DE AGOSTINI UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
+83.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9m
-16.8% vs 2024
Employees
4
-20% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.7m
+44.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,073,548 | £7,860,930 | £9,750,353 | +24% | |
| Operating profit | -£325,612 | £1,696,723 | £2,459,704 | +45% | |
| Profit before tax | -£144,265 | £1,860,746 | £2,690,426 | +44.6% | |
| Net profit | -£144,265 | £2,710,746 | £2,804,526 | +3.5% | |
| Cash | £2,887,156 | £799,416 | £1,470,135 | +83.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,032,705 | £4,743,451 | £3,947,977 | -16.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,032,705 | £4,743,451 | £3,947,977 | -16.8% | |
| Equity | £2,032,705 | £4,743,451 | £3,947,977 | -16.8% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 4 | -20% | |
| Wages | £535,750 | £545,036 | £341,098 | -37.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.6% | 21.6% | 25.2% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | 34.5% | 28.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.0% | 35.8% | 62.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.7% | 43.1% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 2.32x | 2.32x | |
| Interest cover | -1.41x | 11.25x | 24.33x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DE AGOSTINI UK LIMITED 1999-04-30 → present
- ORBIS PUBLISHING LIMITED 1969-11-25 → 1999-04-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Belluzzo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on going concern basis, which the directors believe to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Group structure
- DE AGOSTINI UK LIMITED · parent
- De Agostini LLC 100%
Significant events
- “On 6 June 2025 the share capital of the Company was reduced from € 40,200,000 and £ 38,060,000 to £ 100,000 by cancelling and extinguishing the € 40,200,000 and £ 37,960,00 orchestrary shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRAGO, Nicola | Director | 2016-10-26 | Dec 1978 | Italian |
| GIRBAU ROCA, Francisco Javier | Director | 2023-10-16 | Jun 1969 | Spanish |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH, John Darrell | Secretary | 1997-09-03 | 2009-01-13 |
| RAYNER, Stephen Anthony | Secretary | — | 2004-10-19 |
| SOUTHAMPTON ROW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-13 | 2025-05-15 |
| BELLONI, Alessandro | Director | 2008-05-19 | 2016-09-30 |
| BOROLI, Pietro | Director | 1994-03-22 | 2023-10-16 |
| BREED, David | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| CAPLIN, Joseph | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2011-12-15 |
| COOMBS, Edmund | Director | 1998-08-03 | 2000-12-04 |
| DI BELLA, Stefano | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2010-06-30 |
| DRAGO, Marco, Dr | Director | — | 2004-05-04 |
| DRAGO, Roberto | Director | 1994-03-22 | 2004-10-01 |
| GIRAUDI, Marco | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| JENNINGS, Lawrence David | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| LUCAS, David | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| MAURIZIO, Giuseppe | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2008-03-27 |
| MCBRIDE, Richard Anthony | Director | 1997-09-03 | 1998-05-29 |
| MCMURTRIE, Simon Nicholas | Director | 1995-07-27 | 1999-07-01 |
| MCNAMARA, Jane Louise | Director | 1992-06-12 | 1997-12-19 |
| MONGINO, Vittorio Mario Riccardo | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2011-06-21 |
| MOOTY, Francis | Director | 2001-05-29 | 2006-04-17 |
| MURRAY, Vincent | Director | 2009-12-08 | 2017-07-21 |
| NORTH, John Darrell | Director | 1998-06-15 | 1998-08-03 |
| O'CONNELL, Adrian Paul | Director | 1999-05-26 | 2012-10-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Eden Francis | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| RAYNER, Stephen Anthony | Director | — | 2004-10-19 |
| SMITH, Charles Jack Louder | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| SOAR, Philip William | Director | — | 2001-01-11 |
| SWANSTON, Peter David | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2009-08-07 |
| TAYLOR-MEDHURST, Peter Alexander | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| TRUNKFIELD, Julian | Director | — | 1992-06-15 |
| WARBURTON, William Denis | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Graham Roderick | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2002-09-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deagostini Partwork Holding Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-10-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-12 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-12 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-12 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.