CANELO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£501k
+1,462.9% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£422k
+48.6% vs 2024
Employees
22
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£228k
+113.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £3,797,175 | £3,545,426 | £4,702,064 | +32.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£495,849 | -£1,694,929 | -£659,920 | +61.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£503,119 | -£1,702,818 | £228,026 | +113.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£503,119 | -£1,629,973 | £399,092 | +124.5% | |
| Cash | £306,560 | £369,504 | £185,382 | £0 | £32,084 | £501,439 | +1,462.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £551,187 | £692,684 | £596,038 | £135,776 | -£819,795 | -£421,936 | +48.5% | |
| Net assets | £506,704 | £658,517 | £571,871 | £120,825 | -£821,028 | -£421,936 | +48.6% | |
| Equity | £506,704 | £658,517 | £571,871 | £120,825 | -£821,028 | -£421,936 | +48.6% | |
| Average employees | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £897,073 | £1,077,151 | £1,147,816 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £300,884 | £176,474 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -13.1% | -47.8% | -14.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -13.2% | -46.0% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -365.2% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 143.7% | 117.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.92x | 0.59x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -68.20x | — | -16.82x |
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)
- 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 and the written confirmation of support from Bertelsmann UK Limited, 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
- “On 1 July 2025, the assets of the Company's subsidiary company Hera Books Limited ("Hera") were transferred to the Company for consideration of £1,097,308. As a result, Hera ceased trading on the same date and distributed its remaining reserves to the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GATES, Robert James Squire | Director | 2024-11-01 | Sep 1985 | British |
| KELLY, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2024-11-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETO, Nicholas Reis Mach | Secretary | 2023-12-19 | 2024-11-01 |
| BARRETO, Nicholas Reis Mach | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2024-11-01 |
| BHASKAR, Michael Raj | Director | 2014-12-19 | 2024-11-01 |
| MILLAR, Iain Shaw | Director | 2014-12-19 | 2024-11-01 |
| SMART, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| VOLANS, Thomas Henry Sayer | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2017-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorling Kindersley Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Iain Shaw Millar | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-11-01 |
| Mr Nicholas Reis Mach Barreto | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-09 |
| Mr Michael Raj Bhaskar | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-18 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-12-20 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-18 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.