Historic Newspapers Limited
Active05182542Wholesale & retailIncorporated 19 Jul 2004 · London
Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Revenue
£8.1m
No comparable prior period
Profit after tax
£117k
Margin 3.0%
Employees
25
— vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£719k
Total assets £5.5m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
7 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Mar 2020Not available
Mar 2021Not available
Mar 2022Not available
Mar 2023Not available
Jun 2024Not available
May 2025
£5.7m
Dec 2025
£8.1m
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £8.1m | — | £215k | 25 | £719k |
| 31 May 2025 | £5.7m | — | £210k | 26 | £763k |
| 1 Jun 2024 | — | — | — | 27 | £397k |
| 31 Mar 2023 | — | — | — | 10 | £1.4m |
| 31 Mar 2022 | — | — | — | 9 | £1.5m |
| 31 Mar 2021 | — | — | — | 9 | £1.4m |
| 31 Mar 2020 | — | — | — | 10 | £1.5m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2025. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £8.1m
- Gross profit
- £5.9m
- Operating profit
- £246k
- Profit before tax
- £215k
- Profit after tax
- £117k
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £5.5m
- Cash
- £848k
- Total liabilities
- £4.8m
- Net assets
- £719k
- Revenue per employee
- £325k
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