Website & contact details
- Website
Historic Newspapers Limited
- Incorporated
- 19 July 2004 (22 years)
- Industry
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47910) Archives activities (91012)
- Owned by
- Lostmy.Name Ltd
- Accounts type
- Full
- Region
- Greater London
- Address
- 20 Vauxhall Bridge RoadLondonSW1V 2SA
Filing status
- Accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Last accounts
- 31 December 2025
- Conf. stmt due
- 2 August 2027
- Last conf. stmt
- 19 July 2026
Charges
- Total
- 3
- Outstanding
- 0
- Part satisfied
- 0
- Satisfied
- 3
Officers 4 active
Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.
Martin, Sinead Mary
Secretary · Appointed 2 June 2025
Director · Appointed 2 June 2025
British
Born July 1978 (48)
Director · Appointed 2 June 2025
Spanish
Born October 1982 (44)
Director · Appointed 30 June 2023
British
Born January 1974 (52)
Officer history (13 former)
2 June 2025
2 June 2025
2 June 2025
2 June 2025
Appointed Martin, Sinead Mary as Secretary
2 June 2025
30 June 2023
30 June 2023
30 June 2023
30 June 2023
Resigned Spindler, Kevin Graham as Director
30 June 2023
30 June 2023
Resigned Richardson, John Victor as Secretary
30 June 2023
31 December 2022
14 June 2022
14 June 2022
Appointed Richardson, John Victor as Secretary
14 June 2022
14 June 2022
31 August 2021
Resigned Tutt, Stephen Brian Reginald as Director
15 February 2017
Resigned Hodgson, Richard James as Director
15 February 2017
Appointed Tutt, Stephen Brian Reginald as Director
4 November 2016
Appointed Hodgson, Richard James as Director
4 November 2016
Resigned Carson, Roger John as Secretary
5 August 2005
Appointed Carson, Roger John as Secretary
15 October 2004
15 October 2004
Appointed Spindler, Kevin Graham as Director
15 October 2004
15 October 2004
15 October 2004
19 July 2004
19 July 2004
Ownership 1 active
People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register
Lostmy.Name Ltd
Corporate entity · Notified 30 June 2023
Owns 75–100% of shares
Private Limited Company
Former controllers (2)
30 June 2023
Ceased Signature Holdco Limited — Owns 75–100% of shares
6 April 2016
Ceased Kevin Graham Spindler — Has significant influence or control
Financials
Balance sheet as at 31 December 2025 · full accounts
- Net Assets
- £719,024
- Cash
- £847,706
- Turnover
- £8,129,498
- Profit Before Tax
- £214,705
- Employees
- 25
- Debt Ratio
- 87%
- Current Ratio
- 1.1x
- Profit Margin
- 3%
- Return on Equity
- 16%
Trend
Net Assets
Balance sheet detail
| 2025 | 2025 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Assets | £1,604,601 | £587,049 | £33,153 | £29,167 | £28,684 | £36,462 |
| Current Assets | £3,938,743 | £1,446,520 | £1,540,551 | £1,601,112 | £1,958,174 | £2,293,183 |
| Debtors | £349,406 | £41,719 | £294,185 | £633,445 | £1,043,200 | |
| Cash | £847,706 | £413,965 | £225,678 | £84,904 | £123,456 | £50,646 |
| Creditors (< 1 year) | £3,583,792 | £1,270,604 | £215,498 | £157,228 | £628,126 | £836,257 |
| Creditors (> 1 year) | £521,372 | |||||
| Net Current Assets | £354,951 | £175,916 | £1,325,053 | £1,443,884 | £1,330,048 | £1,456,926 |
| Net Assets | £719,024 | £1,473,051 | £1,358,163 | £1,492,137 | ||
| Shareholder Funds | £719,024 | £762,965 | £1,358,206 | £1,473,051 | £1,358,163 | £1,492,137 |
| Turnover | £8,129,498 | |||||
| Cost of Sales | £2,203,284 | |||||
| Gross Profit | £5,926,214 | |||||
| Admin Expenses | £5,434,231 | |||||
| Staff Costs | £887,469 | |||||
| Operating Profit | £245,978 | |||||
| Profit Before Tax | £214,705 | |||||
| Tax | £97,302 | |||||
| Profit for Period | £117,403 | |||||
What Historic Newspapers say about themselves
“Revel in the past with newspapers from the world's largest physical archive of over 200,000 original newspapers”
Filings
Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House
| Date | Description | Made Up To | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2026 | Confirmation statement with no updates | 19 July 2026 | ||
| 15 July 2026 | Full accounts | 31 December 2025 | ||
| 1 December 2025 | Current accounting period shortened | |||
| 7 November 2025 | Total exemption full accounts | 31 May 2025 | ||
| 30 July 2025 | Confirmation statement with no updates | 19 July 2025 |
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