ABERDEEN JOURNALS LIMITED

COURIER BUILDINGS, 2 ALBERT SQUARE, DUNDEE, DD1 9QJ

Company Number: SC015256
Incorporation date: 22-Sep-1928
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
18110 Printing of newspapers
58130 Publishing of newspapers




SUMMARY

This company is 95.6 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Dc Thomson & Company Limited. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 12 million which has increased from GBP 11.1 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 19.7 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 19 million. The company has 2 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 84 other companies, 8 (9.5%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are 3 court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Dec-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Mar-2023)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Mar-2023 GBP 19,688,145 218,071 904,497
31-Mar-2022 GBP 18,976,783 5,087,107 953,857 4,133,250
31-Mar-2021 GBP 18,441,532 5,498,807 2,977 1,038,225 4,463,559
31-Mar-2020 GBP 22,767,118 8,296,915 4,330 1,602,251 6,698,994
31-Mar-2019 GBP 24,298,879 7,873,219 8,099 1,559,496 6,321,822
31-Mar-2018 GBP 24,683,801 7,745,394 8,878 1,376,136 6,378,136


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Mar-2023 GBP 5,032 13,173,693 2,938,966 10,001 12,018,451 12,028,452
31-Mar-2022 GBP 44,987 13,277,604 4,146,180 10,001 11,113,954 11,123,955
31-Mar-2021 GBP 757 9,550,472 4,793,737 10,001 6,980,704 6,990,705
31-Mar-2020 GBP 8,267 55,631,062 7,663,755 10,001 50,517,145 50,527,146
31-Mar-2019 GBP 455,572 47,245,130 6,288,189 10,001 43,818,151 43,828,152
31-Mar-2018 GBP 996,818 40,364,986 4,567,563 10,001 37,496,329 37,506,330

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Susannah EVANS 05 Mar 2019 28 Mar 2024 1 - 0
Resigned Irene DOUGLAS 14 May 2014 05 Mar 2019 0 - 1
Resigned Watson MUTCH 02 Apr 2006 14 May 2014 5 - 2
Resigned Paul Simon COLLINS 14 Oct 1996 02 Apr 2006 0 - 80
Resigned Roland Edmondson GLASS 01 Jul 1996 11 Oct 1996 0 - 29
Resigned James Miller PERRIE 23 Feb 1994 27 Jun 1996 United Kingdom 2 - 54
Resigned Michael Basil JAMES 28 May 1993 23 Feb 1994 0 - 79
Resigned Ian David GRIERSON 28 May 1993 0 - 1

