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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

1 item

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

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
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 131317202022
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

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 2019-12-312020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -13.1%-47.8%
Net margin -13.2%-46.0%
Return on capital employed -365.2%206.8%
Current ratio 0.92x0.59x
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

  1. CANELO DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
    1. Hera Books Limited 100%

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-02-14 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-12-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-12-20 AD04 address Move registers to registered office company with new address PDF
2024-12-20 AD02 address Change sail address company with old address new address PDF
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 PDF
2024-11-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-05 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-11-05 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-11-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
7

last 12 months

Capital events
3

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.

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