NEW SCIENTIST LIMITED

1. NEW SCIENTIST LIMITED 2017-04-12 → present
2. KINGSTON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 2017-02-28 → 2017-04-12

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

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors of the Company therefore have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of this report and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The Company's parent, DMGT Plc, confirmed it will provide financial support as might be necessary to ensure the Company is a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of signing of these financial statements. The directors obtained a letter of support from DMGT Plc.”

Significant events

• “On 23 October 2025, RCHL replaced RCL as the immediate parent company of DMGT plc and certain subsidiaries of RCHL acquired certain businesses from the Group for aggregate consideration of £913.0 million. These included DMGT plc's: US Property Information business; US and Australian Consumer Media businesses; as well as parts of its Irish Consumer Media business and Events and Exhibitions businesses. new Scientist Limited is not included within these businesses.”
• “On 24 October 2025, DMGT plc announced that it had agreed with its shareholder, Rothermere Continuation Limited (RCL), to add a new immediate parent company for DMGT plc as part of an internal reorganisation. The New parent company is called Rothermere Continuation Holdings Limited (RCHL) and is domiciled in Jersey.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -2.2%

  £23,316,000 → £22,793,000

• Cash

  +21.2%

  £363,000 → £440,000

• Net assets

  -8.2%

  £7,382,000 → £6,773,000

• Employees

  -5.4%

  92 → 87

• Operating profit

  +117.5%

  -£338,000 → £59,000

• Profit before tax

  -139.3%

  -£338,000 → -£809,000

• Wages

  -6.4%

  £5,873,000 → £5,498,000

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