OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED

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  3 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.

1. OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED 1998-08-27 → present
2. F B & B LIMITED 1998-07-08 → 1998-08-27

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

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.

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 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 continues 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 high inflation and cost of living crisis on the Company's forecasts; the directors are satisifed 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.”

Group structure

1. OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED · parent
   1. Summersdale Publishers Limited 1% · England and Wales · Publishing
   2. Short Books Limited 1% · England and Wales · Publishing

Significant events

• “In June 2024, the company declared a dividend which was not supported by the relevant accounts and is therefore liable to be repaid. It is intended that this dividend will be waived in 2025.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +15.4%

  £31,574,182 → £36,431,097

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -8.1%

  £12,785,880 → £11,747,326

• Employees

  +12.4%

  89 → 100

• Operating profit

  -48.4%

  -£4,411,104 → -£6,546,450

• Profit before tax

  -186.8%

  £563,848 → -£489,157

• Wages

  +27.8%

  £4,613,305 → £5,896,479

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