ST. CLEMENTS PRESS (1988) LIMITED
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Cash
£382k
-6.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£889k
-3.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£31k
-282.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
the directors have made a thorough assessment of the Company's ability to continue operating as a going concern and concluded that a basis other than going concern is appropriate given the decision to cease trade.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £67,000 | £17,000 | -£31,000 | -282.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £85,000 | £17,000 | -£31,000 | -282.4% | |
| Net profit | £101,000 | -£173,000 | -£31,000 | +82.1% | |
| Cash | £174,000 | £410,000 | £382,000 | -6.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,093,000 | £920,000 | £889,000 | -3.4% | |
| Net assets | £1,093,000 | £920,000 | £889,000 | -3.4% | |
| Equity | £1,093,000 | £920,000 | £889,000 | -3.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 6.1% | 1.8% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 3.4% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 29.75x | — |
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
- ST. CLEMENTS PRESS (1988) LIMITED 1987-12-01 → present
- VISITRICH LIMITED 1987-10-06 → 1987-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“the directors have made a thorough assessment of the Company's ability to continue operating as a going concern and concluded that a basis other than going concern is appropriate given the decision to cease trade.”
Significant events
- “Ongoing activities since the Company's leased print site was returned to the lessor on 05 September 2022 have been limited to making the Company dormant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGNEW, Mark | Secretary | 2016-09-19 | — | — |
| FORTESCUE, Alison Mary | Secretary | 2001-03-12 | — | British |
| LUND, James Douglas | Director | 2016-07-21 | Oct 1972 | British |
| WHITE, Janet Ann | Director | 2022-05-06 | Jun 1959 | British |
Show 20 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 |
| LEACH, Graham | Secretary | 1997-11-07 | 2001-03-12 |
| CREASEY, Martin Wright | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1997-11-07 |
| FLEUROT, Olivier Henri | Director | 1999-11-15 | 2002-06-01 |
| HILL, Stephen Guy | Director | 1997-11-07 | 2002-04-01 |
| HUGHES, Benjamin Mark | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2016-07-29 |
| LEACH, Graham | Director | 2004-09-15 | 2007-04-30 |
| LEISHMAN, Richard Stuart | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1999-12-31 |
| LEONARD, Zachary Roger | Director | 2002-07-04 | 2004-09-15 |
| MCCLEAN, Richard Arthur Francis | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| MILLER, Alan Charles | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| MILLS, Peter George Ava | Director | — | 1997-07-31 |
| O'DONNELL, Owen Francis | Director | 2002-04-10 | 2002-07-05 |
| RIDDING, John Joseph | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2013-02-06 |
| RUBIN, Mark Elliot | Director | 2007-04-30 | 2009-06-16 |
| SLAUGHTER, Peter Charles | Director | 2012-07-03 | 2022-05-06 |
| STOPPIELLO, Giovanni | Director | 2009-06-16 | 2014-10-24 |
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 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | 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 | |
| 2024-02-02 | 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 | |
| 2022-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 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.