GOULD PUBLICATION PAPERS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-02 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+135.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£16M
+9% vs 2023
Employees
25
-3.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+22.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- GOULD PUBLICATION PAPERS UK LIMITED 2009-01-05 → present
- P3 / SALEHURST LIMITED 2005-01-10 → 2009-01-05
- PARADIGM PUBLISHING PAPERS LIMITED 2002-10-02 → 2005-01-10
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 | £72,054,602 | £69,210,540 | |
| Operating profit | £1,509,451 | £1,722,641 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,430,192 | £1,750,811 | |
| Net profit | £1,128,336 | £1,296,812 | |
| Cash | £1,164,094 | £2,744,580 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,362,884 | £15,659,694 | |
| Net assets | £14,362,884 | £15,659,694 | |
| Equity | £14,362,884 | £15,659,696 | |
| Average employees | 26 | 25 | |
| Wages | £2,018,529 | £1,932,131 |
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 | 2.1% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.5% | 11.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.8% | 69.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | 19.04x | 79.40x |
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 Directors have reviewed the cash flow forecasts, based on their best assessment of future performance and the stress testing completed, believe that the Company will have sufficient financing to remain a going concern for the foreseeable future. The directors have considered the ongoing global conflict and the cost pressures in making this assessment. As such, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- GOULD PUBLICATION PAPERS UK LIMITED · parent
- Harlech PPM Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Russia/Ukraine conflict will impact the Company indirectly, contributing to the increased energy costs and interest rates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KUMAR, Anjani | Secretary | 2024-02-05 | — | — |
| BLAKEY, Dominic Karl Kristian | Director | 2005-01-04 | Mar 1968 | British |
| TRACHTENBERG, Michael David | Director | 2015-09-18 | Jan 1965 | American |
| WHEELER, Darren James | Director | 2002-10-23 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCANN, Denise Helen | Secretary | 2002-10-23 | 2011-04-05 |
| MORLEY, Josephine | Secretary | 2011-04-06 | 2022-02-10 |
| JPCORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 |
| BADCOCK, Alan James | Director | 2002-10-23 | 2012-12-31 |
| BERKOWITZ, David Hillel | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-06-01 |
| GOULD JR, Harry Edward | Director | 2004-04-08 | 2015-05-01 |
| MOYS, Peter John | Director | 2004-04-02 | 2007-02-08 |
| RUDKIN, Gregory Laurence | Director | 2002-10-23 | 2015-09-30 |
| SILVER, Edward Lawrence | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2019-12-03 |
| SPIKESMAN, Roger James | Director | 2002-10-23 | 2015-05-01 |
| JPCORD LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gould International Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-08-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
-3.9%
£72,054,602 £69,210,540
-
Cash
+135.8%
£1,164,094 £2,744,580
-
Net assets
+9%
£14,362,884 £15,659,694
-
Employees
-3.8%
26 25
-
Operating profit
+14.1%
£1,509,451 £1,722,641
-
Profit before tax
+22.4%
£1,430,192 £1,750,811
-
Wages
-4.3%
£2,018,529 £1,932,131
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