SCHOLASTIC LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The directors have prepared the forecast cash flows of the business over the period through to 31 December 2026. In order to ensure the Company has the ability to meet liabilities as they fall due through to 31 December 2026, the Company has sought and obtained confirmation from Scholastic UK Limited, the immediate parent undertaking, that it is able to and will if required provide the Company with the financial support necessary to enable it to do so. Scholastic UK Limited has itself received an equivalent confirmation from its immediate parent undertaking, Scholastic Inc. In addition, Scholastic Inc. provides a guarantee of the UK overdraft facility.

1. SCHOLASTIC LIMITED 1995-06-01 → present
2. SCHOLASTIC PUBLICATIONS LIMITED 1961-08-22 → 1995-06-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The directors have prepared the forecast cash flows of the business over the period through to 31 December 2026. In order to ensure the Company has the ability to meet liabilities as they fall due through to 31 December 2026, the Company has sought and obtained confirmation from Scholastic UK Limited, the immediate parent undertaking, that it is able to and will if required provide the Company with the financial support necessary to enable it to do so. Scholastic UK Limited has itself received an equivalent confirmation from its immediate parent undertaking, Scholastic Inc. In addition, Scholastic Inc. provides a guarantee of the UK overdraft facility.”

Group structure

1. SCHOLASTIC LIMITED · parent
   1. Scholastic Ireland Limited 1% · Ireland · School Book Fairs & Clubs

Significant events

• “On 10th March 2025, the Company sold its investment in Scholastic Ireland Limited to another group company as part of a group reorganisation following the acquisition of the 9 Story group by Scholastic Corporation in June 2024.”
• “On 26th September 2025, the Company made an additional contribution to the Scholastic Limited Pension & Assurance Scheme of £5,500,000 in order to facilitate a full buy in of the Scheme's liabilities with an insurance company. A further £636,000 was paid on 4th November 2025 for the same purpose.”

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

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +15.7%

  £44,943,553 → £52,012,880

• Cash

  +16.3%

  £26,214,376 → £30,494,790

• Net assets

  +8.6%

  £38,025,101 → £41,286,926

• Employees

  +4.8%

  231 → 242

• Operating profit

  +175.8%

  £1,483,634 → £4,091,358

• Profit before tax

  +245.5%

  £1,699,660 → £5,872,115

• Wages

  +10.7%

  £9,919,454 → £10,977,491

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