APA PUBLICATIONS (UK) LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Like most small UK companies, APA PUBLICATIONS (UK) LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 58190Where the company stands among the 11,973 active companies whose first SIC code is 58190 (Other publishing activities).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 11,973. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: APA PUBLICATIONS (UK) LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
APA PUBLICATIONS (UK) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03342440. It was incorporated on 1 Apr 1997. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (WC2A). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other publishing activities (58190).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were −£162,519, up 65.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £106,172. Total assets were £1,504,737 and total liabilities £1,314,383. The company had an average of 19 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 11,973 active companies whose first SIC code is 58190: By net assets it ranks lower than 96% of them (median £3,123). By total assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £18,235). By cash it ranks higher than 76% of them (median £16,289). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 1). It is older than 95% of them (median age 6.4 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly printed matter. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly printed matter.
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 1 current director. One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 10 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 15 Apr 2027.
Filed accounts2020–2025
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash at bank and in hand | 364,605 | 289,060 | 391,331 | 186,891 | 106,172 |
| Total assets | 1,567,251 | 1,977,479 | 1,977,639 | 2,188,805 | 1,504,737 |
| Total liabilities | 1,419,491 | 1,541,378 | 1,411,396 | 1,676,383 | 1,314,383 |
| Net assets / total equity | -1,856,299 | -1,515,158 | -848,284 | -473,043 | -162,519 |
| Average number of employees | 17 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Principal activity
Accounts 2025Travel guides
As described in the company's latest filed accounts.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: printed matter.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: printed matter.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
30 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets −£162.5k, 19 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets −£473k, 21 employees
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets −£848.3k, 21 employees
- Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets −£1.5m, 17 employees
- Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets −£1.9m, 17 employees
- Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets −£1.9m, 33 employees
- Agnieszka MIZAK resignedDirector
- Agnieszka MIZAK appointedDirector
Earlier events (22)
- Mr Rene Frey registered as a person with significant control
- Jan Henne De DIJN resignedDirector
- Rene FREY appointedDirector
- Kevin Allan JONES resignedDirector
- Katharine Elizabeth LECK resignedDirector
- Barbara LENNARTZ resignedDirector
- Karl Heinz KRAGLER resignedDirector
- Andreas Carl Joachim TIELEBIER-LANGENSCHEIDT resignedDirector
- Jan Henne De DIJN appointedDirector
- Kevin Allan JONES appointedDirector
- Barbara LENNARTZ appointedDirector
- Katharine Elizabeth LECK appointedDirector
- Jeremy John Hallifax WESTWOOD resignedDirector
- Eugen Georg Ludwig GALLER resignedDirector
- Karl Heinz KRAGLER appointedDirector
- Jeremy John Hallifax WESTWOOD appointedDirector
- PENNINGTONS DIRECTORS (NO 1) LIMITED resignedNominee director (corporate)
- Eugen Georg Ludwig GALLER appointedDirector
- Andreas Carl Joachim TIELEBIER-LANGENSCHEIDT appointedDirector
- PENNSEC LIMITED appointedNominee secretary (corporate)
- PENNINGTONS DIRECTORS (NO 1) LIMITED appointedNominee director (corporate)
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.