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Resigned Ellis Alan Nicholas WATSON 27 Sep 2013 01 Apr 2021 Managing Director British 0 - 132 (15.4%)
Active Christopher Harold William THOMSON 02 Apr 2006 Publisher British 29 - 215 (10.0%)
Active David Howard Eric THOMSON 02 Apr 2006 Publisher British 30 - 256 (10.9%)
Resigned Andrew Francis THOMSON 02 Apr 2006 31 Mar 2022 Publisher British 15 - 367 (13.7%)
Resigned Martyn John HINDLEY 01 Feb 2005 02 Apr 2006 Finance Director British 0 - 174117 (67.2%)
Resigned Kevin Joseph BEATTY 03 Sep 2001 24 Aug 2004 Newspaper Management British 2 - 11457 (49.1%)
Resigned Watson MUTCH 01 Feb 2001 14 May 2014 Finance Director British 5 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Andrew Gordon BLAIR 02 Sep 1996 16 Jan 2004 Finance Director British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned James Miller PERRIE 14 Mar 1996 27 Jun 1996 Company Director United Kingdom 2 - 5431 (55.4%)
Resigned Derek TUCKER 14 Mar 1996 21 Dec 2010 Newspaper Editor British 0 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Alexander Lindsay DAVIDSON 29 Feb 1996 03 Sep 2001 Managing Director British 0 - 3624 (66.7%)
Resigned Michael Paul PELOSI 29 Feb 1996 02 Apr 2006 Newspaper Management British 4 - 7248 (63.2%)
Resigned Angela RUSSELL 05 Jan 1996 29 Feb 1996 Cs British 0 - 519426 (82.1%)
Resigned Mark David KNIGHT 05 Jan 1996 29 Feb 1996 Company Director British 1 - 10153 (52.0%)
Resigned Stephen Boyd ADDLEY 23 Nov 1994 05 Jan 1996 Personnel Director British 0 - 3826 (68.4%)
Resigned David Paton MCGREGOR 15 Nov 1994 29 Feb 1996 Finance Director British 0 - 2314 (60.9%)
Resigned Stuart Montague GARNER 31 May 1994 05 Jan 1996 Chief Executive British 0 - 2211 (50.0%)
Resigned Michael Basil JAMES 25 May 1993 31 Jul 1995 Company Secretary British 0 - 7972 (91.1%)
Resigned Roger RIDLEY-THOMAS 26 Jan 1990 31 May 1994 Company Director British 0 - 5128 (54.9%)
Resigned William HEEPS 25 May 1993 Company Director British 0 - 2015 (75.0%)
Resigned Kenneth Jamieson PETERS 30 Jun 1990 Company Director British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Alan Albert SCOTT 09 Sep 2011 Newspaper Management British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 2
Average tenure of active directors: 18.0 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 4.5 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 10.5%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
PETER HADDOCK LIMITED (00575508) - Active
PUZZLER MEDIA LIMITED (01136669) - Active
GEDDES & GROSSET LIMITED (01289086) - Active
THE PUZZLE PEOPLE LIMITED (01527612) - Active
VIRGIN MEDIA PCHC LIMITED (01733724) - Active
BRITISH EUROPEAN ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS LIMITED (01935870) - Active
OPERA NOW ENTERPRISES LIMITED (02054598) - Active
PARRAGON BOOKS LIMITED (02252808) - Active
WENDY PROMOTIONS LIMITED (02624494) - Active
NATIONAL ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED (02677064) - Active
CHELSEA STORES LIMITED (03123019) - Dissolved
PARRAGON PUBLISHING LIMITED (03614382) - Active
DAISY & TOM LIMITED (03784432) - Active
PARRAGON EBT LIMITED (03897838) - Active
FRIENDS REUNITED LIMITED (03932836) - Active
FIND MY PAST HOLDINGS LIMITED (03934428) - Dissolved
BRIGHT SPARKS BOOKS LIMITED (03993574) - Active
ACEVILLE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED (04109672) - Active
MAZE MEDIA (2000) LTD. (04165562) - Active
ACEVILLE MAGAZINES LIMITED (04169559) - Active
BEAP HOLDCO LIMITED (04219474) - Active
EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS PUBLISHING LIMITED (04220882) - Active
FINDMYPAST LIMITED (04369607) - Active
PUZZLER MEDIA GROUP LIMITED (04381169) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
PETER HADDOCK PUBLISHING LTD. (04534681) - Active
BOW STREET PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED (04659580) - Active
GENES REUNITED LIMITED (04804230) - Dissolved
FRIENDSDATING LIMITED (04804255) - Active
FRIENDSREUNITED HOLDINGS LIMITED (04853676) - Active
CHELSEA STORES HOLDINGS LIMITED (05071053) - Active
ICE SKATE UK (SCOTLAND) LIMITED (05196395) - Active
PARRAGON UK LIMITED (05545304) - Active
PPIPL UK LIMITED (05610068) - Active
PUZZLER MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED (05635306) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
PUZZLER INTERACTIVE MEDIA LIMITED (05752094) - Active
ORIGINAL ABERDEEN FM LIMITED (05922097) - Active
THIS ENGLAND PUBLISHING LIMITED (06800529) - Active
MEADOWSIDE & GULLANE LIMITED (07747237) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
NEW ACEVILLE MAGAZINES LIMITED (08014919) - Active
NEW ACEVILLE PUBLICATIONS LIMITED (08014966) - Active
NEW MAZE MEDIA LIMITED (08014972) - Active
KEMBACK ESTATE LIMITED (09960267) - Active
D.C. THOMSON & COMPANY LIMITED (SC005830) - Active
SCOTTISH CANADIAN TRUST. LIMITED (SC006394) - Active
W..D.C. & F. THOMSON LIMITED (SC008621) - Active
SCOTS MAGAZINE, LIMITED (SC012972) - Active
ABERDEEN JOURNALS LIMITED (SC015256) - Active
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA SOCIETY LIMITED (SC027809) - Active
JOHN LENG & COMPANY LIMITED (SC044341) - Active
TAYTEL LIMITED (SC047968) - Active
MEADOWSIDE LEASING LIMITED (SC064080) - Active
SCOTCAN ENERGY LIMITED (SC084179) - Active
THOMSON MAGAZINES LIMITED (SC085637) - Active
PSP MEDIA GROUP LTD (SC158316) - Active
TAYVIEW LIMITED (SC159662) - Active
BRIGHTSOLID ONLINE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (SC161678) - Active
KINGDOM FM RADIO LTD. (SC168819) - Active
ENDERS ANALYSIS LIMITED (SC170417) - Active
GOLFING SCOTLAND LIMITED (SC170919) - Active
WAVERLEY BOOKS LIMITED (SC181265) - Active
THOMSON-LENG PROVIDENT FUND NOMINEES LIMITED (SC185360) - Active
THOMSON-LENG SUPERANNUATION FUND NOMINEES LIMITED (SC188497) - Active
FREMONA LIMITED (SC263308) - Active
ESCALONA LIMITED (SC263309) - Active
BRIGHTSOLID ONLINE INNOVATION LIMITED (SC274983) - Active
CASTLELAW (NO.628) LIMITED (SC297222) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
NORTHWOOD NOMINEES LIMITED (SC310047) - Dissolved
D.C. THOMSON (ENERGY) LIMITED (SC325293) - Active
MEADOWSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED (SC327315) - Active
BEANO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED (SC335331) - Active
DENNIS & GNASHER 3 LIMITED (SC335333) - Active
DANDY ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED (SC342300) - Active
MARVO THE WONDER CHICKEN 1 LIMITED (SC342301) - Active
DESIGN DUNDEE LIMITED (SC370598) - Active
MACROCOM (1014) LIMITED (SC374197) - Dissolved
FINDMYPAST NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE LIMITED (SC375068) - Active
D.C. THOMSON CONSUMER PRODUCTS LIMITED (SC376510) - Active
D.C. THOMSON CONSUMER PRODUCTS (UK) LIMITED (SC379120) - Active
DCT NOMINEES LIMITED (SC397244) - Active
DC THOMSON MAGAZINE PUBLISHING LIMITED (SC442311) - Active
MEADOWSIDE TRUSTEES LIMITED (SC456562) - Active
D.C. THOMSON & CO PENSION TRUSTEE LIMITED (SC462325) - Active
D.C. THOMSON ENTERPRISE FINANCE LIMITED (SC478269) - Active
ICE DUNDEE LIMITED (SC629023) - Active
SCOTTISH ICE SKATING LIMITED (SC663274) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2015-07-312014-07-312013-07-312012-07-312011-07-31
D C THOMSON AND COMPANY LIMITEDORDINARY10,001
100%
10,001
100%
10,001
100%
10,001
100%
10,001
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

