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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

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric Trend 2019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
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 199197157143
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

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 2019-03-312020-03-312021-03-312022-03-312023-03-312024-03-312025-03-31
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 6.79x1.83x

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

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 PDF
2026-04-01 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-07-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-12-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2022-08-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2021-08-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-04-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-01-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-08-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-12-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-08-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-03-11 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2019-03-11 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
4

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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