BLACKWELL SCIENCE (OVERSEAS HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
-33.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£43M
0% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
-52.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BLACKWELL SCIENCE (OVERSEAS HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1998-11-23 → present
- BLACKWELL SCIENCE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1996-04-22 → 1998-11-23
- HAWKLIGHT LIMITED 1996-02-22 → 1996-04-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £22,730,000 | £11,693,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £22,732,000 | £10,742,000 | |
| Net profit | £22,732,000 | £10,741,000 | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £2,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,935,000 | £42,933,000 | |
| Net assets | £42,935,000 | £42,933,000 | |
| Equity | £42,935,000 | £42,933,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 52.9% | 27.2% | |
| Interest cover | — | 5846.50x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £29k and a profit for the year of £10.7m, the directors have undertaken a going concern review for the entity and have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The Company is dependent on John Wiley & Sons Inc. for financial support.”
Group structure
- BLACKWELL SCIENCE (OVERSEAS HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Blackwell Publishing (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- Wiley Publishing Japan KK 100%
- Wiley-VCH GmbH 100%
- John Wiley & Sons A/S 100%
- Wiley Publishing Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd 100%
- Wiley VCHA AG 100%
- Atypon GmbH 100%
- Ernst & Sohn GmbH 100%
- Integro Holdings Pty 0%
- Integro Learning 0%
Significant events
- “On 10 October 2025 the Company paid a dividend of GBP 5.6m to its immediate parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COYLE-PARSONS, Lauryn Christine | Secretary | 2023-01-19 | — | — |
| CARIDI, Christopher | Director | 2022-03-04 | Jun 1966 | American |
| SCHLIESING, Karl William | Director | 2025-08-15 | May 1972 | British |
| WARDLEWORTH, Benjamin Noel | Director | 2022-03-04 | Nov 1974 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARCY, Ursula Leonie | Secretary | 2007-07-24 | 2008-07-01 |
| GARRARD, Ian Jeremy | Secretary | 2007-03-26 | 2007-07-23 |
| JOSHUA, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2008-07-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| MCPHEE, Caroline Jane | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2023-01-19 |
| ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-04-11 | 2007-03-26 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-22 | 1996-04-11 |
| BLACKWELL, Nigel Stirling | Director | 1996-04-11 | 2003-11-04 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1996-02-22 | 1996-04-11 |
| COUSENS, Ellis Edward | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2014-06-16 |
| D'ARCY, Ursula | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2022-03-04 |
| DICKS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2012-01-31 |
| GARRARD, Ian Jeremy | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2016-05-31 |
| HALL, Christopher Keith | Director | 2005-02-01 | 2007-10-16 |
| HOULTON, Mark Lee | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2004-12-17 |
| JOHNSON, Rosamund Claire | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2025-08-15 |
| KISRAY, Philip Jeffrey Mac | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2022-05-01 |
| KRITZMACHER, John Anthony | Director | 2014-06-16 | 2021-12-31 |
| OLIVIERI, Rene | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2007-10-16 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1996-02-22 | 1996-04-11 |
| SMITH, Stephen Michael | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2015-04-13 |
| WILKINSON, Martin John | Director | 1996-04-11 | 2001-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley Heyden Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-04-30 | Active |
| Blackwell Science Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-33.3%
£3,000 £2,000
-
Net assets
0%
£42,935,000 £42,933,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-48.6%
£22,730,000 £11,693,000
-
Profit before tax
-52.7%
£22,732,000 £10,742,000
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