BONNIER BOOKS UK GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
+1,142.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£12M
-3.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BONNIER BOOKS UK GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2019-07-02 → present
- BONNIER PUBLISHING LIMITED 2005-01-10 → 2019-07-02
- AUTUMN PUBLISHING LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 2005-01-10
- LYDIAPLAN LIMITED 1976-08-17 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £14,108,012 | £11,779,684 | |
| Profit before tax | £12,121,681 | £11,670,812 | |
| Net profit | £11,937,830 | £11,854,663 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £1,037,253 | £12,891,916 | |
| Equity | £1,037,253 | £12,891,916 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest cover | 6.92x | 97.25x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- BONNIER BOOKS UK GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Bonnier Media Limited 100%
- Bonnier Books UK Limited 100%
- Weldon Owen Limited 100%
- Bonnier Zaffre Limited 100%
- Blink Publishing Limited 100%
- Igloo Books Group Holdings Limited 100%
- Igloo Holdings Limited 100%
- Igloo Books Limited 100%
- Igloo Books GmbH 100%
- Red Kite Fulfilment Limited 100%
- John Blake Publishing Limited 100%
- Metro Publishing Limited 100%
- Black & White Publishing Limited 100%
- Footnote Press Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2023, a historical legal case that the company was party to was settled, resulting in exceptional income of £18,233,164 recognised in the prior year.”
- “The trade and assets of these companies was hived across to another subsidiary company from 1 December 2024. The companies were subsequently made non-trading.”
- “Weldon Owen Limited, Red Kite Fulfilment Limited and Metro Publishing Limited were all dissolved after the end of the reporting period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTON, Sarah Carolyn | Director | 2025-04-09 | Feb 1982 | British |
| PERDONI, Jonathan Talbot | Director | 2019-01-16 | Jul 1982 | British |
| RUDELS, Karl Håkan | Director | 2018-03-26 | Jun 1974 | Swedish |
| ZETTERLUND, Jim Rickard | Director | 2018-05-10 | Jan 1984 | Swedish |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSMID, Ingrid Angela | Secretary | — | 2005-01-17 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Marcus | Secretary | 2005-01-17 | 2016-10-31 |
| CHARKIN, Richard Denis Paul | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-02-28 |
| CURMAN, Maria | Director | 2002-02-25 | 2012-04-01 |
| EKLUND, Roger | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2006-06-22 |
| EVARISTO, Gregory Martin | Director | 2020-12-10 | 2023-02-28 |
| FREEMAN, Derek Keith | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| GOLDSMID, Campbell | Director | — | 2006-11-01 |
| GOLDSMID, Ingrid Angela | Director | — | 2005-01-17 |
| HERRIDGE, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2007-03-19 |
| HIGGINS, Desmond | Director | 2005-02-14 | 2009-04-01 |
| JANSON, Magnus Eric | Director | 2017-04-28 | 2025-03-28 |
| JEDICKE, Hartmut | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2014-05-07 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Marcus | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2018-02-26 |
| KAUFMANN, Joachim Friedrich | Director | 2010-04-14 | 2014-05-07 |
| LARSSON, Torsten | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2013-11-19 |
| MARNEUR, Marie-Emilie | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| MODIG, Jonas | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2010-02-02 |
| MOLANDER, Pentti | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2003-05-01 |
| ORNBORG, Bror | Director | 1999-03-12 | 2001-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnier Books Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-03-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+1,142.9%
£1,037,253 £12,891,916
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-16.5%
£14,108,012 £11,779,684
-
Profit before tax
-3.7%
£12,121,681 £11,670,812
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