ABERDEEN JOURNALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-14 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6K
+99.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
-72.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
143
-8.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£4M
+356.7% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £18,976,783 | £19,688,145 | £20,161,021 | £19,378,417 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £838,160 | £3,827,986 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £5,087,107 | £1,122,568 | £838,160 | £3,827,986 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £4,133,250 | £904,497 | £638,799 | £2,867,963 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £44,987 | £5,032 | £3,042 | £6,082 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £11,123,955 | £12,028,452 | £12,667,251 | £3,535,214 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £12,667,251 | £3,535,214 | |
| Equity | £43,828,152 | £50,527,146 | £6,990,705 | £11,123,955 | £12,028,452 | £12,667,251 | £3,535,214 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 199 | 197 | 157 | 143 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,358,323 | £6,475,378 | £10,505,442 | £7,521,760 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-3.9%
£20,161,021 £19,378,417
-
Cash
+99.9%
£3,042 £6,082
-
Net assets
-72.1%
£12,667,251 £3,535,214
-
Employees
-8.9%
157 143
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+356.7%
£838,160 £3,827,986
-
Profit before tax
+356.7%
£838,160 £3,827,986
-
Wages
-28.4%
£10,505,442 £7,521,760
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 | 2019-03-31 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 19.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 21.8% | 4.6% | 3.2% | 14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 6.6% | 108.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 6.79x | 1.83x |
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
- Henderson Loggie LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have considered relevant information, including the financial projections, forecast future cash flows and the impact of subsequent events in making their assessment. The directors have performed a robust analysis of forecast future cash flows taking into account the potential impact on the business of possible future scenarios arising from rising input costs and general economic conditions. This analysis also considers the effectiveness of available measures to assist in mitigating the impact. Based on these assessments and having regard to the resources available to the company, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A change in the methodology used for the recharging of salary costs around the group has seen a significant reduction in the costs allocated to the company this year compared to last year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALL, Peter | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| THOMSON, Christopher Harold William | Director | 2006-04-02 | Jul 1950 | British |
| THOMSON, David Howard Eric | Director | 2006-04-02 | Nov 1973 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Paul Simon | Secretary | 1996-10-14 | 2006-04-02 |
| DOUGLAS, Irene | Secretary | 2014-05-14 | 2019-03-05 |
| EVANS, Susannah | Secretary | 2019-03-05 | 2026-03-31 |
| GLASS, Roland Edmondson | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 1996-10-11 |
| GRIERSON, Ian David | Secretary | — | 1993-05-28 |
| JAMES, Michael Basil | Secretary | 1993-05-28 | 1994-02-23 |
| MUTCH, Watson | Secretary | 2006-04-02 | 2014-05-14 |
| PERRIE, James Miller | Secretary | 1994-02-23 | 1996-06-27 |
| ADDLEY, Stephen Boyd | Director | 1994-11-23 | 1996-01-05 |
| BEATTY, Kevin Joseph | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2004-08-24 |
| BLAIR, Andrew Gordon | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2004-01-16 |
| DAVIDSON, Alexander Lindsay | Director | 1996-02-29 | 2001-09-03 |
| GARNER, Stuart Montague | Director | 1994-05-31 | 1996-01-05 |
| HEEPS, William | Director | — | 1993-05-25 |
| HINDLEY, Martyn John | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2006-04-02 |
| JAMES, Michael Basil | Director | 1993-05-25 | 1995-07-31 |
| KNIGHT, Mark David | Director | 1996-01-05 | 1996-02-29 |
| MCGREGOR, David Paton | Director | 1994-11-15 | 1996-02-29 |
| MUTCH, Watson | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2014-05-14 |
| PELOSI, Michael Paul | Director | 1996-02-29 | 2006-04-02 |
| PERRIE, James Miller | Director | 1996-03-14 | 1996-06-27 |
| PETERS, Kenneth Jamieson | Director | — | 1990-06-30 |
| RIDLEY-THOMAS, Roger | Director | 1990-01-26 | 1994-05-31 |
| RUSSELL, Angela | Director | 1996-01-05 | 1996-02-29 |
| SCOTT, Alan Albert | Director | — | 2011-09-09 |
| THOMSON, Andrew Francis | Director | 2006-04-02 | 2022-03-31 |
| TUCKER, Derek | Director | 1996-03-14 | 2010-12-21 |
| WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas | Director | 2013-09-27 | 2021-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dc Thomson & Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-03-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-03-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.