BIBLIOTHECA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
Cash
£197K
+9.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£62K
+103% vs 2023
Employees
82
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+142.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIBLIOTHECA LIMITED 2013-01-15 → present
- INTELLIDENT LIMITED 1994-10-25 → 2013-01-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,465,000 | £6,300,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,585,000 | £2,634,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,041,000 | £2,150,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,041,000 | £2,150,000 | |
| Cash | £180,000 | £197,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,644,000 | £5,839,000 | |
| Net assets | -£2,088,000 | £62,000 | |
| Equity | -£2,088,000 | £62,000 | |
| Average employees | 81 | 82 | |
| Wages | £3,885,000 | £3,955,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -70.9% | 41.8% | |
| Net margin | -78.0% | 34.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -125.8% | 45.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | -10.05x | 5.44x |
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)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“While some uncertainty remains until new covenants are formally agreed, the directors highlight the progress achieved in 2024, the strengthened financial position following the asset sale, and the ongoing support of both the Lender and the parent company. On this basis, the directors have a strong expectation that the company will continue in operational existence for the next 12 months and the foreseeable future, from the date of signing the financial statements, and therefore the financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In April 2024, it successfully completed the sale of its cloudLibrary digital platform, with proceeds applied to reduce debt and fund working capital.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCOM, Steven | Director | 2024-07-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| HOPWOOD, Jim | Director | 2023-09-20 | Jan 1969 | British |
| MILLICAN, Christopher | Director | 2023-09-20 | Mar 1982 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FENSOME, Richard James | Secretary | 2003-10-16 | 2009-07-27 |
| HANKINS, Susan Rosalie | Secretary | 1994-10-25 | 2000-08-30 |
| JOSEPH, Simon Elliot | Secretary | 2009-07-27 | 2010-12-31 |
| OKE, Richard Spencer | Secretary | 2000-08-30 | 2003-10-16 |
| WAYNE, Harold | Nominee Secretary | 1994-10-25 | 1994-10-25 |
| BURSTEIN, Michael | Director | 2020-07-27 | 2023-09-20 |
| CATLING, Stephen Turner | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2011-06-01 |
| CHADBOURNE, Sarah Louise | Director | 2019-04-05 | 2019-05-13 |
| CRAWFORD, Jane Louise Douglas | Director | 2010-12-31 | 2011-06-01 |
| DEAN, Andrew, Dr | Director | 2003-11-24 | 2005-01-07 |
| DUBOIS, James | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2005-12-21 |
| FENSOME, Richard James | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2009-07-27 |
| FERRIGNO, Steven Joseph | Director | 2020-07-27 | 2023-01-31 |
| HANKINS, Timothy Glyn | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| HOPWOOD, James Stephen | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| LANG, Robert Alexander | Director | 2004-12-08 | 2006-08-31 |
| MACKENZIE, Jamie | Director | 2022-07-08 | 2024-07-01 |
| OKE, Richard Spencer | Director | 1999-06-25 | 2003-10-16 |
| POTTS, Gary Clifford | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2014-10-03 |
| RATCLIFFE, Darren Mark | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-12-05 |
| RAY, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Ian | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| SMITH, Timothy Valentine | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2007-02-27 |
| STRANDBERG-GLAS, Maximiliane | Director | 2020-07-27 | 2022-06-30 |
| SULLIVAN, Ben John | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2020-07-29 |
| SYKES, Phillip John | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2019-05-13 |
| TANTY, Laurence Jacqueline | Director | 2008-05-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| TENTORI, Mark Ian | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2008-05-01 |
| VON MEURERS, Philipp | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2011-09-22 |
| WAYNE, Yvonne | Nominee Director | 1994-10-25 | 1994-10-25 |
| WILLIAMS, David Arthur | Director | 2003-10-16 | 2004-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibliotheca Holding Two Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-05-01 | Active |
| Bibliotheca Group Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-08 | 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
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Turnover
-2.6%
£6,465,000 £6,300,000
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Cash
+9.4%
£180,000 £197,000
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Net assets
+103%
-£2,088,000 £62,000
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Employees
+1.2%
81 82
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Operating profit
+157.4%
-£4,585,000 £2,634,000
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Profit before tax
+142.7%
-£5,041,000 £2,150,000
-
Wages
+1.8%
£3,885,000 £3,955,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers