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
£1,142,316
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-02-20
- Employees
- 30 (2024 accounts · was 27 in 2023)
- 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
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- 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 25 similar companies in TS
The largest employer among its local peers (30 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.1 of the largest other publishing activities companies in Middlesbrough →
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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