AUTODATA PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-21 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£102M
+4,764.1% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£100M
+113,851.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AUTODATA PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED 1997-07-16 → present
- HYDEHOUSE LIMITED 1975-01-16 → 1997-07-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £64,419 | £73,588 | |
| Profit before tax | -£87,903 | £99,990,980 | |
| Net profit | -£87,903 | £99,990,980 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,098,842 | £102,089,822 | |
| Net assets | £2,098,842 | £102,089,822 | |
| Equity | £2,098,842 | £102,089,822 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.53x | 2.37x | |
| Interest cover | 0.07x | 0.07x |
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
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- AUTODATA PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Autodata Oy Nordic 100%
- Autodata Fr SAS 100%
- Autodata Information Services Limited 100%
- Autodata Limited 100%
- Autodata Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Automate Training Pty Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the reporting date, the directors declared a final dividend in respect of the year ended March 31, 2025 of £100m to its sole share holder HPI Holding Limited on April 14, 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPAAN, Raoul Alexei | Secretary | 2026-04-24 | — | — |
| BABIN JR, David L. | Director | 2019-08-07 | Jul 1974 | American |
| CAIRO, Alberto | Director | 2024-09-10 | Apr 1969 | Austrian |
| WRIGHT, Christopher | Director | 2020-07-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHERTON, Richard John | Secretary | — | 1999-07-15 |
| GILBERT, Richard | Secretary | 2010-11-17 | 2012-11-30 |
| RILEY, Eileen Elizabeth | Secretary | 2012-11-30 | 2016-03-03 |
| SNAITH, Brian | Secretary | 1999-07-15 | 2010-11-17 |
| YOUNG, Aileen | Secretary | 2019-08-07 | 2026-04-24 |
| AQUILA, Anthony | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-08-07 |
| ATHERTON, Jacqueline | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2014-05-23 |
| ATHERTON, Richard John | Director | — | 2014-05-22 |
| BARR, Debra Lynn | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2017-02-02 |
| BLEACH, Nigel Marcus William | Director | 2015-04-29 | 2017-11-01 |
| BRADY, Jason Michael | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-07-01 |
| GIGER, Renato Carlo | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2019-08-07 |
| GILBERT, Richard | Director | 2010-11-17 | 2012-11-30 |
| HEATH, Bryony Laura | Director | 2020-06-12 | 2024-03-31 |
| HUNT, Lynne Anne | Director | 2010-02-25 | 2010-04-27 |
| MORTON, Anthony Robert | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2014-05-22 |
| OTTO, Dietmar Horst | Director | — | 2014-05-22 |
| OVERTOOM, Franciscus Johannes Carolus | Director | 2017-12-07 | 2020-06-12 |
| QUINLAN, Brian Patrick | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| QUINLAN, Sally Elizabeth | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2014-05-23 |
| ROGOZINSKI, Ron | Director | 2019-08-07 | 2023-02-28 |
| ROSS, Christopher Graham | Director | 2012-02-10 | 2014-05-22 |
| SWIATEK, Antony | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2011-07-24 |
| TREPTE, Mark Graeme | Director | 2014-05-22 | 2017-11-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Roderick John | Director | 2012-04-05 | 2020-05-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hpi Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-31 | Active |
| Emperor 3 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company | |
| 2026-03-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-02 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+4,764.1%
£2,098,842 £102,089,822
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+14.2%
£64,419 £73,588
-
Profit before tax
+113,851.5%
-£87,903 £99,990,980
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