THE FINANCIAL TIMES (JAPAN) LIMITED
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Cash
£491
JPY 103,461
+39.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£590
JPY 124,447
+22.7% vs 2024
Employees
22
-8.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£136
JPY 28,660
-23.2% lowest 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 | £3,535,245 | £3,344 | £2,914 | -12.9% | |
| Operating profit | £184,366 | £198 | £153 | -22.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £173,498 | £177 | £136 | -23.2% | |
| Net profit | £103,628 | £104 | £105 | +1% | |
| Cash | £355,451 | £352 | £491 | +39.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,432,022 | £1,679 | £1,458 | -13.2% | |
| Net assets | £405,259 | — | — | — | |
| Equity | £405,259 | £481 | £590 | +22.7% | |
| Average employees | 25 | 24 | 22 | -8.3% | |
| Wages | £1,444,166 | £1,271 | £1,134 | -10.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from JPY at 0.00474 per JPY (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 5.2% | 5.9% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.9% | 11.8% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.8% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 1.86x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | 16.91x | 9.90x | 9.00x |
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
- THE FINANCIAL TIMES (JAPAN) LIMITED 1989-06-29 → present
- FINANCIAL TIMES (CANADA) LIMITED(THE) 1982-02-15 → 1989-06-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management has a clear expectation that we will have adequate resources to meet our commitments as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGNEW, Mark | Secretary | 2016-06-24 | — | — |
| FORTESCUE, Alison Mary | Secretary | 2012-08-15 | — | — |
| LUND, James Douglas | Director | 2014-01-01 | Oct 1972 | British |
| MACKAY, Angela Ruth | Director | 2016-07-21 | Nov 1958 | Australian |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKNELL, David | Secretary | — | 1995-08-18 |
| BOSSEY, Kelvin Charles | Secretary | 1995-08-18 | 1996-03-11 |
| CREASEY, Martin Wright | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 1997-11-07 |
| DAW, Andrew Mark | Secretary | 1996-03-11 | 1997-07-01 |
| FORTESCUE, Alison Mary | Secretary | 2009-03-04 | 2011-07-25 |
| FORTESCUE, Alison Mary | Secretary | 2001-03-12 | 2007-03-01 |
| LANGLEY, Gordon Paul | Secretary | 2011-07-25 | 2012-08-15 |
| LEACH, Graham | Secretary | 1997-11-08 | 2001-03-12 |
| WEBSTER, Janet | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2009-03-04 |
| BELL, David Charles Maurice, Sir | Director | 1993-04-02 | 2002-06-01 |
| FLEUROT, Olivier Henri | Director | 1999-11-15 | 2006-06-12 |
| HENDERSON, Timothy Scott | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2013-02-06 |
| HUGHES, Benjamin Mark | Director | 1998-02-09 | 2016-07-29 |
| INCHCOOMBE, Steven Charles | Director | 2003-07-28 | 2006-05-15 |
| KOCH, Katherine Therese | Director | 2006-05-15 | 2006-12-31 |
| LEISHMAN, Richard Stuart | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| MCCLEAN, Richard Arthur Francis | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| MILLER, Alan Charles | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| O'DONNELL, Owen Francis | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2002-07-05 |
| PALMER, David Erroll Prior | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| THOMPSON, Giles Mansell | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2003-07-28 |
| VIGLATZIS, Anastasios | Director | 2013-02-06 | 2015-11-30 |
| WRIGHT, Jonathan | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2002-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Financial Times Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.