ACREDULA GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-8.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+0.5% vs 2023
Employees
97
-4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£301K
-125.7% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £8,843,180 | £8,103,587 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£215,914 | -£395,680 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£133,569 | -£301,426 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£133,569 | -£301,426 | |
| Cash | £1,045,284 | £753,318 | £450,456 | £496,184 | £5,030 | £2,044,483 | £1,862,806 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £8,175,339 | £7,807,207 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,251,748 | £4,081,973 | £8,700,339 | £8,740,207 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £4,081,973 | £8,700,339 | £8,740,207 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 102 | 97 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | £2,811,309 | £2,784,816 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £493,812 | £493,812 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.4%
£8,843,180 £8,103,587
-
Cash
-8.9%
£2,044,483 £1,862,806
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£8,700,339 £8,740,207
-
Employees
-4.9%
102 97
-
Operating profit
-83.3%
-£215,914 -£395,680
-
Profit before tax
-125.7%
-£133,569 -£301,426
-
Wages
-0.9%
£2,811,309 £2,784,816
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -2.4% | -4.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -1.5% | -3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -2.6% | -5.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 9.7% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 4.73x | 5.43x |
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
- ACREDULA GROUP LIMITED 2002-04-10 → present
- BARNSLEY CHRONICLE HOLDINGS LIMITED(THE) 1982-01-20 → 2002-04-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Harrison & Co Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ACREDULA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- The Barnsley Chronicle Limited 100%
- Script Media Limited 100%
- Pen & Sword Books Limited 100%
- BarnsleyIndependent Company Limited 100%
- The Barnsley Chronicle Pension Scheme Trustee Limited 100%
- The Barnsley Chronicle Pension Scheme (2001) Trustee Limited 100%
- Casemate UK Limited 51%
Significant events
- “There was a resilient performance from the Group in 2024 despite the trading environment including the impact of significant inflationary pressures and the cost of living crisis.”
- “The principal risks to the magazine and newspaper activities of the Group arise mainly from economic pressures on circulation and advertising revenues, which is critical to the performance of the newspaper and magazine publishing industry.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSINDER, Kevin | Director | 2018-02-26 | Aug 1959 | British |
| HEWITT, Charles Edward James | Director | 2004-04-22 | Nov 1970 | British |
| HEWITT, Mary Josephine | Director | 2004-04-22 | Jul 1951 | British |
| HEWITT, Michael Joseph | Director | 2004-04-22 | Sep 1973 | British |
| HEWITT, Nicholas Charles Joseph, Sir | Director | — | Nov 1947 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASSINDER, Kevin | Secretary | 2007-12-17 | 2018-01-16 |
| HEWITT, Michael Joseph | Secretary | 2004-01-15 | 2007-12-17 |
| HEWITT, Timothy George | Secretary | — | 2004-01-12 |
| BAYNE, John Blair | Director | — | 2001-12-12 |
| BURNS, Michael Hamer | Director | 2010-05-18 | 2011-10-31 |
| HEWITT, Timothy George | Director | — | 2004-01-12 |
| JARVIS, Gerald Henry | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| MORTON, Alan James | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2010-05-18 |
| PLATT, John Camm | Director | 1996-03-28 | 2004-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Nicholas Charles Joseph Hewitt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-16 | Active |
| Miss Elizabeth Hewitt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-16 | Active |
| Mrs Mary Josephine Hewitt | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-21 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-01 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2018-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.