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EMERALD PUBLISHING LIMITED

#03080506 · Active · Incorporated 1995-07-17 (30y 10m) · Last filing 2026-04-16 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 58141 · J Information & Communication · Full accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-04-20 (in 11mo)

Last made up 2026-04-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£3M

-40.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£58M

+36.4% vs 2023

Employees

242

+9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£19M

+33.8% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. EMERALD PUBLISHING LIMITED 2016-12-29 → present
  2. EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LIMITED 2003-09-11 → 2016-12-29
  3. MCB UP LIMITED 1997-06-26 → 2003-09-11
  4. MCB NEWFORM LIMITED 1995-07-17 → 1997-06-26

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £56,322,000£63,417,000
Operating profit £13,935,000£18,394,000
Profit before tax £13,957,000£18,680,000
Net profit £10,916,000£15,456,000
Cash £5,461,000£3,238,000
Total assets less current liabilities £42,460,000£57,916,000
Net assets £42,460,000£57,916,000
Equity £42,460,000£57,916,000
Average employees 222242
Wages £12,452,000£14,628,000

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 24.7%29.0%
Net margin 19.4%24.4%
Return on capital employed 32.8%31.8%
Current ratio 1.96x2.37x

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 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Board have conducted an assessment and have concluded that going concern is an appropriate basis on which to prepare the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. EMERALD PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
    1. Emerald Group Publishing Inc. 100% · Cambridge, MA, US · Publishing support
    2. Emerald Group Publishing Sdn Bhd 100% · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Publishing support
    3. Emerald Group Publishing (India) Private Limited 100% · New Delhi, India · Publishing support
    4. Emerald GP (South Africa) (PTY) Limited 100% · Johannesburg, South Africa · Publishing support
    5. Emerald (Beijing) Information Science Co. Limited 100% · Beijing, China · Publishing support
    6. Emerald Group Publishing (PTY) Limited 100% · North Sydney, Australia · Publishing support

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 33 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
TREGENZA, Emma Jane Secretary 2016-07-06 — —
BENNETT, Thomas Philip Director 2025-03-20 Aug 1982 British
COX, Simon Guy Director 2022-06-07 May 1976 British
TREGENZA, Emma Jane Director 2023-01-06 Mar 1974 British
WILLIAMS, Victoria Caroline Director 2016-09-01 Jul 1976 British
Show 33 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FOSTER, John Ernest Secretary 1995-07-17 2005-12-31
HARDY, Malcolm Charles Secretary 2006-01-01 2014-07-01
ROBINSON, Kathryn Secretary 2014-07-01 2016-07-06
BARKER, Frederick Jonathan Director 1996-01-01 1998-12-31
BELL, Harriet Jane Director 2015-10-25 2022-06-10
BENNETT, Thomas Philip Director 2021-10-01 2022-06-10
BEVAN, Richard Lloyd Director 2008-12-01 2021-09-30
BOND, Marian Director 2001-11-01 2003-10-03
BROWN, Marjorie Director 1996-01-01 1997-03-31
BRUCE, Beverley Director 1996-01-01 2000-06-30
COX, Simon Guy Director 2014-02-28 2021-09-30
DRURY, Pauline Director 1997-12-01 2001-09-30
FLEET, Alice Director 2019-09-01 2022-06-10
FOJT, Martin Anthony Director 2001-04-26 2014-02-10
FOSTER, John Ernest Director 1995-07-17 2006-09-30
HARDY, Malcolm Charles Director 2006-01-01 2009-06-08
HARVEY, Judith Director 2003-01-01 2003-11-07
HOWARD, Keith, Dr Director 1995-07-17 2005-12-31
JONES, Phillip Barry, Dr Director 2018-04-30 2018-11-29
KALLUS, John Ernest Director 2016-09-26 2017-09-15
MARSH, Rebecca Mary Director 2006-01-01 2013-09-30
MCDERMOTT, Brian Director 2011-01-01 2016-04-29
MOSTYN, Catherine Lesley Director 2005-01-01 2008-11-05
MUMTAZ, Shariq Director 2009-11-01 2025-03-31
PETERS, Vittorio John Director 2000-01-05 2010-12-31
PETTMAN, Barrie Owen, Professor Director 1995-12-29 2003-12-31
ROCHE, Anthony Francis Director 2012-07-02 2022-06-10
RUSSELL, Bill Director 2000-05-08 2011-12-31
SHELLEY, Peter Anthony Director 2012-08-01 2016-04-29
TOLEDANO, Kathryn Director 1995-12-29 2004-12-31
WILLIAMS, Victoria Caroline Director 2011-04-04 2014-08-13
WILLS PRESTOUN GRANGE BARON OF PRESTOUNGRANGE, Gordon Stanley Clifford, Professor Director 1996-05-01 1998-12-31
WILSON, Sally-Ann Director 2021-10-01 2022-06-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Emerald Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-07-17 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 216 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-11-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-11-20 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-07-03 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-20 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-11-20 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-07-03 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-18 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-08-26 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-08-26 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-08-26 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-08-20 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2023-08-04 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-07-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-04 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-04-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-01-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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