LITERACY CAPITAL PLC
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Cash
£1.2M
-51% vs 2024
Net assets
£292M
-1.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£743K
+117.5% first positive since 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £48,204,613 | -£4,235,020 | £742,602 | +117.5% | |
| Net profit | £48,204,613 | -£4,235,020 | £742,602 | +117.5% | |
| Cash | £272,899 | £2,362,509 | £1,156,632 | -51% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £301,692,221 | £329,076,780 | £318,950,604 | -3.1% | |
| Net assets | £301,086,680 | £296,971,716 | £291,807,788 | -1.7% | |
| Equity | £301,086,680 | £296,971,716 | £291,807,788 | -1.7% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £98,487 | £156,224 | £79,954 | -48.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.7% | 10.6% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.97x | 0.83x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has assessed the financial position and prospects of the Company over the next 12 months, whilst considering the Company s principal risks and uncertainties... The Directors do not believe there are any significant risks and uncertainties likely to impact the ability of the Company to continue in business and believe that it has adequate resources to operate for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and so for this reason, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.”
Group structure
- LITERACY CAPITAL PLC · parent
- RCI Group 100%
- Grayce 100%
- Techpoint 100%
- Antler Homes 100%
- Oxygen Activeplay 98%
- Bright Ventures Education Group 96%
- Tyrefix UK 93%
- Ashleigh & Burwood 0%
- Velociti 38%
- Alufold Direct 0%
- Flight Calibration Services 100%
- Trinitatum 95%
Significant events
- “In March 2025 BOOK announced a majority investment into Trinitatum a provider of test automation software and related services... In April 2025, BOOK completed an investment into Red Sky Food Group... £42.5 million of cash was received in the year marking a significant increase on the £30.1 million received in 2024. £26.3m of this amount was cash received from the partial sale of Velociti Solutions to CBPE... A&B was sold for a nominal sum and AluFold entered administration during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOK ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2021-06-25 | — | — |
| MARRIOTT, Dawn | Director | 2026-02-27 | Oct 1971 | British |
| MURPHY, Rachel Julia | Director | 2021-04-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| PINDAR, Paul Richard Martin | Director | 2017-09-22 | Apr 1959 | British |
| PINDAR, Richard James | Director | 2021-03-19 | Jan 1990 | British |
| SELLERS, Christopher George | Director | 2019-02-15 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINDAR, Paul Richard Martin | Secretary | 2020-03-27 | 2021-06-25 |
| PINDAR, Richard James | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | 2020-03-27 |
| DADY, Kevin Peter | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2024-03-31 |
| DOWNING, Simon Richard | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2026-02-27 |
| ISMAIL, Abid Naheem | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2018-10-19 |
| PINDAR, Richard James | Director | 2017-09-22 | 2020-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Richard Martin Pindar | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-24 | Ceased 2020-01-24 |
| Mr Richard James Pindar | Individual | Significant influence | 2020-01-24 | Ceased 2020-01-24 |
| Mr Paul Richard Martin Pindar | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-09-22 | Ceased 2021-06-25 |
| Mr Paul Richard Martin Pindar | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-09-22 | Ceased 2018-05-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 104 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-06-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-17 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-06-17 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-06-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-11-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.