Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/06/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/09/2025Due 30/06/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/09/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/09/2025
PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 1 Etna Road, Falkirk FK2 9EG
- Classification (SIC)
- Pre-press and pre-media services (18.13 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 30/03/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-09-30
- 21/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-15 with no updates
- 25/03/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-09-30
- 16/10/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Ms Julie Garvock on 2024-10-15
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
29/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 15/10/2025Due 29/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 15/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 15/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£432.17K2025
-5.98%vs 20242024: £459.64K
Total Assets
£584.43K2025
4.33%vs 20242024: £560.18K
Cash in Bank
£414.99K2025
9.71%vs 20242024: £378.26K
Total Liabilities
£139.63K2025
64.38%vs 20242024: £84.94K
Employees
212025
-3vs 20242024: 24
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 64.38% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -1% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | -3 |
| 2024 | 24 | -2 |
| 2023 | 26 | +1 |
| 2022 | 25 | +2 |
| 2021 | 23 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 23 in 2021 to 21 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
12Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 20/06/2018–20/06/2018 | 0 | |
| Director | 19/10/1994–19/10/1994 | 84 | |
| Director | 01/08/2018–01/08/2020 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 19/10/1994–01/10/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/08/2020–31/08/2023 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/10/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 19/10/1994–19/10/1994 | 94 | |
| Director | 19/10/1994–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 28/03/2018–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 19/10/1994–19/10/1994 | 3 | |
| Director | 16/10/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 20/06/2018–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 17/10/2016–Present | 1 | |
| 17/10/2016–01/08/2018 | 2 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 21/11/1994
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 30/03/2026
- 6 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 30/03/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 21/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 30/03/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-09-30
- 21/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-15 with no updates
- 25/03/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-09-30
- 16/10/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Ms Julie Garvock on 2024-10-15
- 16/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-15 with no updates
- 22/05/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-09-30
- 30/11/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Andrew Calder Dowell as a director on 2023-08-31
- 30/11/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Kay Telford as a director on 2023-10-16
- 30/11/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of John Forsyth as a director on 2018-06-20
- 30/11/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr John Forsyth as a director on 2018-06-20
- 20/10/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-15 with no updates
- 15/06/2023View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-09-30
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About PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 1 Etna Road, Falkirk FK2 9EG. Companies House classifies its business as Pre-press and pre-media services. It has been on the register for 31 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £432.17K and 21 employees.
PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED under one registered business activity: Pre-press and pre-media services (18.13 - SIC 2007).
PALIMPSEST BOOK PRODUCTION COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 19/10/1994.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £432.17K, total assets of £584.43K, cash in bank of £414.99K and total liabilities of £139.63K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/03/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-09-30, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/06/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 29/10/2026.
Companies House lists 12 officers (5 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control (1 current).