ABERDEEN JOURNALS LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


Start date End date Average days to pay % invoices paid over 60 days % invoices not paid within agreed terms Gov.uk report
2021-01-01 2021-06-30 49 16% 88% 51756
2020-10-01 2020-12-31 25 6% 86% 42639
2020-07-01 2020-09-30 43 10% 89% 42637
2020-04-01 2020-06-30 48 13% 87% 42636
2019-04-01 2019-09-30 % % 23862
2019-04-01 2019-09-30 36 12% 38% 23864
2018-10-01 2019-03-30 33 5% 30% 17619
2018-04-01 2018-09-30 34 7% 37% 17618


COURT CASES


Date Title Reference Subject
2004-09-24 v rdeen Journals Ltd v. King [2004] UKEAT 0026_04_2409
2003-06-23 Aberdeen Journals Ltd v The Office of Fair Trading [2003] CAT 11
2001-10-16 Aberdeen Journals Ltd v The Director General of Fair Trading [2001] CAT 5

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 18110 Printing of newspapers)

Company Registered Address Company Number YE Date Revenue GBP Net Profit GBP Other SIC codes
MGN LIMITED ONE CANADA SQUARE, CANARY WHARF, LONDON, E14 5AP 02571173 2017-12-31 217,442,000 56,453,000 58130-Publishing of newspapers
REACH PRINTING SERVICES LIMITED ONE CANADA SQUARE, CANARY WHARF, LONDON, E14 5AP 01979335 2017-12-31 141,515,000 -293,000 58130-Publishing of newspapers
70100-Activities of head offices
SCOTTISH DAILY RECORD AND SUNDAY MAIL LIMITED 55 DOUGLAS STREET, GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM, G2 7NP SC012921 2017-12-31 64,779,000 12,999,000 58130-Publishing of newspapers
WEST FERRY PRINTERS LIMITED ONE CANADA SQUARE, CANARY WHARF, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, E14 5AP 01997219 2017-12-31 22,566,000 1,795,000
ST. CLEMENTS PRESS (1988) LIMITED BRACKEN HOUSE, 1 FRIDAY STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, EC4M 9BT 02174119 2017-12-31 5,115,000 286,000
FEARWORKS MEDIA LTD. 14 COALWAY DRIVE, WHICKHAM, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND, NE16 4BT 07613763 2018-04-30 9,740 0 18203-Reproduction of computer media
59132-Video distribution activities
90010-Performing arts
UK BIZ PRINTING LTD UKBIZPRINTING, 114 BEECH ROAD, CALE GREEN, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE, SK3 8HH 07976414 2018-03-31 9,257 0
ALL KNIGHTZ LTD 8 JOHN ASHBY CLOSE, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW2 5PX 07928866 2019-01-31 1,742 0 90040-Operation of arts facilities
91011-Library activities
96090-Other service activities not elsewhere classified
JTM MEDIA LTD 1ST FLOOR CHILWORTH POINT, 1 CHILWORTH ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, SO16 7JQ 10416828 2018-10-31 0 0

LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
ABERDEEN JOURNALS LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.6% 1.7% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.5% 1.8% 3.9% Medium
Sic code count 0.8% 3.8% 7.5% Medium
Do you have a dispute with a business?
Make it public