PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED
Get an alert when PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-02 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-7.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-24.5% vs 2023
Employees
88
+3.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-109.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED 1990-11-19 → present
- BRINWARD ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1990-07-26 → 1990-11-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,630,000 | £31,296,000 | |
| Operating profit | £364,000 | £444,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£808,000 | -£1,695,000 | |
| Net profit | -£910,000 | -£1,878,000 | |
| Cash | £7,194,000 | £6,650,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £7,635,000 | £5,762,000 | |
| Equity | £7,635,000 | £5,762,000 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 88 | |
| Wages | £6,843,000 | £6,914,000 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -2.9% | -6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.4% | 82.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 2.04x | |
| Interest cover | 0.25x | 0.21x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors prepare detailed cash flow projections to support their assessment of the Company's going concern. The cash flow projections incorporate the impact of inflationary pressures in the global economy, specifically the impact on the Company's cost base and revenue projections. Phaidon Press Limited has sufficient funds in place to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due. As a result, the directors consider the business to have adequate access to finance and consider the business to be a going concern.”
Group structure
- PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED · parent
- Phaidon Sarl 100%
- Phaidon Verlag GmbH 100%
- Phaidon Press Inc. 100%
- Phaidon Press SRL 100%
- Phaidon Press Pty Limited 100%
- PH Art AG 100%
- Marylebone Retail Limited 100%
- Phaidon Publishing S.L. 100%
- Phaidon Press B.V. 100%
- Phaidon Retail Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2024, Phaidon Global LLC and JMWT LLC entered into agreement with Phaidon Press Limited to amend the related party loan agreements. The maturity date of the loans was extended from 18 December 2024 to 31 December 2029.”
- “On 7 May 2025, Debra Black acquired the entire interest in Phaidon LLC, a company also registered in the United States of America, which directly owns 100% of the share capital of JMWT Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHALE, Jonathan Magnus | Secretary | 2011-04-28 | — | — |
| BLACK, Charlotte | Director | 2024-07-16 | Feb 1993 | American |
| BLACK, Debra Ressler | Director | 2025-05-30 | Oct 1954 | American |
| BOOTH-CLIBBORN, James Hamilton | Director | 2014-04-10 | Apr 1967 | British |
| COHEN, Barry | Director | 2015-11-01 | Jul 1952 | American |
| LYNTON, Carol | Director | 2022-05-10 | Sep 1961 | American |
| RUPPEL, Philip | Director | 2015-06-25 | Aug 1958 | American |
| WECHSLER, Bradley J. | Director | 2015-11-01 | Sep 1951 | American |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEINMESSER, Jonathan | Secretary | 2005-07-11 | 2011-04-28 |
| KONTARSKY, Natalie Suzanne | Secretary | 1995-07-25 | 1999-02-23 |
| PRICE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-03-24 | 2005-07-11 |
| PRICE, Andrew John | Secretary | — | 1995-07-25 |
| WATTS MORGAN, Nigel John | Secretary | 1999-02-23 | 2005-03-24 |
| AARONSON, Deborah Holli | Director | 2014-04-10 | 2015-06-18 |
| ALEXANDERSON, Eileen | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2015-11-01 |
| BLACK, Benjamin | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2024-07-16 |
| BOOTH CLIBBORN, James Hamilton | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2011-01-31 |
| DAVIES, David John | Director | 2010-12-02 | 2013-11-28 |
| FOX, Keith Lee | Director | 2014-04-10 | 2024-12-11 |
| JOHNSON, Frances Mary | Director | 1999-02-01 | 2006-05-17 |
| JOHNSON, Frances Mary | Director | — | 1996-09-10 |
| JOHNSON, Luke | Director | 2010-06-10 | 2012-10-12 |
| KAHN, Paula | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-03-05 |
| LITTLEWOOD, Simon Roy | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1995-11-17 |
| MILLER, Robert | Director | 2025-01-24 | 2026-01-26 |
| MORRIS, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 1993-07-28 | 1994-05-27 |
| MURPHY, John Jude | Director | 2014-04-10 | 2015-06-18 |
| NORTH, Christopher Corson | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2006-09-06 |
| PRICE, Andrew John | Director | — | 2015-06-25 |
| RENSHAW, Amanda Louise | Director | 2011-06-23 | 2014-04-10 |
| RENSHAW, Amanda Louise | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2011-01-31 |
| RIDOUT, Amanda Jane | Director | 2010-08-04 | 2013-02-20 |
| ROBERTS, John Anthony | Director | 1999-07-19 | 2000-06-14 |
| SCHLAGMAN, Richard Edward | Director | — | 1998-03-11 |
| SEARS, Roger Frank | Director | 1993-07-28 | 1996-06-28 |
| STEIN, Karen Deborah | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2007-04-30 |
| SUTTIE, Robert Boardley | Director | 1995-01-12 | 1995-07-31 |
| TERRAGNI, Emilia | Director | 2012-12-18 | 2015-06-25 |
| WATTS MORGAN, Nigel John | Director | 2000-06-14 | 2005-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jmwt Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
-
Turnover
-1.1%
£31,630,000 £31,296,000
-
Cash
-7.6%
£7,194,000 £6,650,000
-
Net assets
-24.5%
£7,635,000 £5,762,000
-
Employees
+3.5%
85 88
-
Operating profit
+22%
£364,000 £444,000
-
Profit before tax
-109.8%
-£808,000 -£1,695,000
-
Wages
+1%
£6,843,000 £6,914,000
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