PUBLISHING SCOTLAND

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

Wbg (Audit) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”

Group structure

1. PUBLISHING SCOTLAND · parent
   1. Scottish Book Source Limited 90.04% · Great Britain · distribution agent for Scottish Publishers

Significant events

• “In January 2025, the funding settlements were announced, and we were pleased to emerge from that round (which lasted over 18 months) with enhanced funding amounts.”
• “For BookSource, the year was a steady year and showed an increase in their revenue, thereby strengthening their position and ability to serve their clients and customer base well.”
• “In January 2025, the organisation received the very welcome news that it would be awarded funding for the years 2025-28 under the new 'Multi-Year Funding' scheme run by Creative Scotland.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +9.9%

  £2,038,776 → £2,240,810

• Cash

  -2.1%

  £770,063 → £753,966

• Net assets

  +8.2%

  £591,643 → £640,424

• Employees

  0%

  31 → 31

• Operating profit

  +838.8%

  £6,894 → £64,724

• Profit before tax

  +360%

  £16,592 → £76,315

• Wages

  +12%

  £859,445 → £962,582

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