STORY HOUSE EGMONT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-25 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+24.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+29% vs 2024
Employees
27
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+30.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- STORY HOUSE EGMONT LIMITED 2021-01-13 → present
- STORY HOUSE EGMONT LIMITD LIMITED 2021-01-12 → 2021-01-13
- EGMONT MAGAZINES LIMITED 2001-03-30 → 2021-01-12
- EGMONT FLEETWAY LTD. 1996-09-03 → 2001-03-30
- FLEETWAY EDITIONS LIMITED 1991-10-10 → 1996-09-03
- ADVISER (200) LIMITED 1991-09-25 → 1991-10-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,766,000 | £21,486,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,750,000 | £2,562,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,255,000 | £2,946,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,686,000 | £2,234,000 | |
| Cash | £10,583,000 | £13,191,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,481,000 | £14,553,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,704,000 | £9,938,000 | |
| Equity | £7,704,000 | £9,938,000 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 27 | |
| Wages | £1,550,000 | £1,637,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | 9.5% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.2% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 5.03x | 5.49x | |
| Interest cover | 116.67x | 20.33x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANNON, Christopher Andrew Stephen | Director | 2018-11-28 | Oct 1980 | British |
| KJELLANDER, Per Gustav | Director | 2020-04-01 | Oct 1966 | Swedish |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURCOMBE, Alan James David | Secretary | 2013-08-10 | 2018-01-31 |
| MAIN, Michael Forbes | Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2005-02-18 |
| MAIN, Michael Forbes | Secretary | 1992-01-14 | 2000-09-01 |
| MOLLER, Carsten | Secretary | 2005-02-18 | 2008-11-06 |
| RAMPURI, Absy | Secretary | 2000-12-15 | 2001-02-28 |
| SMITH, David Andrew | Secretary | 2000-09-01 | 2000-12-15 |
| WEIR, James William Hartland | Secretary | 2008-11-06 | 2013-08-10 |
| TSD NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-09-25 | 1992-01-14 |
| BULTERMANN, Eckharot | Director | 1996-03-12 | 2000-02-15 |
| BUSS, Anna Louise | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2021-02-25 |
| CORDY, Dawn Elizabeth | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| DAVIDGE, Jonathan Edward | Director | 1993-08-27 | 1995-10-31 |
| FINDLAY, Ian Ritchie | Director | 1995-05-10 | 2000-12-31 |
| FROSHAUG, Jan Oscar | Director | 1991-10-11 | 1992-02-23 |
| GOLDSMITH, Julie Anne | Director | 1997-11-01 | 2003-10-07 |
| HUMPHREYS, Terence William | Director | 1991-10-11 | 1992-03-12 |
| HURCOMBE, Alan James David | Director | 2013-08-10 | 2018-01-31 |
| KNAU, Frank Dieter | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1997-12-31 |
| MAIN, Michael Forbes | Director | 1992-03-13 | 2005-02-18 |
| MCMENEMY, Robert, Vice President | Director | 1998-08-18 | 2016-07-01 |
| MELLE, Tom | Director | 1993-05-10 | 1996-03-31 |
| MOLLER, Carsten | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2008-11-06 |
| PALMER, Anthony Michael | Director | 1992-03-13 | 1993-09-28 |
| PEDERSEN, Karl Skovbaech | Director | 1991-10-11 | 1998-08-18 |
| POCOCK, Douglas | Director | 2000-12-31 | 2002-03-31 |
| POPLAK, Caroline Louise | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| SHELBOURN, Colin | Director | 2000-12-31 | 2005-02-18 |
| TIMM, Ole | Director | 1995-05-10 | 1996-03-31 |
| VILSOE, Johannes Husum | Director | 1991-10-11 | 1998-08-18 |
| WEIR, James William Hartland | Director | 2008-11-06 | 2013-08-10 |
| WELHAM, Peter Richard | Director | 1991-10-11 | 1992-03-12 |
| TSD NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-09-25 | 1992-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egmont Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-01-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2020-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+20.9%
£17,766,000 £21,486,000
-
Cash
+24.6%
£10,583,000 £13,191,000
-
Net assets
+29%
£7,704,000 £9,938,000
-
Employees
0%
27 27
-
Operating profit
+46.4%
£1,750,000 £2,562,000
-
Profit before tax
+30.6%
£2,255,000 £2,946,000
-
Wages
+5.6%
£1,550,000 £1,637,000
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