SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
-2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£33K
+23.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA UK LIMITED 2012-01-18 → present
- WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH PHARMA SOLUTIONS (EUROPE) LIMITED 2006-03-01 → 2012-01-18
- ADIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1990-04-12 → 2006-03-01
- ADIS PRESS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1987-12-07 → 1990-04-12
- REMY GENTON DATA LIMITED 1982-04-20 → 1987-12-07
- MIDRACE LIMITED 1982-03-02 → 1982-04-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£9,000 | -£4,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£43,000 | -£33,000 | |
| Net profit | -£30,000 | -£24,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,227,000 | £1,202,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,227,000 | £1,202,000 | |
| Equity | £1,227,000 | £1,202,000 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.7% | -0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 0.08x | |
| Interest cover | -0.26x | -0.11x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis, notwithstanding the outcomes of the financial modelling, which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons. The Company is dependent for its working capital on funds provided to it by Springer Nature AG & Co. KGaA, the Company's ultimate parent undertaking.”
Group structure
- SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA UK LIMITED · parent
- Springer Health do Brasil Ltda 99.8%
- Springer Healthcare Italia SRL 100%
Significant events
- “There were no material or significant events which occurred subsequent to the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIVEN, Frances Julie | Secretary | 2021-11-30 | — | — |
| DAMBECK, Alexandra Elisabeth | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1970 | German |
| INCHCOOMBE, Steven Charles | Director | 2016-05-12 | Nov 1964 | British |
| JACOBS, Rachel Elizabeth | Director | 2016-04-08 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEBODY, Roger Anthony | Secretary | — | 1997-07-01 |
| GOUDIE, John | Secretary | 2010-09-30 | 2012-03-19 |
| RIMINGTON, Stephen Brian, Mr. | Secretary | 2012-03-19 | 2015-04-30 |
| SOMOGYI, Jenefer Caroline | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 1997-11-03 |
| WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary | Secretary | 2016-04-08 | 2021-11-30 |
| ZIMAN, Norman Julian | Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 2010-09-30 |
| AVERY, Graeme Seton | Director | — | 1997-08-29 |
| AVERY, Nigel Seton | Director | 1994-08-06 | 1995-11-16 |
| BEATTIE, Alex | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2016-03-09 |
| CAMPBELL, Stephen Irvine | Director | — | 1995-08-28 |
| EADE, Rachel | Director | 2010-09-15 | 2011-12-23 |
| EDWARDS, Jenny Lou | Director | 2000-12-06 | 2009-03-31 |
| FREEBODY, Roger Anthony | Director | — | 1994-09-26 |
| GEORGE, Peter Lutz | Director | 2000-11-02 | 2006-02-01 |
| GONZALEZ, John Peter | Director | 1994-01-24 | 2000-12-22 |
| HAANK, Derk Johan, Mr. | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2017-12-31 |
| HEALY, Kevin Nigel | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2011-12-23 |
| HEALY, Kevin Nigel | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2004-10-07 |
| MOS, Martin Peter, Mr. | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2022-09-15 |
| OZONGAN, Catherine Mary | Director | 2004-10-07 | 2006-08-21 |
| PRINCE, Rachel | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2014-01-31 |
| ROBERTS, John | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2011-12-23 |
| SANDHU, Tajinder Singh | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-09-30 |
| SMITH, Philip Ronald | Director | 1995-08-28 | 2002-03-21 |
| SOMOGYI, Jenefer Caroline | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-08-28 |
| VAUGHAN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2010-07-31 |
| VEST, Helmut Ulrich, Mr. | Director | 2011-12-23 | 2023-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS HAMER, Gabrielle Mary | Director | 2018-07-23 | 2021-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christiane Schoeller | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-06 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Dr Stefan Von Holtzbrinck | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-15 |
| Springer Healthcare Ltd. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-12-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-06-20 | 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-2%
£1,227,000 £1,202,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+55.6%
-£9,000 -£4,000
-
Profit before tax
+23.3%
-£43,000 -£33,000
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