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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

3 items

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

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. SUMMERSDALE PUBLISHERS LIMITED 1997-09-17 → present
  2. NUTHURST ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1997-08-14 → 1997-09-17

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 21.0%
Net margin 15.9%
Return on capital employed 129.7%126654700.0%
Current ratio 1.47x1.00x
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

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 PDF
2026-04-01 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2026-04-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-04-01 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-10-14 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-10-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-10-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-10-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-07-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-08-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
4

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

Official Companies House page