LITERACY CAPITAL PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-08 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+765.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£297M
-1.4% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£4M
-108.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £48,204,613 | -£4,235,020 | |
| Net profit | £48,204,613 | -£4,235,020 | |
| Cash | £272,899 | £2,362,509 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £301,692,221 | £329,076,780 | |
| Net assets | £301,086,680 | £296,971,716 | |
| Equity | £301,086,680 | £296,971,716 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 10.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.97x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors do not believe there are any significant risks and uncertainties likely to impact the ability of the Company to continue in business and believe that it has adequate resources to operate for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and so for this reason, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Group structure
- LITERACY CAPITAL PLC · parent
- RCI Group (RCI Group 2024 Ltd)
- Grayce (Kelly Topco Ltd)
- Techpoint (Techpoint Group Ltd)
- Antler Homes (Rottnest Holdings Ltd)
- Oxygen Freejumping (OFJ Spring Topco Ltd)
- Halsbury Travel (Huron Topco Ltd)
- Tyrefix UK (Noah Topco Ltd)
- Ashleigh & Burwood (Heritage Topco Ltd)
- Velociti (Velociti Topco Ltd)
- Alufold Direct (Vista Topco Ltd)
- Flight Calibration Services (Albatross Topco Ltd)
Significant events
- “Since 31 December 2024, BOOK has completed one new platform investment. This saw Literacy taking a majority stake in Trinitatum, a provider of test automation software, in early March 2025.”
- “Since 31 December 2024, the Company also invested £3.2 million into six existing portfolio companies. The largest portion of this related to further investment into Halsbury Travel in January 2025 to fund a bolt-on acquisition of two profitable outdoor activity centres based in Devon.”
- “In terms of cash inflows since the period end, the refinancing of two portfolio companies was completed in January and February, with BOOK receiving £5.6 million in aggregate from these transactions.”
- “The facility with OakNorth Bank plc, agreed in September 2024, was for £40 million with £30 million initially committed. This was increased to £35 million prior to the year end and Literacy has the option to commit the additional £5 million if required, increasing this to £40 million.”
- “In October 2024 Literacy Capital plc announced an immaterial variation to its investment policy, effective from 1st January 2025, regarding the amount which the Directors may use for charitable donations.”
- “The Company announced the creation of a B share scheme during 2024 to provide a mechanism to return capital to shareholders through the issue and immediate redemption of bonus shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOK ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2021-06-25 | — | — |
| MARRIOTT, Dawn | Director | 2026-02-27 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MURPHY, Rachel Julia | Director | 2021-04-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| PINDAR, Paul Richard Martin | Director | 2017-09-22 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PINDAR, Richard James | Director | 2021-03-19 | Jan 1990 | British |
| SELLERS, Christopher George | Director | 2019-02-15 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINDAR, Paul Richard Martin | Secretary | 2020-03-27 | 2021-06-25 |
| PINDAR, Richard James | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | 2020-03-27 |
| DADY, Kevin Peter | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2024-03-31 |
| DOWNING, Simon Richard | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| ISMAIL, Abid Naheem | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2018-10-19 |
| PINDAR, Richard James | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2020-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Richard Martin Pindar | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-24 | Ceased 2020-01-24 |
| Mr Richard James Pindar | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-24 | Ceased 2020-01-24 |
| Mr Paul Richard Martin Pindar | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-22 | Ceased 2018-05-08 |
| Mr Paul Richard Martin Pindar | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-09-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+765.7%
£272,899 £2,362,509
-
Net assets
-1.4%
£301,086,680 £296,971,716
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-108.8%
£48,204,613 -£4,235,020
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