SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUBS LIMITED

1. SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUBS LIMITED 2004-04-30 → present
2. RED HOUSE BOOKS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 2004-04-30
3. DEALGRANT LIMITED 1979-02-28 → 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 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared as a going concern. In adopting this basis of preparation, the directors have considered 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 its 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.”

Significant events

• “There have not been any significant changes in the Company's principal activities in the year under review. The Directors are not aware, at the date of this report, of any likely major changes in the Group's activities in the next year.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

0

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

  +0.3%

  £4,310,943 → £4,322,850

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -0.5%

  -£19,600,557 → -£19,693,156

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  -137.8%

  £231,656 → -£87,544

• Profit before tax

  -142.3%

  £219,102 → -£92,599

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