JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-21 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-07

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£6M

-43.2% vs 2024

Net assets

£247M

-6.9% vs 2024

Employees

1,180

+3.5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£38M

-35.8% vs 2024

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED 1987-12-18 → present
JOHN WILEY AND SONS,LIMITED 1959-11-03 → 1987-12-18

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Turnover	£353,475,000	£377,280,000
Operating profit	£62,171,000	£40,973,000
Profit before tax	£58,840,000	£37,793,000
Net profit	£38,503,000	£21,725,000
Cash	£10,186,000	£5,786,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£283,345,000	£261,874,000
Net assets	£265,317,000	£246,912,000
Equity	£265,317,000	£246,912,000
Average employees	1,140	1,180
Wages	£56,314,000	£60,473,000

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Operating margin	17.6%	10.9%
Net margin	10.9%	5.8%
Return on capital employed	21.9%	15.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	55.7%	61.7%
Current ratio	0.70x	0.56x
Interest cover	7.69x	5.25x

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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have undertaken a going concern review for the entity and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company is dependent on John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ('the Parent') in providing ongoing financial support for the period of at least 12 months from signing of the financial statements.”

Group structure

JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED · parent
1. Atypon Systems Ltd UK 100% · UK · Publishing
2. Atypon Publishing Technology services MEPE 100% · Greece · Publishing
3. Atypon Systems CRO 100% · Czech Republic · Publishing
4. John Wiley & Sons South Africa (Pty) Limited 100% · South Africa · Publishing
5. John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte Limited 100% · Singapore · Publishing
6. J Wiley Limited 90% · UK · Publishing
7. Wiley Information & Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd 100% · China · Publishing
8. E Learning SAS 0% · France · Online Learning Provider
9. John Wiley & Sons Commercial Services Co Ltd 100% · China · Publishing
10. Crossknowledge Group Limited 100% · Online Learning Provider
11. Digital SK Solucoes em Midiatizacao Ltda EPP 100% · Brazil · Online Learning Provider
12. Epistema Sarl 100% · France · Online Learning Provider
13. Mohive AS 100% · Norway · Online Learning Provider
14. Crossknowledge GmbH 100% · Germany · Online Learning Provider
15. Wiley Crossknowledge Netherlands BV 100% · Netherlands · Online Learning Provider
16. Madgex Holdings Limited 100% · UK · Recruitment Services
17. Madgex Limited 100% · UK · Recruitment Services
18. Madgex Two Limited 100% · UK · Recruitment Services
19. Wiley Iberia Sociedad Limitada 100% · Spain · Publishing
20. MThree Corporate Consulting Ltd (Hong Kong) 100% · Hong Kong · Technology & Consulting
21. MThree Corporate Consulting Ltd (Singapore) Pte Ltd 100% · Singapore · Technology & Consulting
22. Wiley Commercial Consulting Shanghai Co. Ltd 100% · China · Publishing
23. MThree Corporate Consulting Limited US 100% · USA · Technology & Consulting
24. MThree Corporate Consulting Spolka z ograniczona 100% · Poland · Technology & Consulting
25. MThree SAS 100% · France · Technology & Consulting
26. MThree Consulting GmbH 100% · Germany · Technology & Consulting
27. Seirbhis Tecneolaiochta MThree Consulting Teo 100% · Dublin 1 · Technology & Consulting
28. MThree Corporate Consulting Limited 100% · USA · Technology & Consulting
29. Mthree Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag 100% · Hungary · Technology & Consulting
30. Hindawi Limited 100% · UK · Academic Publishing
31. WILEY ROMANIA SRL 100% · Romania · Software Development
32. Blackwell Publishers (Trustees) Limited 100% · UK · Publishing

Significant events

“On 10 June 2025 the Company paid a dividend of $ 4.35m to its immediate parent company, Wiley Heyden Limited. There were no other significant events since the end of the financial year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 23 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
COYLE-PARSONS, Lauryn Christine	Secretary	2023-01-19	—	—
CARIDI, Christopher	Director	2024-09-20	Jun 1966	American
SCHLIESING, Karl William	Director	2025-08-15	May 1972	British
WARDLEWORTH, Benjamin Noel	Director	2022-03-04	Nov 1974	British

Show 23 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
D'ARCY, Ursula	Secretary	2007-07-24	2008-07-01
DICKS, Christopher Joseph	Secretary	—	2005-07-27
GARRARD, Ian Jeremy	Secretary	2005-07-27	2007-07-23
JOSHUA, Susan Mary	Secretary	2008-07-01	2012-01-31
MCPHEE, Caroline Jane	Secretary	2012-02-01	2023-01-19
COUSENS, Ellis Edward	Director	2009-05-01	2014-06-16
D'ARCY, Ursula Leonie	Director	2008-07-01	2022-03-04
DICKS, Christopher Joseph	Director	—	2012-01-31
DIXON, Michael, Dr	Director	1993-05-04	1996-05-31
ELLIS, Charles Richard	Director	—	1996-03-28
FERRIS, Peter	Director	—	2008-05-31
FOYLE, Michael Bartholomew	Director	—	1993-06-04
GARRARD, Ian Jeremy	Director	2012-02-01	2016-06-30
JARVIS, John Herbert, Dr	Director	—	2008-05-31
JOHNSON, Rosamund Claire	Director	2016-07-01	2025-08-15
KISRAY, Philip Jeffrey Mac	Director	2009-05-01	2022-05-01
KRITZMACHER, John Anthony	Director	2014-06-16	2021-12-31
LONG, Robert Charles	Director	—	2017-10-31
MAIR, Robert Steven Robertson	Director	1994-07-19	2000-04-30
PESCE, William J	Director	1996-03-28	2009-05-01
POULTER, Angela Patricia	Director	1997-03-01	2007-12-06
SMITH, Stephen Michael	Director	2007-12-06	2015-04-13
VAN TASSELL, Christina May	Director	2022-03-04	2024-09-20

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Wiley Heyden Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2019-04-30	Active
Wiley Europe Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2019-04-26

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 190 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2024-11-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-10-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-19	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-08-18	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-02-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-29	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-11-11	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-11-04	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2024-10-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-02-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-01-20	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-01-20	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2023-01-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-05-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-03-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 4
Capital events: 1
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

Turnover

+6.7%

£353,475,000 £377,280,000
Cash

-43.2%

£10,186,000 £5,786,000
Net assets

-6.9%

£265,317,000 £246,912,000
Employees

+3.5%

1,140 1,180
Operating profit

-34.1%

£62,171,000 £40,973,000
Profit before tax

-35.8%

£58,840,000 £37,793,000
Wages

+7.4%

£56,314,000 £60,473,000

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

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