SUMMERSDALE PUBLISHERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4
-100% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
+319.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On 1st January 2024, the Company has transferred its trade and net assets to its parent company during the year and therefore did not trade beyond this transfer taking place. After making enquiries, the directors will not be liquidating the Company in the foreseeable future but will retain it in case it is required to trade for future projects that the Group may enter into. The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SUMMERSDALE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 1997-09-17 → present
- NUTHURST ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1997-08-14 → 1997-09-17
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 | £5,768,440 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,209,174 | £5,066,188 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,207,919 | £5,066,188 | |
| Net profit | £919,627 | £5,066,188 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £932,084 | £4 | |
| Net assets | £932,084 | £4 | |
| Equity | £932,084 | £4 | |
| Average employees | 24 | — | |
| Wages | £1,221,147 | — |
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 | 21.0% | — | |
| Net margin | 15.9% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 129.7% | 126654700.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 892.38x | — |
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
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On 1st January 2024, the Company has transferred its trade and net assets to its parent company during the year and therefore did not trade beyond this transfer taking place. After making enquiries, the directors will not be liquidating the Company in the foreseeable future but will retain it in case it is required to trade for future projects that the Group may enter into. The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1st January 2024, the Company sold its trade and assets to another group company.”
- “The Company underwent activities to make itself dormant including paying a dividends to its parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Secretary | 2017-11-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Alastair | Secretary | 1997-09-01 | 2017-11-01 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-14 | 1997-09-01 |
| BOND, Anna Elizabeth | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2025-09-30 |
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| FERRIS, Stewart Peter | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2017-11-01 |
| GOFF, Alison Nicola Fiona | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2020-12-31 |
| GOFF, Alison Nicola Fiona | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2020-10-05 |
| HELY HUTCHINSON, Tim | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2017-12-12 |
| LUXTON, Angela | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| SHELLEY, David Richard | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Alastair Richard | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2017-11-01 |
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-08-14 | 1997-09-01 |
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) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-04-06 | Active |
| Octopus Publishing Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Alastair Richard Williams | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-08-07 | Ceased 2017-11-01 |
| Mr Stewart Peter Ferris | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-08-07 | Ceased 2017-11-01 |
| Lagardère Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | 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 | |
| 2021-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
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Net assets
-100%
£932,084 £4
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Operating profit
+319%
£1,209,174 £5,066,188
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Profit before tax
+319.4%
£1,207,919 £5,066,188
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