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Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet · London
Historic Newspapers
Historic Newspapers Limited
Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet” and 1 other activity.
Headline figures
FY to Dec 2025 · Company only
Turnover
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Profit after tax
£117k
Net assets
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Cash
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Employees
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Retained reserves
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What the numbers say
4 findings from the figures, in plain English
Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.
History
| £ | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025* | 2025 |
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| Profit after tax | £117k | ||||
| Turnover | |||||
| Net assets | |||||
| Cash | |||||
| Employees | |||||
| Retained reserves |
Every figure for all 5 years
“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.
Balance sheet and ratios
From the filed balance sheets · £
| Balance sheet | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2025 |
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| Fixed assets | ||||
| Current assets | ||||
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| of which cash | ||||
| Creditors due within a year | ||||
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| Ratios | ||||
| Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover | ||||
| Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets | ||||
| Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year | ||||
| Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year | ||||
| Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets | ||||
| Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff | ||||
| Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end | ||||
7 balance-sheet lines and 7 ratios, every year
A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.
Questions people ask
›What does Historic Newspapers do?
Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet” and 1 other activity. In its own words: “Revel in the past with newspapers from the world's largest physical archive of over 200,000 original newspapers”
›How much turnover does Historic Newspapers make?
Answered in the full report
›Is Historic Newspapers profitable?
Yes: it made a profit after tax of £117k in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.
›How many people work at Historic Newspapers?
Answered in the full report
›Where is Historic Newspapers based?
Its registered office is 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, in London.
›When was Historic Newspapers founded?
Historic Newspapers Limited was incorporated on 19 July 2004.
›Is Historic Newspapers still trading?
The register lists Historic Newspapers Limited as active.