IMAGO HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
USD 4,599,019
+69.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.7m
USD 2,231,791
+23% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
103
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£414k
USD 557,302
+35.8% vs 2024
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 | £38,672,498 | £41,667,826 | £39,372,735 | -5.5% | |
| Operating profit | £846,686 | £542,633 | £566,877 | +4.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £648,248 | £304,582 | £413,582 | +35.8% | |
| Net profit | £601,923 | £172,451 | £298,631 | +73.2% | |
| Cash | £1,793,987 | £2,014,538 | £3,413,001 | +69.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,797,382 | £1,778,135 | £2,046,293 | +15.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,203,931 | £1,346,586 | £1,656,246 | +23% | |
| Equity | £1,203,931 | £1,346,586 | £1,656,246 | +23% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 103 | 103 | 0% | |
| Wages | £4,302,938 | £4,807,708 | £4,357,912 | -9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £801,204 | £964,652 | £827,939 | -14.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £68,113 | £81,775 | £66,299 | -18.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £164,356 | £179,748 | £193,432 | +7.6% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (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 | 2.2% | 1.3% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 47.1% | 30.5% | 27.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.7% | 89.5% | 88.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 0.99x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | 2.54x | 1.58x | 2.13x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- IMAGO HOLDINGS LIMITED 2006-04-26 → present
- IMAGO INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1993-02-26 → 2006-04-26
- LAW 489 LIMITED 1992-09-16 → 1993-02-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company and group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- IMAGO HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Imago Publishing Limited 100%
- Imago Australia Pty Limited 100%
- Imago Productions (Far East) Pte Limited 100%
- Imago Services (HK) Limited 100%
- Imago Sales (USA) Inc 100%
- Imago Services (Shenzhen) Limited 100%
- iBiblios Limited 100%
- Albury Books Limited 66.7%
- Dragonfly Investments International Limited 100%
- Imago Group France 100%
- Imago Grupo Iberica, Sociedad Limitada 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 January 2026, as part of a management buy-out, the entire shareholding of the group was acquired by Imago Group Limited, a company controlled by existing directors of the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITING, David Michael | Secretary | 2018-09-27 | — | — |
| CHEUNG, How Dig Kendrick | Director | 2006-05-11 | Mar 1959 | British |
| NG, Kee Chuan | Director | 2006-05-10 | Aug 1963 | Singaporean |
| ROSENHEIM, Simon Alexei | Director | 2013-12-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
| WHITING, David Michael | Director | 2018-12-03 | May 1975 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLPASS, James Rodney | Secretary | 2007-05-16 | 2016-04-08 |
| HAYES, Richard George | Secretary | 1993-03-23 | 2007-05-16 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-09-16 | 1993-03-23 |
| ALLPASS, James Rodney | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2016-04-08 |
| BRAFF, Joseph Eric | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2013-11-30 |
| FINCH, David Matthew | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2016-08-26 |
| HAYES, Richard George | Director | 1993-03-23 | 2016-06-02 |
| JAQUET, Cherry | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2014-07-31 |
| LYNHAM, Robert Iain | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2007-02-26 |
| MUSK, Howard | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| PORDES, Erik Martin | Director | 1993-03-23 | 2017-03-06 |
| RISK, Colin Neilson | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2013-09-03 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-09-16 | 1993-03-23 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-09-16 | 1993-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imago Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-01-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-02-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.