PLIMSOLL PUBLISHING LIMITED
Company number 02102017 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Plimsoll Publishing Limited stands at a strategic inflection point: its established brand, 37-year track record, and strong liquidity provide a solid foundation, but the 38% decline in net assets since 2022 and chronic under-deployment of £1M+ in cash reserves signal a business that is slowly eroding rather than actively building value. The path forward requires urgent action on three fronts—accelerating digital transformation to defend against AI-driven disruption, deploying idle capital into growth initiatives or returning it to shareholders, and establishing governance structures that enable decisive strategic action rather than consensus-driven inertia. Without this course correction, Plimsoll risks becoming a case study in how conservative financial management, when decoupled from strategic ambition, can destroy value as effectively as reckless expansion.
Shareholders' funds
£1,374,674
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-02-20
- Employees
- 33 (2025 accounts · was 30 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Scotswood House, Thornaby Place, Thornaby, Stockton On Tees, TS17 6SB
- Postcode
- TS17 6SB
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-23
- Next due by
- 2027-08-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58190 Other publishing activities
Officers 3 current · 8 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6705852 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- plimsoll.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE VANGUARD SUITE, BROADCASTING HOUSE, MIDDLESBROUGH, CLEVELAND TS1 5JA | 2002-01-22 |
| THE CHASE, HORNBY, NORTH ALLERTON, N.YORKS DL6 2JH | 1998-01-06 |
| 134 HIGH STREET, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, CLEVELAND | 1988-11-04 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 24 similar companies in TS
The largest employer among its local peers (33 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
Competitors Middlesbrough
This company ranks 1 among other publishing activities in Middlesbrough.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,107 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2022-01-11
- Where
- Stockton-On-Tees (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE251798 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2022-01-11 | — |
| CE210225 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2011-04-01 | — |
| CE210226 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2011-04-01 | — |
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