VENTURA PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+18.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,045,169 | — | £2,130,762 | £2,405,580 | |
| Operating profit | — | £797,493 | — | £941,840 | £1,140,832 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £816,053 | — | £1,035,863 | £1,225,949 | |
| Net profit | — | £661,003 | — | £792,435 | £919,461 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,807,898 | — | £1,600,333 | £1,519,794 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,807,898 | — | £1,600,333 | £1,519,794 | |
| Equity | £1,146,895 | £1,807,898 | £1,807,898 | £1,600,333 | £1,519,794 | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 39.0% | — | 44.2% | 47.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 32.3% | — | 37.2% | 38.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 44.1% | — | 58.9% | 75.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 13.5% | 17.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.57x | 5.96x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's current trading performance, the sensitivity and reverse stress testing scenarios performed, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of no less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- VENTURA PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
- Salspot Limited 0.85%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Sinead Mary | Secretary | 2016-06-30 | — | — |
| DOW, Francesca | Director | 2010-12-31 | Aug 1963 | British |
| GARDINER, Mark William | Director | 2014-03-31 | Apr 1961 | British |
| WELDON, Thomas Daryl | Director | 2010-12-31 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Robin David | Secretary | — | 1992-04-03 |
| ENGLE, Cecily Julia | Secretary | 1992-04-03 | 2002-03-31 |
| PEACOCK, Helena Caroline | Secretary | 2002-03-31 | 2016-06-30 |
| ATTENBOROUGH, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 1992-04-03 | 1995-09-18 |
| BARTON, Stephanie | Director | 2008-01-07 | 2010-12-31 |
| BIDWELL, Caroline Margaret | Director | 1992-06-19 | 1993-07-02 |
| BRENNAN, Suzanne Margaret | Director | 2010-06-14 | 2014-03-31 |
| ELLIS, Robin David | Director | — | 1995-04-03 |
| FIELD, Peter | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| FLOYER, Sally Margaret Doris | Director | 1992-04-03 | 2008-03-31 |
| FORBES WATSON, Anthony David | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2005-02-28 |
| GLOVER, Trevor David | Director | 1992-04-03 | 1995-11-24 |
| HALL, David Henry | Director | — | 1995-04-03 |
| HALL, Stephen Derek | Director | 1992-04-03 | 1998-01-31 |
| MAKINSON, John Crowther | Director | 2005-02-28 | 2007-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Books Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-10 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-11-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2018-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+12.9%
£2,130,762 £2,405,580
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-5%
£1,600,333 £1,519,794
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+21.1%
£941,840 £1,140,832
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+18.4%
£1,035,863 £1,225,949
highest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers