CANELO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-05 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-21
Watchouts
Cash
£32K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£821K
-779.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
22
+10% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
-238.5% vs 2023
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.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £3,797,175 | £3,545,426 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£495,849 | -£1,694,929 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£503,119 | -£1,702,818 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£503,119 | -£1,629,973 | |
| Cash | £84,352 | £306,560 | £369,504 | £185,382 | £0 | £32,084 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £551,187 | £692,684 | £596,038 | £135,776 | -£819,796 | |
| Net assets | £52,861 | £506,704 | £658,517 | £571,871 | £120,825 | -£821,028 | |
| Equity | £52,861 | £506,704 | £658,517 | £571,871 | £120,825 | -£821,028 | |
| Average employees | 13 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 22 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £897,073 | £1,077,151 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £300,884 | £178,675 |
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
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Turnover
-6.6%
£3,797,175 £3,545,426
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-779.5%
£120,825 -£821,028
lowest in 6 filed years
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Employees
+10%
20 22
highest in 6 filed years
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Operating profit
-241.8%
-£495,849 -£1,694,929
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Profit before tax
-238.5%
-£503,119 -£1,702,818
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Wages
+20.1%
£897,073 £1,077,151
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -13.1% | -47.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -13.2% | -46.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -365.2% | 206.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.92x | 0.59x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -68.20x | -214.85x |
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.”
Group structure
- CANELO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
- Hera Books Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 20 May 2025, an agreement was signed to transfer the assets of the Company's subsidiary Hera Books Limited, into the Company. The transfer was effective as at 01 July 2025, and resulted in all assets and liabilities transferred. The assets acquired will continue to trade under a Hera division within 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 95 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | 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 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-20 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address 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 | |
| 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
- 7
- 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.