MORTIMER BOOKS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-01 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-17
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1
-100% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£10M
+16,204.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
On Ist January 2024, the Company transferred its investments to a group company during the year and did not trade beyond this transfer taking place. The directors will be taking steps to strike off the Company in 2025.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MORTIMER BOOKS LTD 2019-04-04 → present
- JONATHAN GOODMAN PUBLISHING LIMITED 2005-09-15 → 2019-04-04
- NEWINCCO 367 LIMITED 2004-06-17 → 2005-09-15
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 | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | £0 | £0 | |
| Profit before tax | £63,806 | £10,403,384 | |
| Net profit | £63,806 | £10,403,384 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £991,362 | -£508,642 | |
| Net assets | £991,361 | £1 | |
| Equity | £991,361 | £1 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.9% | 0.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.00x | 0.00x |
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
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“On Ist January 2024, the Company transferred its investments to a group company during the year and did not trade beyond this transfer taking place. The directors will be taking steps to strike off the Company in 2025.”
Group structure
- MORTIMER BOOKS LTD · parent
- Andre Deutsch Limited 100%
- Welbeck Fiction Limited 100%
- Welbeck Children's Limited 100%
- Welbeck Non-Fiction Limited 100%
- Carlton Books Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 1st January 2024, the Company transferred its investments to a group company during the year and did not trade beyond this transfer taking place. The directors will be taking steps to strike off the Company in 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew | Secretary | 2026-04-01 | — | — |
| WRIGHT, Dylan Matthew | Director | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Secretary | 2022-12-02 | 2026-04-01 |
| GOODMAN, Jonathan Richard | Secretary | 2004-06-17 | 2005-06-06 |
| WHITTON, Adrian Matthew | Secretary | 2005-06-06 | 2016-04-29 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-06-17 | 2004-06-17 |
| DE CACQUERAY, Pierre | Director | 2022-12-02 | 2026-04-01 |
| GOODMAN, Jonathan Richard | Director | 2004-06-17 | 2019-04-01 |
| KITSON, Richard David | Director | 2022-12-02 | 2025-09-30 |
| LEAVER, Marcus Edward | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-12-02 |
| SHELLEY, David Richard | Director | 2022-12-02 | 2025-09-30 |
| SMITH, Mark Alexander | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2022-12-02 |
| ZILKHA, Michael | Director | 2004-06-17 | 2019-04-01 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-06-17 | 2004-06-17 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-06-17 | 2004-06-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hachette Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-12-02 | Active |
| Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-12-02 | Active |
| Lagardère Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-12-02 | Active |
| Louis Hachette Group Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2022-12-02 | Active |
| Welbeck Publishing Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Jonathan Richard Goodman | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-01 |
| Mr Michael Zilkha | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 102 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-24 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-01-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
—
Not reported
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-100%
£991,361 £1
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Employees
—
Not reported
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Profit before tax
+16,204.7%
£63,806 £10,403,384
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