Rationalist Press Association,limited(the)

Active00062288 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
26 May 1899 (127 years)
Industry
Publishing of learned journals (58141)
Accounts type
Micro entity
Region
Greater London
Address
Suite 1008
Wework 3 Waterhouse Square
Holborn
London
EC1N 2SW

Filing status

Accounts due
30 September 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
7 April 2027
Last conf. stmt
24 March 2026

Officers 2 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 21 August 2025
British
Born October 1959 (67)
Director · Appointed 21 August 2025
British
Born November 1980
Officer history (36 former)
13 July 2026
Resigned Hawkins, Neil Grant as Director
21 August 2025
Resigned Coen, Clive Warwick, Professor as Director
21 August 2025
Resigned Emanuel, John David as Director
21 August 2025
Appointed Copson, Andrew James William as Director
21 August 2025
Resigned Mccabe, Keiron James as Director
21 August 2025
Appointed Davis, Roland Arthur as Director
21 August 2025
Resigned Brewer, Colin, Dr as Director
21 August 2025
Appointed Hawkins, Neil Grant as Director
21 August 2025
Resigned Emanuel, Rosemary Ann Nunes as Director
12 June 2023
Appointed Mccabe, Keiron James as Director
1 March 2023
Resigned Melville, Caspar Marshall, Dr as Director
10 May 2021
Resigned Goulder, Naomi, Dr as Director
18 September 2018
Resigned Sedley, Stephen, Lord Justice as Director
18 September 2018
Resigned Woodcraft, Tess Honor as Director
18 September 2018
Resigned Pollock, David John Frederick as Director
18 September 2018
Resigned Stopes-Roe, Jonathan as Director
6 September 2018
Resigned Glendinning, Ian Stewart as Director
5 September 2018
Appointed Brewer, Colin, Dr as Director
4 September 2018
Appointed Melville, Caspar Marshall, Dr as Director
3 September 2018
Appointed Emanuel, John David as Director
2 September 2018
Appointed Emanuel, Rosemary Ann Nunes as Director
1 September 2018
Appointed Goulder, Naomi, Dr as Director
16 October 2017
Resigned Lichtenstein, Conrad Paul, Professor as Director
24 July 2017
Appointed Lichtenstein, Conrad Paul, Professor as Director
11 July 2017
Resigned Metcalf, John Timothy as Director
11 July 2017
Resigned Feldman, Sally Joy as Director
29 June 2015
Appointed Glendinning, Ian Stewart as Director
31 July 2014
Appointed Coen, Clive Warwick, Professor as Director
3 June 2014
Resigned Taylor, Laurie, Professor as Director
25 June 2013
Resigned Walker, Judith Anne as Secretary
4 June 2013
Resigned Gonsalves, Jose as Director
14 September 2012
Resigned Fletcher, Winston as Director
28 May 2012
Appointed Sedley, Stephen, Lord Justice as Director
24 May 2010
Resigned Mason, Marilyn Jane as Director
24 May 2010
Resigned Herrick, James Robert as Director
19 October 2009
Resigned Eldaly-Rockledge, Diana Mary Margaret as Director
19 October 2009
Appointed Woodcraft, Tess Honor as Director
28 April 2008
Appointed Mason, Marilyn Jane as Director
19 November 2007
Appointed Gonsalves, Jose as Director
17 September 2007
Resigned Addyman, Caspar as Director
21 May 2007
Appointed Fletcher, Winston as Director
30 April 2007
Resigned Wynne Willson, Jane as Director
22 January 2007
Appointed Taylor, Laurie, Professor as Director
1 August 2006
Resigned Metcalf, John Timothy as Secretary
1 August 2006
Appointed Walker, Judith Anne as Secretary
12 February 2006
Appointed Feldman, Sally Joy as Director
25 July 2005
Resigned Jordans, Frank as Director
25 April 2005
Resigned Russell, Ivor Roland as Director
25 April 2005
Resigned Munday, Diane as Director
12 January 2004
Appointed Jordans, Frank as Director
18 November 2002
Resigned Marks, David as Director
14 January 2002
Appointed Addyman, Caspar as Director
1 October 2001
Appointed Marks, David as Director
28 September 2001
Resigned Collins, Nigel David Charles as Director
23 January 2001
Resigned Chapman, Antony Morris as Director
10 January 2000
Appointed Munday, Diane as Director
6 December 1999
Appointed Eldaly-Rockledge, Diana Mary Margaret as Director
12 July 1999
Resigned Walter, Nicolas as Director
19 March 1998
Resigned Ison, Ralph Edwin as Director
16 March 1998
Appointed Collins, Nigel David Charles as Director
9 March 1998
Resigned Ohara, Daniel as Director
18 March 1996
Appointed Metcalf, John Timothy as Director
18 March 1996
Appointed Ison, Ralph Edwin as Director
12 February 1996
Resigned Walter, Nicolas as Secretary
12 February 1996
Appointed Metcalf, John Timothy as Secretary

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Financials

Net Assets
(£991)
Debt Ratio
193%
Current Ratio
0.5x

Trend

Net Assets
(£1k) (£500) £0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 (£578) (£655) (£739) (£824) (£907) (£991)
Balance sheet detail
202420232022202120202019
Fixed Assets£0£0£0£0£0
Current Assets£1,071£1,108£1,144£1,182£1,204£1,168
Creditors (< 1 year)£2,062£2,015£1,968£1,921£1,859£1,746
Creditors (> 1 year)£0£0£0£0
Net Current Assets(£991)(£907)(£824)(£739)(£655)(£578)
Net Assets(£991)(£907)(£824)(£739)(£655)(£578)
Shareholder Funds(£991)(£907)(£824)(£739)(£655)(£578)

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
27 October 2026Micro company accounts31 December 2025
16 December 2025Micro company accounts31 December 2024
16 December 2025Registered office address changed1
6 October 2025Termination of appointment of a director1
6 October 2025Termination of appointment of a director1
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