ELSEVIER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£623K
-48.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£781M
-5.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,731
+4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£341M
+1.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- ELSEVIER LIMITED 2003-01-02 → present
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LIMITED 1994-01-04 → 2003-01-02
- PERGAMON PRESS LIMITED 1989-07-31 → 1994-01-04
- MAXWELL PERGAMON MACMILLAN PLC 1989-04-28 → 1989-07-31
- PERGAMON PRESS PLC 1988-05-19 → 1989-04-28
- PERGAMON JOURNALS LIMITED 1986-03-05 → 1988-05-19
- GALAGAN LIMITED 1986-01-24 → 1986-03-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £812,721,000 | £842,482,000 | |
| Operating profit | £297,229,000 | £284,576,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £335,777,000 | £341,475,000 | |
| Net profit | £257,006,000 | £273,649,000 | |
| Cash | £1,220,000 | £623,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £823,625,000 | £782,569,000 | |
| Net assets | £823,044,000 | £780,681,000 | |
| Equity | £823,044,000 | £780,681,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,653 | 1,731 | |
| Wages | £139,034,000 | £151,837,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 36.6% | 33.8% | |
| Net margin | 31.6% | 32.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.1% | 36.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.8% | 42.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 2153.83x | 1589.81x |
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
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of Elsevier Limited, having made appropriate enquiries, considered that adequate resources exist for the Company to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, primarily based on the letter of support received from RELX Group plc.”
Group structure
- ELSEVIER LIMITED · parent
- AGRM Solutions CV 33%
- SciBite Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The additions during the year related to the acquisition of the assets and liabilities of Scibite Ltd on 1 February 2024. The consideration paid was £58.86m”
- “During 2023, the Company completed the sale of the Oxford Spires building for a total consideration of £16m. The sale resulted in a gain on disposal of £7,998k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-11-16 | — | — |
| BESSON, Kumsal Bayazit | Director | 2019-02-15 | Aug 1974 | Turkish |
| CASSAR, Edward Mark | Director | 2020-09-16 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WHAYMAN, Stuart Mark | Director | 2014-05-12 | Apr 1973 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLDALE, John Keith | Secretary | — | 1992-07-31 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-07-31 | 2010-10-29 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-10-29 | 2016-11-16 |
| BAKER, Nicholas John | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2011-11-30 |
| BARRETT, Barbara | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2006-04-11 |
| BLAKE, Christopher | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1998-10-15 |
| BOSWOOD, Michael Gordon | Director | — | 1996-09-19 |
| CRESPI, Laura Claire | Director | 2018-05-22 | 2020-10-31 |
| DAVIES, Timothy Lloyd | Director | — | 1995-04-28 |
| ENGSTROM, Erik Nils | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| GIBSON, Christopher Alan | Director | 2003-06-17 | 2006-03-30 |
| HAANK, Derk | Director | 1999-04-12 | 2003-06-18 |
| HOWE, Gavin Anthony | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2006-03-30 |
| JONGEJAN, Arie | Director | 2004-04-14 | 2004-12-31 |
| KELS, James John Francis | Director | — | 1995-04-28 |
| KITSON, Ruth Anne | Director | 2011-11-30 | 2023-08-02 |
| LOMAS, David Anthony | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2014-05-12 |
| MILES, Paul Michael | Director | 2010-02-15 | 2016-03-22 |
| MOBED, Rohinton | Director | 2016-10-24 | 2019-02-15 |
| MOON, Anna Farley | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2009-04-02 |
| MOON, Anna Farley | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2006-03-30 |
| MOS, Martin Peter | Director | 2003-04-11 | 2003-06-18 |
| MUNRO, Robert Kenneth Campbell | Director | 2009-03-13 | 2014-09-22 |
| NEWBY, Jonathan Paul | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-05-05 |
| SHEPHERD, Peter Thomas, Doctor | Director | 1995-09-26 | 1996-06-20 |
| SPRUIJT, Herman | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1999-04-12 |
| THOMPSON, Simon | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2018-05-22 |
| VAN CAMPENHOUT, Hermanus Marius Paul | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| VAUGHAN, Dominic Giles | Director | 2001-01-22 | 2006-03-30 |
| VERHAGEN, Frank | Director | 1995-09-26 | 1998-04-01 |
| VISSCHER, Frans Herbert Jan | Director | 1996-09-19 | 1997-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relx (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-28 |
| Relx (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 252 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+3.7%
£812,721,000 £842,482,000
-
Cash
-48.9%
£1,220,000 £623,000
-
Net assets
-5.1%
£823,044,000 £780,681,000
-
Employees
+4.7%
1,653 1,731
-
Operating profit
-4.3%
£297,229,000 £284,576,000
-
Profit before tax
+1.7%
£335,777,000 £341,475,000
-
Wages
+9.2%
£139,034,000 £151,837,000
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