Dennis Publishing, Felix Dennis’s magazine business, enjoyed strong profit growth last year, as the success of The Week more than offset the decline of Maxim, its “lads’ mag”.

Results released from Companies House on Monday show the privately controlled publisher lifted pre-tax profits from £361,000 ($743,750) in 2005 to £2.06m in the year to last December. Discontinued operations trimmed turnover from £61.7m to £60.2m.