LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-14 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-30

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£52K

-6.4% vs 2023

Net assets

£44M

+23.2% vs 2023

Employees

115

+7.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£33M

+51.6% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED 2006-03-31 → present
TIME WARNER BOOK GROUP UK LIMITED 2006-03-02 → 2006-03-31
TIME-LIFE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LIMITED 1988-12-13 → 2006-03-02
TRUSHELFCO (NO.1316) LIMITED 1988-10-12 → 1988-12-13

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£102,126,226	£115,133,905
Operating profit	£21,340,118	£32,489,112
Profit before tax	£21,670,713	£32,846,588
Net profit	£16,689,498	£25,039,564
Cash	£55,756	£52,182
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—
Net assets	£35,589,596	£43,829,160
Equity	£35,589,596	£43,829,160
Average employees	107	115
Wages	£8,076,155	£9,611,714

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	20.9%	28.2%
Net margin	16.3%	21.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	71.9%	43.7%
Current ratio	1.19x	1.94x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Abridged: Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor: Peter Smith
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Company will continue to be supported by Hachette group, and a written confirmation has been obtained from the group to the directors confirming the support will be effective for a period of at least one year from the date signing of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024.”

Significant events

“increase in sales in key titles that have gained in popularity on the social media platform TikTok.”

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

People

3 active · 29 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew	Secretary	2026-04-01	—	—
SHELLEY, David Richard	Director	2015-01-01	Apr 1976	British
WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew	Director	2026-04-01	Mar 1973	British

Show 29 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BATT, Nigel Paul	Secretary	2006-03-31	2008-02-13
DE CACQUERAY, Pierre	Secretary	2015-04-15	2026-04-01
HOLLAND, Nigel Keith	Secretary	2000-09-27	2003-01-31
JONES, Bronwen Elizabeth Stuart	Secretary	2003-01-31	2006-03-31
SHAW, Julian	Secretary	2008-02-13	2011-02-18
SINCLAIR, Ian Reid	Secretary	—	2000-09-27
TAYLOR, Emily-Jane	Secretary	2011-02-18	2015-04-15
ATKINSON, Richard Gordon	Director	2000-02-01	2006-01-27
BAKHOUCHE, Fabrice	Director	2021-06-15	2023-08-31
BATT, Nigel Paul	Director	2005-01-10	2008-02-13
BUTCHER, Andrew	Director	2004-03-31	2004-08-02
DE CACQUERAY, Pierre	Director	2006-03-31	2026-04-01
DORT, Martin	Director	1994-06-16	1996-12-17
EVANS, Richard John	Director	2004-01-29	2006-03-31
FRARY, Stephen Richard	Director	1996-12-06	2000-01-07
GARDNER, Martin Jay	Director	1993-10-25	1996-12-10
HALL, John David	Director	2001-01-19	2004-03-31
HALL, William Richard	Director	1996-12-06	2006-03-31
HUTCHINSON, Timothy Hely, Hon	Director	2006-03-31	2017-12-12
KIRBY, Christopher Harwood	Director	—	1994-01-21
MACKENZIE, Ursula Ann	Director	2006-03-31	2017-03-22
NOURRY, Arnaud	Director	2006-03-31	2021-03-29
ROCHE, Peter Charles Kenneth	Director	2006-03-31	2013-06-30
ROSEN, Howard Norman	Director	2006-02-01	2006-03-31
SHAW, Julian	Director	2008-02-13	2011-02-18
TAYLOR, Emily-Jane	Director	2011-02-18	2019-10-11
VAN ROOIJEN, Jos	Director	—	2001-04-02
VIEBRANZ, Curtis Gray	Director	—	1993-10-29
YOUNG, David John	Director	2006-03-31	2009-11-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Louis Hachette Group Sa	Corporate entity	Shares 50–75%	2024-12-16	Active
Vivendi Se	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2023-12-01	Ceased 2024-12-16
Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active
Lagardère Sa	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 198 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-08	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-04-01	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2026-04-01	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2026-04-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-10-14	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-10-14	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-08-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-10-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-15	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-10-15	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-07-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-10-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-08-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-10-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-09-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-10-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-06-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 8
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 2
Officers resigned: 2

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

+12.7%

£102,126,226 £115,133,905
Cash

-6.4%

£55,756 £52,182
Net assets

+23.2%

£35,589,596 £43,829,160
Employees

+7.5%

107 115
Operating profit

+52.2%

£21,340,118 £32,489,112
Profit before tax

+51.6%

£21,670,713 £32,846,588
Wages

+19%

£8,076,155 £9,611,714

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

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