HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED

1. HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED 2015-09-29 → present
2. HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED 1990-02-01 → 2015-09-29
3. WILLIAM COLLINS LIMITED 1949-11-29 → 1990-02-01

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

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have assessed a number of factors as set out below and have concluded there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate financial resources to continue to operate for the period to 28 February 2027. ... Based on the above Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for a period of 12 months to 28 February 2027 and therefore have adopted the Going Concern basis in preparing the Statutory Accounts.”

Group structure

1. HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED · parent
   1. HCP Australia Pty Limited
   2. HCP India
   3. Egmont Books UK Limited · UK
   4. Barrington Stoke Limited 100%
   5. Harlequin (UK) Limited · UK
   6. Pavilion Books Limited
   7. Unwin Hyman Limited
   8. Harlequin Enterprises UK Limited · UK
   9. Thorsons Publishers Limited

Significant events

• “HarperCollins's publishing highlights were as follows. In Fiction, Asako Yuzuki's Butter was an overall market No.1 and HarperCollins's bestselling book of the year. Laurie Gilmore's Dream Harbor series delivered 3 Sunday Times No.1s throughout the year: The Pumpkin Spice Café, The Christmas Tree Farm and The Strawberry Patch Pancake House (also an overall market No.1).”
• “After 50 years in Bishopbriggs, HarperCollins moved its Glasgow supply chain, offices and archive to a new, state-of-the-art facility in Robroyston. The 550,000 sq ft facility marked a major investment for HarperCollins and ensures its presence in the city for decades to come, supporting over 400 local jobs”
• “Over 300 aspiring writers from underrepresented communities have graduated from The HarperCollins Author Academy, a program designed to train and support students in becoming successful authors in the publishing sector.”
• “During the fiscal year, HarperCollins donated more than 60,000 books to various causes and charities both in the UK and internationally.”
• “HarperCollins planted 135 trees in collaboration with Trees for Life, following our commitment to plant a tree for each new employee across our sites, along with other native trees in Scotland.”

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

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.9%

  £270,957,000 → £289,687,000

• Cash

  -68.8%

  £63,791,000 → £19,908,000

• Net assets

  -11.5%

  £423,546,000 → £374,729,000

• Employees

  +2.6%

  1,026 → 1,053

• Operating profit

  +34.6%

  £25,047,000 → £33,708,000

• Profit before tax

  +27.8%

  £28,791,000 → £36,801,000

• Wages

  +8%

  £53,634,000 → £57,943,000

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