LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD 2001-07-02 → present
2. CALMANN & KING LIMITED 1991-12-16 → 2001-07-02
3. JOHN CALMANN AND KING LIMITED 1985-03-27 → 1991-12-16
4. JOHN CALMANN & COOPER LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1985-03-27
5. BLACKER CALMANN COOPER LIMITED 1976-06-17 → 1979-12-31

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 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Constantin Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company will continue to be supported by intermediate parent company, and a written confirmation has been obtained from the group to the directors confirming the support will be effective for a period of at least one year from the date of signing of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024. In assessing going concern, there was consideration of the potential impacts of high inflation and cost of living crisis on the Company's forecasts; the directors are satisified that the Company will be able to meet its obligations as they fall due and therefore that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate.”

Group structure

1. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD · parent
   1. Laurence King Verlag GmbH 100% · Germany · Publishing

Significant events

• “High street bookshop retail chains across the world are facing strong competition from internet retailers. The Company is not dependent upon any one sales channel or distributor for trade sales.”
• “Worldwide sales of personal electronic e-book readers have grown rapidly. The Company seeks to mitigate risks by combining e-book rights into all contracts and has sales relationships to sell its e-books through robust third party platforms.”
• “The increasing significance of internet retailers provides opportunities to generate additional revenues by selling a wider range of titles. The Company has sales teams who are dedicated to internet outlets.”
• “The Company ensures all contractual and legal issues are considered fully and employs expert external advisers in this field to ensure that both the interests of the Company and its authors are safeguarded.”
• “The Company will be looking to protect sales and profits as much as possible throughout 2025 by continuing to review and adapt processes and performing market assessments.”

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

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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

  +0.6%

  £18,067,136 → £18,180,311

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -4.8%

  £3,799,455 → £3,616,601

• Employees

  -11.1%

  18 → 16

• Operating profit

  +1.8%

  £2,781,731 → £2,832,385

• Profit before tax

  +2%

  £2,836,731 → £2,892,385

• Wages

  -4%

  £916,607 → £879,577

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