REED EXECUTIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-02 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£28M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£31M
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
Period ending 2025-06-30
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- REED EXECUTIVE LIMITED 2009-06-22 → present
- REED EXECUTIVE PLC 1987-09-15 → 2009-06-22
- REED EXECUTIVE (HOLDINGS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1986-10-03 → 1987-09-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-10 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,685,000 | £5,823,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£42,000 | £37,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,910,000 | £7,084,000 | |
| Net profit | £17,181,000 | £6,311,000 | |
| Cash | £41,622,000 | £28,026,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,531,000 | £29,748,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,203,000 | £31,184,000 | |
| Equity | £29,203,000 | £31,184,000 | |
| Average employees | 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 | 2024-05-10 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.9% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 366.7% | 108.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | -0.08x | 0.05x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of Reed Global Limited agreed after the balance sheet date that, should it be required, it intends to provide support for the meeting of liabilities as and when they fall due to Reed Executive Limited to continue in operation until at least 31st December 2026. That support is intended to include assistance to meet the liabilities of payment of intercompany creditors until 31st December 2026.Having made suitable enquiries, the Directors believe that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- REED EXECUTIVE LIMITED · parent
- Reed Group Limited 1%
- Reed Specialist Recruitment Limited 1%
Significant events
- “The Reed Group decided in the prior period to shorten its reporting period for Group participants from 30 June to 10 May. The Group took this decision as a part of the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning system to simplify its reporting in the period of the system's adoption. The Group has reverted to a 30 June reporting date in the current financial period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROWTHER, Timothy Lewis | Director | 2022-12-19 | Feb 1985 | British |
| REED, James Andrew | Director | 1992-11-27 | Apr 1963 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDMUNDS, Joan | Secretary | — | 2018-06-30 |
| BEAL, Derek George | Director | — | 2013-10-10 |
| BICHARD, Michael, Sir | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2004-04-02 |
| EDMUNDS, Joan | Director | 1993-09-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| EYSENCK, Michael William, Professor | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2003-06-09 |
| KELLY, Christopher Michael | Director | — | 1997-01-31 |
| MARSH, Nigel Leslie | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-12-19 |
| MCHENRY, Robert Edward, Dr | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2000-04-03 |
| NEWHAM, Mary | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
| POST, Richard | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2017-03-24 |
| REED, Alec Edward | Director | — | 2004-03-31 |
| RENNIE, Ann Elizabeth | Director | 1993-10-01 | 1995-06-23 |
| SAWYER, Tom, Lord | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2001-07-05 |
| SHETH, Pranlal | Director | — | 1993-06-04 |
| WHITTAKER, Michael Jeffrey | Director | — | 1998-05-26 |
| WITNEY, Frances Mary | Director | 1995-01-05 | 1997-11-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Global Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-06-29 | Active |
| Mr James Andrew Reed | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-05-10