FABER AND FABER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-07 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+51.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+5.9% vs 2024
Employees
144
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+63.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FABER AND FABER LIMITED 1990-09-14 → present
- FABER & FABER LIMITED 1968-12-23 → 1990-09-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,072,000 | £29,514,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,256,000 | £2,167,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,304,000 | £2,133,000 | |
| Net profit | £970,000 | £1,372,000 | |
| Cash | £8,126,000 | £12,279,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,551,000 | £18,480,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,098,000 | £18,106,000 | |
| Equity | £17,098,000 | £18,106,000 | |
| Average employees | 144 | 144 | |
| Wages | £7,246,000 | £7,863,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 7.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 11.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.1% | 43.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.22x | 2.15x | |
| Interest cover | 27.30x | 14.07x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is profitable and in a strong net asset position, and accordingly the Directors believe that the Company will be in a position to meet its liabilities as they fall due. This assessment includes consideration of the Company's available financial resources, expected cashflows and working capital requirements.”
Group structure
- FABER AND FABER LIMITED · parent
- Faber Trustees Limited 98%
- Faber and Faber USA LLC 100%
Significant events
- “2024-25 was another good year for the Company with excellent performance across all areas of the business. Top-line turnover was £29.5m, an increase of 9% on the previous year (2024: £27.1m).”
- “Bestselling titles published during the year included Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, the paperback of Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan, Killing Time by Alan Bennett (a joint publication with Profile) and John and Paul by Ian Leslie. On the crime list, paperbacks The Kellerby Code by Jonny Sweet and Geneva by Richard Armitage sold well, and on the children's list, the launch of Moira Buffini's Torch Trilogy got off to a successful start with the publication of the first novel, Songlight. In the seventieth anniversary year of Lord of the Flies, the Company published a stunning new graphic novel edition adapted and illustrated by Aimée de Jongh. In February the Company's first subscription offering, for poetry, was launched from the Faber site.”
- “The Academy had an excellent year, with significant growth and a record number of students enrolled on its courses.”
- “Throughout the year the Company continued to host a vibrant schedule of events in The Bindery, with Summer and Winter fairs both proving to be extremely popular.”
- “In February 2025, the Company announced the launch of a new US division, with the appointment of two new members of staff in publicity and marketing to increase the footprint of Faber books in the US.”
- “During the year the Company moved distributor from Grantham Book Services, part of Penguin Random House, to HarperCollins Supply Chain. The move took effect from May 2024, with HarperCollins distributing books at home and overseas for the Company and its Independent Alliance distribution clients.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
16 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MESSAM, Suzanne Amanda | Secretary | 2023-09-18 | — | — |
| ALEXANDER, Rachel Marthe | Director | 2005-04-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| BAKER, Elisabeth Maria Cornelia, Lady | Director | 2005-04-01 | Sep 1952 | Dutch |
| BOWLER, Alexander James | Director | 2018-09-03 | Aug 1982 | British |
| EMMANUS, Brenda Anne | Director | 2022-04-04 | Jun 1963 | British |
| FABER, Tobias William | Director | 2003-04-01 | Nov 1965 | British |
| GATES, Judith | Director | 2023-04-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| HOOPER, Judith Margaret | Director | 2013-11-07 | May 1962 | British |
| JONES, Bonnie Ellen | Director | 2022-08-26 | Jan 1982 | British |
| LONGE, Laurence Peter | Director | 1999-03-25 | Jan 1955 | British |
| NEWBROOK, Mary | Director | 2009-03-30 | Oct 1970 | British |
| PAGE, Stephen Alexander | Director | 2001-10-08 | Feb 1965 | British |
| PARK, Milyae | Director | 2022-04-04 | Jan 1970 | British |
| REIHILL, Clare Mary | Director | 2024-03-01 | Oct 1962 | British |
| TALBOT, Sara | Director | 2019-02-25 | Aug 1980 | British |
| THAXTON, Leah Katherine | Director | 2012-09-06 | Oct 1974 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Sian | Secretary | 2001-06-30 | 2002-03-04 |
| SIMPSON, Peter Robert Freeman | Secretary | — | 2001-06-30 |
| TEBBUTT, David Gordon | Secretary | 2002-03-04 | 2011-09-11 |
| ANGEL, Miriam | Director | 2015-09-14 | 2018-06-29 |
| ATKINSON, William Alexander | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2014-09-30 |
| BODLEY, John Duglan | Director | — | 2004-10-05 |
| COOPER, Jason | Director | 2009-03-23 | 2014-04-01 |
| CRUTHCHER, Dennis Wiliam | Director | — | 1998-03-06 |
| CURRAN, Patrick George | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| DE LA MARE, Walter Giles Ingpen | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| DONOHUE, Walter Anthony | Director | 1997-09-08 | 2010-09-02 |
| ELIOT, Esme Valerie | Director | — | 2012-11-10 |
| EVANS, Matthew, Lord | Director | — | 2002-11-29 |
| FABER, Thomas Erle, Dr | Director | 2001-05-20 | 2003-04-01 |
| FABER, Thomas Erle, Dr | Director | — | 1996-10-24 |
| FABER, Tobias William | Director | 1996-08-20 | 2001-01-29 |
| KELLEHER, Thomas Sean | Director | — | 1998-12-14 |
| LOOSE, Julian Howard | Director | 1996-08-20 | 2016-03-11 |
| MACKLE, Maria Joan | Director | — | 2002-05-31 |
| MACLEOD, Brigid Margaret Flora | Director | — | 1993-07-16 |
| MARSH, Nigel Peter Edmund | Director | 2000-07-19 | 2022-10-30 |
| MATTHEWS, Belinda Mary | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2024-12-03 |
| MCCRUM, John Robert | Director | — | 1996-07-16 |
| MCDADD, Susanne Joy | Director | — | 1993-05-27 |
| MCLAREN, Christopher John | Director | 1998-02-23 | 2002-05-31 |
| PASTEUR, Thomas Hugh | Director | — | 1994-05-01 |
| RILEY, Jonathan Peter | Director | 1997-09-08 | 2005-05-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Charlotte Joanna | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2019-01-13 |
| SIMPSON, Peter Robert Freeman | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| SMALLWOOD, Camilla | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2018-12-06 |
| SMALLWOOD, Camilla | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-09-29 |
| TEBBUTT, David Gordon | Director | 2002-03-04 | 2011-09-12 |
| WOOD, Kevin Glyn | Director | 2021-06-10 | 2023-01-31 |
| FABER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-05-15 | 2017-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set Copyrights Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Geoffrey Faber Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 262 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+9%
£27,072,000 £29,514,000
-
Cash
+51.1%
£8,126,000 £12,279,000
-
Net assets
+5.9%
£17,098,000 £18,106,000
-
Employees
0%
144 144
-
Operating profit
+72.5%
£1,256,000 £2,167,000
-
Profit before tax
+63.6%
£1,304,000 £2,133,000
-
Wages
+8.5%
£7,246,000 £7,863,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers