KAPLAN PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Cash
£10K
-93.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.7M
-13.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
-3.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.4M
+14.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements disclose all matters of which we are aware that are relevant to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern, including all significant conditions and events, mitigating factors and plans. The Company has obtained a letter of support from Graham Holdings Company, which provides support for meeting our liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £12,572,000 | £11,931,000 | £11,593,000 | -2.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,057,000 | -£1,594,000 | -£1,718,000 | -7.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,057,000 | -£1,641,000 | -£1,402,000 | +14.6% | |
| Net profit | -£799,000 | -£1,194,000 | -£1,164,000 | +2.5% | |
| Cash | £311,000 | £150,000 | £10,000 | -93.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,182,000 | £8,988,000 | £7,917,000 | -11.9% | |
| Net assets | £10,085,000 | £8,891,000 | £7,727,000 | -13.1% | |
| Equity | £10,085,000 | £8,891,000 | £7,727,000 | -13.1% | |
| Average employees | 55 | 56 | 54 | -3.6% | |
| Wages | £3,027,000 | £3,166,000 | £3,189,000 | +0.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £42,539 | £109,625 | £190,309 | +73.6% |
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 | -8.4% | -13.4% | -14.8% | |
| Net margin | -6.4% | -10.0% | -10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.4% | -17.7% | -21.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 17.2% | 13.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 6.13x | 8.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | -26.57x | — |
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
- KAPLAN PUBLISHING LIMITED 2007-09-11 → present
- KAPLAN PUBLISHING FOULKS LYNCH LIMITED 2006-05-15 → 2007-09-11
- KAPLAN PUBLISHING FOULKES LYNCH LIMITED 2006-03-02 → 2006-05-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements disclose all matters of which we are aware that are relevant to the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern, including all significant conditions and events, mitigating factors and plans. The Company has obtained a letter of support from Graham Holdings Company, which provides support for meeting our liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURSLEM, Neil | Director | 2024-03-18 | Feb 1978 | British |
| KROON, Soren | Director | 2025-03-03 | Apr 1974 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATON, Susan Mary | Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2012-02-23 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2006-03-02 |
| HOPKINS, Karen | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2007-03-08 |
| HOUILLON, Peter | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2024-03-18 |
| JONES, Hal Stanley | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2007-04-27 |
| MACPHERSON, William Robert George | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2007-08-01 |
| PATON, Susan Mary | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2012-02-23 |
| WALTON, Kathleen Ann | Director | 2023-04-04 | 2025-02-28 |
| EVERDIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-02 | 2006-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaplan International Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.