PROQUEST EUROPEAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£0
USD 0
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.9m
USD 11,944,000
-6.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
2
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.2k
USD -7,000
+6.7% 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 | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£12,551 | -£5,571 | -£5,195 | +6.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,263,728 | -£5,571 | -£5,195 | +6.7% | |
| Net profit | £21,263,728 | -£5,571 | -£5,195 | +6.7% | |
| Cash | £1,569 | £796 | £0 | -100% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,374,804 | £9,506,527 | £8,863,822 | -6.8% | |
| Net assets | £9,374,804 | £9,506,527 | £8,863,822 | -6.8% | |
| Equity | £9,374,804 | £9,506,527 | £8,863,822 | -6.8% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.6% | 75.6% | 75.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | — | — |
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
- PROQUEST EUROPEAN HOLDINGS LIMITED 2013-06-21 → present
- PROQUEST UK HOLDINGS I LIMITED 2013-05-08 → 2013-06-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking these factors into account, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully and have a reasonable expectation that it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have also received a letter of support from the Company's intermediate parent, Camelot UK Bidco Limited, confirming its intention to support the Company for at least one year after these financial statements are signed. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- PROQUEST EUROPEAN HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- ProQuest UK Holdings Limited 100%
- ProQuest Latam, S de RL de CV 100%
- ProQuest Colombia SAS 100%
- ProQuest Chile SPA 100%
- ProQuest Information and Learning Limited 100%
- ProQuest Pension Trustee Company Limited 100%
- Pi2 Solutions Limited 100%
- Ex-Libris Software Science and Technology Development (Beijing) Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On July 6, 2026, the Group announced it has entered into an agreement to divest its Life Sciences & Healthcare (LS&H) business to Altaris, an investment firm dedicated to the healthcare market. The sale is expected to close by the end of 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Justin Paul Jonathan | Secretary | 2024-07-31 | — | — |
| ALLEN, Justin Paul Jonathan | Director | 2013-05-21 | Nov 1972 | British |
| WRIGHT, Andrew Graham | Director | 2022-04-01 | May 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| REEVES, Martin Leslie | Secretary | 2022-04-01 | 2024-07-31 |
| RANDALL, Patrick Michael | Director | 2013-05-08 | 2022-06-30 |
| TRAINOR, Larisa Avner | Director | 2013-05-08 | 2022-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proquest Llc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-08 | Ceased 2017-05-08 |
| Camelot Uk Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-12-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-12-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-12-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.