1% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 38 | 40 | +5.3% | |
| Wages | £1,767,762 | £2,243,255 | £2,386,641 | +6.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £694,396 | £847,385 | £906,489 | +7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £49,783 | £74,732 | £76,820 | +2.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £164,356 | £225,836 | £253,947 | +12.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 3.7% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 128.8% | 144.7% | 135.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.68x | 0.60x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | 1.04x | 0.74x | 0.51x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- IMAGO PUBLISHING LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- STORKCOURT LIMITED 1980-08-27 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company closely monitors and manages its liquidity risk with cashflow forecasts being produced and reviewed on a regular basis as well as ongoing monitoring of currency risks. The company maintains the full support of its lenders and continues to comply with all covenants with forecasts suggesting that this will continue. As a result, and due to the expected return to profitable performance of the company and support of Imago Holdings Limited, the immediate parent undertaking, the directors consider that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COURBOIS, David | Director | 2016-07-01 | Dec 1982 | French |
| HINE, John | Director | 2021-05-11 | Jun 1974 | British |
| KNIGHT, Deborah Jane | Director | 2000-11-01 | Jun 1964 | British |
| LUGG, Amanda Louise | Director | 2015-01-15 | Nov 1970 | British |
| ROSENHEIM, Simon Alexei | Director | 2012-09-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| SCHEIBLE, Dietlinde Martina | Director | 2006-01-01 | Oct 1963 | German |
| WHITING, David Michael | Director | 2016-08-01 | May 1975 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPASS, James Rodney | Secretary | 2003-03-27 | 2016-04-08 |
| HAYES, Richard George | Secretary | — | 2003-03-27 |
| ALLPASS, James Rodney | Director | 1996-01-02 | 2016-04-08 |
| FINCH, David Matthew | Director | 2015-01-26 | 2016-08-26 |
| HAYES, Richard George | Director | — | 2000-11-01 |
| JAQUET, Cherry | Director | — | 2014-07-31 |
| MCCALL, Martin James | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2016-06-07 |
| O'CONNOR, Sarah | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2014-09-17 |
| PORDES, Erik Martin | Director | — | 2000-11-01 |
| RISK, Colin Neilson | Director | — | 2013-09-03 |
| SCARAMUZZA, Paolo | Director | 2007-06-18 | 2013-02-28 |
| YOUNG, Angela Susan | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2016-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imago Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.