DIAMOND PUBLISHING LTD — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-06 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-08-23

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£120K

-9.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+3% vs 2023

Employees

-21.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£310K

-25.5% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

DIAMOND PUBLISHING LTD·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£16,597,000	£16,175,000
Operating profit	£418,000	£338,000
Profit before tax	£416,000	£310,000
Net profit	£152,000	£130,000
Cash	£133,000	£120,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,414,000	£4,615,000
Net assets	£4,394,000	£4,524,000
Equity	£4,394,000	£4,524,000
Average employees	33	26
Wages	£1,157,000	£959,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	2.5%	2.1%
Net margin	0.9%	0.8%
Return on capital employed	9.5%	7.3%
Current ratio	0.17x	0.28x
Interest cover	209.00x	0.60x

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: Holeys Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”

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

People

3 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HUTCHINSON, Richard	Secretary	2002-12-10	—	British
HUTCHINSON, Richard	Director	2016-12-20	Mar 1966	British
MARR, Robert Andrew	Director	2016-12-20	Sep 1965	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD	Corporate Nominee Secretary	2002-12-06	2002-12-10
DENISON SMITH, Simon George	Director	2002-12-10	2016-12-20
LAZARUS, Edmund Alfred	Director	2002-12-10	2016-12-20
MILLS, Jonathan George	Director	2002-12-10	2016-12-20
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD	Corporate Nominee Director	2002-12-06	2002-12-10

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Metropolis Group Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 130 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-08-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-23	PSC05	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2022-09-02	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-08-31	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2022-08-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2021-08-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-21	PARENT_ACC	accounts	Legacy
2021-01-21	AGREEMENT2	other	Legacy
2021-01-21	GUARANTEE2	other	Legacy
2020-12-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary
2020-12-24	PARENT_ACC	accounts	Legacy
2020-12-24	GUARANTEE2	other	Legacy
2020-12-24	AGREEMENT2	other	Legacy
2020-09-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-2.5%

£16,597,000 £16,175,000
Cash

-9.8%

£133,000 £120,000
Net assets

+3%

£4,394,000 £4,524,000
Employees

-21.2%

33 26
Operating profit

-19.1%

£418,000 £338,000
Profit before tax

-25.5%

£416,000 £310,000
Wages

-17.1%

£1,157,000 £959,000

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

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