PITMAN PRESS LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -0.1%

  £73,245 → £73,145

• Net assets

  -11.2%

  -£1,525,953 → -£1,696,882

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  +74.6%

  £251,751 → £439,594

• Profit before tax

  -417.5%

  -£33,032 → -£170,929

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

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.

1. PITMAN PRESS LIMITED 1985-04-01 → present
2. BATH PRESS LIMITED 1984-03-08 → 1985-04-01

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

TC Group

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 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. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. As part of the directors' consideration of the appropriateness of adopting the going concern basis a range of scenarios have been reviewed. The ultimate parent company is Bidco 3 Limited and the CPI UK entities (which includes Pitman Press Limited) are managed autonomously from the rest of the Group. The UK group companies operate with a cash pooling arrangement, and therefore the Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for the period to 31 March 2026 for the UK legal entities collectively. The cash flow forecasts indicate that taking account operations and its financial resources, the company and the wider CPI UK group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. Furthermore, Bidco 3 Limited have provided Pitman Press Limited with a financial guarantee for one year on from the date the audit report is signed. This forecast shows the UK entities have sufficient liquidity for the period forecast to 30 June 2026 and operate within the covenant requirements of their loan finance. Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company and the wider UK group will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. PITMAN PRESS LIMITED · parent
   1. Blackprint CPI Iberica S.L. 100% · Spain · Book printing

Significant events

• “During the year ended 30 September 2024 the CPI group saw an decrease in the volumes in the traditional book market. Run lengths remained broadly in line with the prior year and re-print activity was low.”

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

Filings

3

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.