FOLIO HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+2.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+137.3% vs 2024
Employees
37
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+20.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FOLIO HOLDINGS LIMITED 1986-10-14 → present
- WARDSTOCK LIMITED 1982-06-24 → 1986-10-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,554,163 | £16,757,924 | |
| Operating profit | £1,901,828 | £2,254,504 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,921,420 | £2,315,886 | |
| Net profit | £1,424,390 | £1,741,524 | |
| Cash | £3,091,691 | £3,157,439 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,364,761 | £3,106,285 | |
| Net assets | £1,268,031 | £3,009,555 | |
| Equity | £1,268,031 | £3,009,555 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 37 | |
| Wages | £2,534,237 | £2,789,065 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.2% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 139.4% | 72.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | 17609.52x | 75150.13x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having undertaken a detailed review, the directors are satisfied that the Group maintains adequate financial resources, a diversified operational base, and access to the necessary facilities to meet its liabilities as they fall due. On this basis, the directors have concluded that there are no material uncertainties which would cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- FOLIO HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Folio Society Limited(The) 100%
- Folio Fine Editions Limited 100%
- Folio Fine Book Society Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the year end, the Folio Holdings group has initiated plans to establish a new subsidiary in the United States to support its strategic expansion into the US market. As at the date of approval of these financial statements, the US subsidiary has not yet been incorporated. The incorporation and commencement of operations are expected to take place during the next financial year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUTTA-ROY, Urmi | Director | 2021-11-30 | Aug 1978 | British |
| JUSTER, Lauren | Director | 2024-08-31 | Nov 1988 | British |
| MAINSTONE, Mark David | Director | 2021-11-30 | Oct 1974 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Joanna Patricia | Director | 2020-10-16 | Jul 1957 | British |
| WALKER, Thomas Winfield | Director | 2021-11-30 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIKE, Brenda | Secretary | — | 2009-04-28 |
| PREECE, Robert William James | Secretary | 2009-04-28 | 2015-07-10 |
| BRADBURY, Susan Alison | Director | 2009-04-28 | 2016-09-21 |
| BUCKEL, Graham Duncan William | Director | 2024-02-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| CORMAN, Charles Leonard | Director | 2002-07-25 | 2016-09-21 |
| EDWARDS, Brian Charles | Director | 2014-07-02 | 2024-01-31 |
| GAVRON, Katharine Susan, Lady | Director | 2008-10-28 | 2021-11-30 |
| GAVRON OF HIGHGATE, Robert, Lord | Director | — | 2015-02-07 |
| LAWSON, Emma Lucia | Director | 2021-11-30 | 2023-04-17 |
| MCMURTRIE, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2020-08-30 |
| POWER, John Graham | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2014-06-13 |
| SINCLAIR, Jeremy Theodorson | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2016-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folio Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-11-30 | Active |
| Ms Sarah Gavron | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-21 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
| Jeremy Robin Gavron | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-21 | Ceased 2018-04-06 |
| Jessica Leah Gavron | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
| Lady Katharine Susan Gavron | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-18 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-05-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-18 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-05-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
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Turnover
+7.7%
£15,554,163 £16,757,924
-
Cash
+2.1%
£3,091,691 £3,157,439
-
Net assets
+137.3%
£1,268,031 £3,009,555
-
Employees
-2.6%
38 37
-
Operating profit
+18.5%
£1,901,828 £2,254,504
-
Profit before tax
+20.5%
£1,921,420 £2,315,886
-
Wages
+10.1%
£2,534,237 £2,789,065
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