PRESTEL PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£7K
-15.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£1.3M
+1.1% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
6
-14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£19K
-58% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,156,065 | £3,017,916 | £2,977,398 | £2,183,732 | -26.7% | |
| Operating profit | £62,362 | -£1,822 | £18,504 | -£1,602 | -108.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £69,340 | £26,056 | £44,567 | £18,714 | -58% | |
| Net profit | £57,887 | £20,072 | £29,156 | £13,733 | -52.9% | |
| Cash | £20,786 | £7,656 | £8,357 | £7,049 | -15.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,248,461 | £1,379,967 | £1,374,997 | £1,352,758 | -1.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,235,810 | £1,255,882 | £1,285,038 | £1,298,771 | +1.1% | |
| Equity | £1,235,810 | £1,255,882 | £1,285,038 | £1,298,771 | +1.1% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | -14.3% | |
| Wages | £228,404 | £238,352 | £290,047 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £87,109 | £94,000 | £96,229 | +2.4% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | -0.1% | 0.6% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | -0.1% | 1.3% | -0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 31.0% | 34.3% | 16.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.76x | 3.13x | 6.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | -1.15x | 2.42x | -0.27x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 arc authorised for issuc.”
Significant events
- “As of 1 July 2025, the principal activities of the Company changed in line with an updated agreement with its parent company, Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, which stated that the Company would no longer retain responsibility for the distribution of the parent company's products in the UK and overseas markets. There were no further changes to the other principal activities of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANSEN, Rupert Andrew | Secretary | 2002-10-28 | — | British |
| HANSEN, Rupert Andrew | Director | 2002-10-28 | Sep 1965 | British |
| RIEKER, Christian | Director | 2010-07-21 | Sep 1963 | German |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAUFMAN, Andrew Charles | Secretary | 1999-02-11 | 2002-12-31 |
| ALKENBRECHER, Ralf | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2005-02-09 |
| BARTER, Oliver | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2021-08-16 |
| DORT, Karl Martin | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2008-07-30 |
| GEHRING, Karl Maria | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2008-07-30 |
| GRUBBE, Gerhard | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2001-09-01 |
| HEYNE, Johannes Rolf | Director | 2007-03-02 | 2008-07-30 |
| KRIEGER, Juergen | Director | 2002-10-28 | 2010-07-21 |
| MEISTER, Urban Josef | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2000-09-30 |
| TESCH, Juergen | Director | 2002-10-28 | 2006-06-30 |
| ZUHR, Thomas | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2007-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Christoph Mohn | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm) | 2021-06-21 | Ceased 2022-03-25 |
| Bertelsmann Se & Co. Kgaa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-18 | Active |
| Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.