CHICKEN HOUSE PUBLISHING 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.

1. CHICKEN HOUSE PUBLISHING LIMITED 2000-04-06 → present
2. SMARTDOG PUBLISHING LIMITED 2000-01-12 → 2000-04-06

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 102 §1A

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared as a going concern. In adopting this basis of preparation, the directors have considered the forecast cash flows of the business over the period through to 31 December 2026. In order to ensure the Company has the ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due, through to 31 December 2026, the company has sought and obtained confirmation from Scholastic UK Limited, the immediate parent undertaking, that it is able to and will if required provide the Company with the financial support necessary to enable it to do so. Scholastic UK Limited has, itself received an equivalent confirmation from its immediate parent undertaking, Scholastic Inc. In addition, Scholastic Inc. provides a guarantee of the UK overdraft facility. Having satisfied themselves that Scholastic Inc. and therefore Scholastic UK Limited has the financial resource necessary to provide this commitment, the Directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. CHICKEN HOUSE PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
   1. Chicken House Entertainment Ltd 0.2% · Selling and producing film and television material
   2. The Big Idea Competition Limited 0.5% · Artistic Creation

Significant events

• “The company is a party to UK banking arrangements alongside the other members of the Scholastic UK group. As part of these arrangements the company has entered into a cross guarantee in respect of amounts owed by other parties to the facility. At 31 May 2025 the amount guaranteed totaled £20,949,951 (2024: £21,989,980).”

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

  +1.9%

  £1,646,470 → £1,677,017

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -36.4%

  £1,092,425 → £695,321

• Employees

  -9.1%

  11 → 10

• Operating profit

  -3.9%

  -£567,688 → -£589,695

• Profit before tax

  -3.9%

  -£567,688 → -£589,695

• Wages

  +1.8%

  £505,144 → £514,095

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