WOODLANDS BOOKS 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

  -6%

  £6,873,658 → £6,459,731

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  -100%

  £17,101 → £0

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Net assets

  -6.5%

  £6,880,540 → £6,434,354

• Employees

  -100%

  4 → 0

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  -3.7%

  -£825,876 → -£856,838

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Profit before tax

  -4.8%

  -£561,286 → -£588,215

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +22.6%

  £268,727 → £329,511

  highest in 3 filed years

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

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.

1. WOODLANDS BOOKS LIMITED 2005-03-22 → present
2. HILLGRAIN LIMITED 2005-01-14 → 2005-03-22

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, being a period of no less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “The changing book market and particularly the transition to digital is creating both challenges and opportunities for the Company, notably regarding the latter in terms of new markets and sales channels. The Company is facing increased pressure on margins. Other risks arise from the entry of non-traditional publishers into the market, the decline in retail space in high street bookshops and economic uncertainty.”
• “The continuing uncertainty in the global economy and high level of inflation in the UK presents ongoing pressure on costs and margins.”

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

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.