INFORMATION PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£9.6m
-16.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+32.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
594
+19.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
+28.6% 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 | £22,406,802 | £24,222,657 | £29,567,947 | +22.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,050,562 | £3,324,389 | £4,644,940 | +39.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,275,791 | £3,454,752 | £4,442,780 | +28.6% | |
| Net profit | £2,715,215 | £2,342,331 | £3,320,756 | +41.8% | |
| Cash | £8,762,776 | £11,499,385 | £9,609,645 | -16.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,509,811 | £10,853,612 | £16,901,348 | +55.7% | |
| Net assets | £8,205,582 | £9,396,830 | £12,456,910 | +32.6% | |
| Equity | £8,205,582 | £9,396,830 | £12,456,910 | +32.6% | |
| Average employees | 449 | 496 | 594 | +19.8% | |
| Wages | £5,777,408 | £6,004,765 | £7,085,738 | +18% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £199,968 | £319,975 | £327,097 | +2.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £145,668 | £265,718 | £272,164 | +2.4% |
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 | 13.6% | 13.7% | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 9.7% | 11.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.1% | 30.6% | 27.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 59.7% | 64.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.42x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 90.43x | 66.95x | 16.41x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- INFORMATION PUBLISHING LIMITED 2020-04-08 → present
- INFORMATION PUBLISHING PLC 1993-07-26 → 2020-04-08
- CAPRICORN COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 1982-11-30 → 1993-07-26
- WOCLODGE LIMITED 1982-09-28 → 1982-11-30
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bright Grahame Murray
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- INFORMATION PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
- CapitalTrack Limited 100%
- Share Data Limited 100%
- Information Publishing Inc 100%
- Exchange Data International Limited 100%
- Exchange Data International (Middle East & Africa) 99.9%
- Exchange Data International India Private Ltd 99.9%
- Exchange Data International OU Ltd 100%
- Exchange Data International Inc 100%
- Sharedata America Inc (Formerly Fin Data Portal Inc) 100%
- Securities Quote Xchange LLC 80%
- Financial Information Inc 100%
- Municipal Bonds Information Services 100%
- Shibui Fixed Income Inc 80%
- FTS Software Inc 90%
- Symbol Master Inc 80%
- Copp Clark Limited (Formerly EDI Canada Limited) 100%
- Econoday Inc 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2025 the group acquired the trade and assets of Copp Clark Limited.”
- “On 31 January 2025 the group acquired 100 percent of the issued capital of Econoday, Inc.”
- “On 1 March 2026, the group purchased a subsidiary, Stockval Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom, for a total consideration of £245,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCH, Jonathan Michael | Director | 1993-07-23 | Sep 1952 | South African |
| HEPSWORTH, Mark Graham | Director | 2021-11-01 | Aug 1959 | British |
| SHAFIR, Ruven | Director | 2022-02-01 | Feb 1979 | American |
| STEWART, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2014-03-04 | Sep 1955 | American |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Samuel David | Secretary | 2009-04-20 | 2020-04-01 |
| FEEWAY, Monica | Secretary | — | 1993-07-23 |
| HEDGER, Andrew | Secretary | 1996-10-14 | 1999-06-28 |
| PALMER, Michael John | Secretary | 1999-06-28 | 2009-04-20 |
| WEINTROB, Howard Frank | Secretary | 1993-07-23 | 1996-10-14 |
| BRADY, Kevin | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2016-11-09 |
| EISENSTEIN, Roman | Director | 1993-07-23 | 1995-07-07 |
| GUEDALLA, Martin Lionel | Director | — | 1993-07-23 |
| KAUFMAN, Michael Stephen | Director | 1995-07-07 | 2019-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spread Trustee Co Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Shares 50–75% (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Jonathan Michael Bloch | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-04-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-01-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-06-07 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-01-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.