PROQUEST INFORMATION AND LEARNING LIMITED

1. PROQUEST INFORMATION AND LEARNING LIMITED 2001-09-05 → present
2. CHADWYCK - HEALEY LIMITED 1973-02-05 → 2001-09-05

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

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As a consequence, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. They have received confirmation through a letter of support from their intermediate parent Camelot UK Bidco Limited, that it intends to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed.”

Significant events

• “On 31 January 2024 the Group made a prepayment of its term loan of $47m. On the same date, pursuant to an amendment to the Group's existing credit agreement dated as of October 31, 2019, the Group refinanced all of its existing term loans with a new $2,150m tranche of term loans maturing in 2031, with a reduced interest rate margin of 275 basis points per annum in the case of loans bearing interest by reference to term SOFR. The Group also refinanced its revolving credit facility with a replacement $700m facility and extended its maturity to 2029.”

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

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -12.7%

  £19,388,908 → £16,935,057

• Cash

  -23.2%

  £462,676 → £355,527

• Net assets

  +12.7%

  £10,154,929 → £11,445,655

• Employees

  -14.4%

  194 → 166

• Operating profit

  -25.1%

  £1,186,477 → £888,108

• Profit before tax

  -80.2%

  £5,153,499 → £1,021,347

• Wages

  -16.9%

  £12,738,106 → £10,587,459

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