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THE BOOK SERVICE LIMITED
Cash
£745K
-88.8% vs 2023
Net assets
-£18M
+17.1% vs 2023
Employees
0
-100% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+453.9% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 00453161
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1948-04-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 52103
Profit before tax
5-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £46,209,382 | — | £46,468,918 | £42,610,130 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,133,974 | — | -£6,466,821 | -£3,751,316 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,056,315 | — | -£1,175,462 | £4,159,731 | |
| Net profit | — | -£805,324 | — | -£1,007,938 | £3,119,893 | |
| Cash | — | £128,488 | — | £6,635,440 | £745,060 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£21,328,707 | — | -£22,019,616 | -£18,244,930 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Equity | -£20,638,275 | -£21,443,599 | -£21,443,599 | -£22,451,537 | -£19,331,644 | |
| Average employees | — | 541 | — | 525 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | £14,154,338 | — | £15,300,871 | £15,490,064 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the Company's current trading performance, the sensitivity and reverse stress testing scenarios performed, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of no less than twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “loss of revenue from third party clients who have left during 2024. This follows the announced exit from our third-party distribution business which will be concluded in 2025.”
- “Changes to our Frating facility made in the second quarter of 2023 (expansion and consolidation of stock on a single site) have continued to enable process improvements to be realised which impact positively on stock availability for customers and a reduction in internal shortages.”
- “Following a strategic review, in January 2023 the Company announced a proposal to withdraw from the provision of distribution services to third party clients from its Grantham site in the second half of 2025 along with the closure of the Grantham site.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Sinead Mary | Secretary | 2016-06-30 | — | — |
| GARDINER, Mark William | Director | 2000-07-03 | Apr 1961 | British |
| WELDON, Thomas Daryl | Director | 2014-10-20 | Aug 1963 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEACOCK, Helena Caroline | Secretary | 2014-10-20 | 2016-06-30 |
| SMITH, Roger Ling | Secretary | — | 2014-10-20 |
| BINGLEY, Alan Bradley | Director | — | 1993-11-01 |
| BOWRON, Peter David | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2009-01-17 |
| DAVIES, Brian John | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2015-09-30 |
| FARNELL, Ian | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| FURNISH, John | Director | — | 1994-05-24 |
| HUDSON, Ian Michael | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2008-10-31 |
| JOHNSON, Maralyn | Director | 1991-12-13 | 2001-12-31 |
| LLEWELLYN, Brian Hugh | Director | — | 1993-01-29 |
| LLEWELLYN, Kelvin John | Director | — | 1994-05-24 |
| MCCONNELL, Anthony Sudlow | Director | 1992-12-07 | 2001-06-29 |
| MOTTRAM, John Michael | Director | — | 1993-07-09 |
| PEMBERTON, David Charles | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1999-05-07 |
| ROBERTSON, Antony Brian | Director | 1991-12-12 | 1993-07-09 |
| ROCHE, Peter Charles Kenneth | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Random House Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-25 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-02-10 | AUD | auditors | auditors resignation company |
| 2021-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-11-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2019-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2019-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2018-10-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2018-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2017-10-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory