SWOON EDITIONS LTD
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Cash
£1.3m
-44.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£454k
-69.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
23
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
-39% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,233,650 | £10,313,949 | £10,585,017 | +2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £188,560 | -£839,500 | -£1,113,637 | -32.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £188,560 | -£844,566 | -£1,173,648 | -39% | |
| Net profit | £318,361 | -£903,763 | -£1,040,667 | -15.1% | |
| Cash | £2,378,991 | £2,317,669 | £1,279,879 | -44.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,398,926 | £1,495,163 | £904,496 | -39.5% | |
| Net assets | £2,398,926 | £1,495,163 | £454,496 | -69.6% | |
| Equity | £2,398,926 | £1,495,163 | £454,496 | -69.6% | |
| Average employees | 24 | 23 | 23 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,709,318 | £1,715,376 | £1,659,618 | -3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £199,078 | £198,444 | £229,070 | +15.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £22,858 | £46,583 | £43,000 | -7.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | -8.1% | -10.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | -8.8% | -9.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | -56.1% | -123.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.6% | 71.1% | 90.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.08x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | -94.50x | -18.54x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mercer & Hole LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements and have not identified any material uncertainties”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Brian Ralph | Director | 2019-11-22 | Jun 1973 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Debbie | Director | 2019-11-22 | Jun 1976 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-03-24 | Active |
| Mr Brian Ralph Harrison | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-22 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
| Miss Debbie Williamson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2019-11-22 | Ceased 2022-03-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-09 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-01-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-04-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-04-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-04-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.