THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
Cash
£53K
+12% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
+40.4% vs 2023
Employees
90
-4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+26% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- THE ORION PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED 1992-02-24 → present
- ORION BOOKS LIMITED 1992-01-07 → 1992-02-24
- DELVERAISE LIMITED 1991-11-19 → 1992-01-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,159,821 | £65,043,353 | |
| Operating profit | £5,633,070 | £7,042,492 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,440,653 | £8,116,894 | |
| Net profit | £4,963,031 | £6,258,958 | |
| Cash | £47,036 | £52,691 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,535,016 | £26,719,682 | |
| Net assets | £19,428,590 | £27,285,798 | |
| Equity | £19,428,590 | £27,285,798 | |
| Average employees | 94 | 90 | |
| Wages | £5,168,079 | £5,611,887 |
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 | 9.9% | 10.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 9.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 74.8% | 26.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.7% | 46.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.09x | 2.05x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The uncertainty as to the future impact on the Company of the current inflation and cost of living crisis in particular has been considered as part of the Company's adoption of the going concern basis of preparation. The Company continue to distribute books and have implemented cost saving measures across a number of areas to further mitigate any impact in 2025 and beyond. The Company will continue to be supported by Hachette group, and a written confirmation has been obtained from the group to the directors confirming the support will be effective for a period of at least one year from the date of signing of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024. In assessing going concern, there was consideration of the potential impacts of inflation and the cost of living crisis on the Company's forecasts; the directors are satisified that the Company will be able to meet its obligations as they fall due and therefore that the going concern basis of preparation remains appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 47 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| SHELLEY, David Richard | Director | 2015-12-16 | Apr 1976 | British |
| WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 47 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Secretary | 2015-03-20 | 2026-04-01 |
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2005-03-16 |
| JARVIS, Clare | Secretary | 2011-06-10 | 2013-07-01 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Matthew | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2000-06-30 |
| PRIOR, Mark | Secretary | 2005-03-16 | 2011-06-10 |
| ROCHE, Peter Charles Kenneth | Secretary | 1991-12-02 | 1995-12-01 |
| SWALLOW, Rowena | Secretary | 2013-07-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| BAKHOUCHE, Fabrice | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2023-08-31 |
| BARBER, Nicholas Charles Faithorn | Director | 1997-01-31 | 1998-09-22 |
| BOURNE, Adrian | Director | 2003-11-18 | 2005-07-15 |
| BOURNE, Adrian | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2003-04-01 |
| BROOKE, Christopher Roger Ettrick | Director | 1994-05-14 | 1998-08-21 |
| BROOKE, Christopher Roger Ettrick | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1994-05-13 |
| CARY ELWES, Charles Gervase Rundle | Director | 1994-02-25 | 2003-12-31 |
| CHAPMAN, Francis Ian | Director | 1993-02-26 | 1994-03-31 |
| CHEETHAM, Anthony John Valerian | Director | 1991-12-08 | 2003-09-23 |
| CUCKNEY, John Graham, Lord | Director | 1994-05-02 | 1997-05-23 |
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Director | 1999-02-24 | 2026-04-01 |
| DE COURCY, Rosemary Minnie Frances, Director | Director | 1992-03-27 | 1999-07-28 |
| EDWARDS, Malcolm John | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2015-12-16 |
| EVANS, Martin John | Director | 1999-01-06 | 2009-01-27 |
| GUMIENNY, Marek Stefan | Director | 1994-05-13 | 1994-05-14 |
| HESSAYON, David Gerald, Dr | Director | 1992-03-27 | 1993-09-24 |
| HUTCHINSON, Timothy Hely, Hon | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2017-12-12 |
| JARVIS, Clare | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-07-15 |
| KITSON, Richard David | Director | 2006-12-19 | 2007-06-22 |
| LAMB, Susan | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2015-02-12 |
| LISIMACHIO, Jean-Louis | Director | 1998-08-21 | 2003-06-25 |
| MANDERSON, Dallas Anthony Robert | Director | 1999-02-24 | 2014-07-10 |
| MERIOT, Frederic Georges Claude | Director | 1999-09-15 | 2006-11-27 |
| MILTON, Lisa | Director | 2005-07-20 | 2015-07-17 |
| MITCHELL, William | Director | 1992-06-26 | 1993-10-13 |
| MONTGOMERY, Jeffrey Davis | Director | 1994-05-20 | 1997-03-21 |
| NOURRY, Arnaud | Director | 2003-07-22 | 2021-03-29 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Matthew | Director | 1998-09-22 | 2000-06-30 |
| ONIANS, Richard Anderson | Director | 1997-03-21 | 1998-08-21 |
| PRIOR, Mark | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2011-06-10 |
| ROCHE, Peter Charles Kenneth | Director | 1991-12-02 | 2013-06-30 |
| SMITH, Martin, Sir | Director | 1992-06-18 | 1998-08-21 |
| STOCKLEY, David Henry | Director | 2002-06-18 | 2004-07-31 |
| STURROCK, Philip James | Director | 1998-10-30 | 1999-10-09 |
| SWALLOW, Rowena Gay | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| TREWIN, Ion Courtenay Gill | Director | 1994-01-28 | 2006-07-30 |
| WEIDENFELD, Arthur George, Lord | Director | 1992-06-18 | 2013-06-30 |
| WOOD, Jonathan Carrington | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2015-12-16 |
| YOUNG, David John | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2015-12-15 |
| YOUNG, David John | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2007-06-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Hachette Group Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2024-12-16 | Active |
| Vivendi Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-12-01 | Ceased 2024-12-16 |
| Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Lagardere Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 282 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+13.8%
£57,159,821 £65,043,353
-
Cash
+12%
£47,036 £52,691
-
Net assets
+40.4%
£19,428,590 £27,285,798
-
Employees
-4.3%
94 90
-
Operating profit
+25%
£5,633,070 £7,042,492
-
Profit before tax
+26%
£6,440,653 £8,116,894
-
Wages
+8.6%
£5,168,079 £5,611,887
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