BONNIER BOOKS UK LIMITED

1. BONNIER BOOKS UK LIMITED 2019-07-02 → present
2. KINGS ROAD PUBLISHING LIMITED 2016-11-02 → 2019-07-02
3. THE TEMPLAR COMPANY LIMITED 2008-09-05 → 2016-11-02
4. THE TEMPLAR COMPANY PLC 1989-11-24 → 2008-09-05
5. TEMPLAR PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 1981-03-06 → 1989-11-24

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

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.

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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. BONNIER BOOKS UK LIMITED · parent
   1. John Blake Publishing Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Parent
   2. Metro Publishing Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Parent

Significant events

• “In 2024 Bonnier Books UK launched its Science Fiction and Fantasy list as well as expanding into the Romance genre. It also launched LEAP, a new and unique lifestyle imprint led by Carole Tonkinson.”
• “Bonnier Books UK's evolution into a fully-fledged trade publisher continued in 2024, with the company's first-ever Pulitzer Prize win a landmark moment for the company.”
• “On 1 December 2024, the trade, assets and liabilities of a fellow subsidiary company, Footnote Press Limited, were transferred to the company, resulting in Footnote Press Limited becoming dormant from this date.”
• “On 1 December 2024 the trade, assets and liabilities of a fellow subsidiary company, Black & White Publishing Limited, were transferred to the company, resulting in Black & White Publishing Limited becoming dormant from this date.”
• “Perminder Mann stepped down as CEO of the Bonnier Books UK group in early 2025, with Jonathan Perdoni and Sarah Benton appointed as co-CEOS a transition that signals the next phase of growth and strategic direction for the company.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +6.8%

  £42,154,715 → £45,005,470

• Cash

  0%

  £7,705 → £7,705

• Net assets

  +0.5%

  £6,020,001 → £6,047,239

• Employees

  +1%

  200 → 202

• Operating profit

  +163.1%

  -£1,835,121 → £1,157,890

• Profit before tax

  +114.5%

  -£2,752,746 → £399,029

• Wages

  +2.5%

  £10,717,779 → £10,989,448

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