EMERALD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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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
£52K
-98.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+17.9% vs 2023
Employees
3
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+2,032.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- EMERALD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2016-10-18 → present
- EMERALD GLOBAL PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED 2013-06-18 → 2016-10-18
- MCB UP GROUP LIMITED 1998-08-11 → 2013-06-18
- GWECO 113 LIMITED 1998-07-17 → 1998-08-11
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £930,000 | £1,201,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £99,000 | £2,111,000 | |
| Net profit | £99,000 | £2,111,000 | |
| Cash | £2,779,000 | £52,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £81,226,000 | £76,334,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,825,000 | £13,936,000 | |
| Equity | £11,825,000 | £13,936,000 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 1.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.5% | 90.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.62x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 0.26x | 0.15x |
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 has conducted an assessment and have concluded that going concern is an appropriate basis for the preparation of the accounts. The credit facility is not due to expire until August 2026 at the earliest, with options to extend until 2028.”
Group structure
- EMERALD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Emerald Publishing Limited 100%
- Emerald Group Publishing Inc 100%
- Emerald Group Solutions Limited 100%
- Emerald Group Publishing (PTY) Limited 100%
- Emerald Group Publishing Sdn Bhd 100%
- Emerald Group Publishing (India) Private Limited 98%
- Emerald GP (South Africa) (PTY) Limited 100%
- Emerald (Beijing) Information Science Co. Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Emerald Group Solutions Limited was wound up on 7th January 2025.”
- “In the prior year, the Company disposed of Mind Tools Limited on 31st August 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 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 | 2016-01-01 | May 1976 | British |
| TREGENZA, Emma Jane | Director | 2023-01-06 | Mar 1974 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Victoria Caroline | Director | 2015-06-26 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVAN, Richard Lloyd | Secretary | 2008-12-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| FOSTER, John Ernest | Secretary | 1998-08-12 | 2008-12-01 |
| HARDY, Malcolm Charles | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Kathryn | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2016-07-06 |
| GWECO SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-07-17 | 1998-08-12 |
| BEVAN, Richard Lloyd | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| CASEBOW, Peter Brian | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2020-06-30 |
| FOJT, Martin Anthony | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2014-02-10 |
| FOJT, Melissa Clare | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-06-10 |
| FOSTER, John Ernest | Director | 1998-08-12 | 2010-12-31 |
| HOWARD, Keith, Dr | Director | 1998-08-12 | 2021-07-01 |
| MEREDITH, Peter George | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2022-06-10 |
| PETERS, Vittorio John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| PETTMAN, Barrie Owen, Professor | Director | 1998-08-12 | 2003-12-31 |
| RATCLIFFE, Tim | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2017-06-14 |
| ROCHE, Anthony Francis | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2022-06-10 |
| WATERHOUSE, John Roger | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2022-06-10 |
| YATES, John Stuart | Director | 2020-05-18 | 2022-06-10 |
| GWECO DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-07-17 | 1998-08-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Uk Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-09 | Active |
| Mr Martin James Hasyn | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2017-11-21 | Ceased 2022-06-09 |
| Dr Keith Howard | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-07-17 | Ceased 2021-08-12 |
| Mr Peter George Meredith | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-09 |
| Ms Karen Noelle Fojt | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-09 |
| Mr Timothy Harvey Ratcliffe | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-06-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-06-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-23 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2022-06-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-06-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-06-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-06-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-98.1%
£2,779,000 £52,000
-
Net assets
+17.9%
£11,825,000 £13,936,000
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Operating profit
+29.1%
£930,000 £1,201,000
-
Profit before tax
+2,032.3%
£99,000 £2,111,000
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