AUDIBLE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£138M
+45.1% vs 2023
Employees
69
-28.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£39M
+35% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AUDIBLE LIMITED 2004-11-24 → present
- BROOMCO (3610) LIMITED 2004-11-09 → 2004-11-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £241,850,000 | £255,585,000 | |
| Operating profit | £24,404,000 | £32,055,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £29,033,000 | £39,202,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,383,000 | £40,054,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,165,000 | £138,090,000 | |
| Net assets | £95,165,000 | £138,090,000 | |
| Equity | £95,165,000 | £138,090,000 | |
| Average employees | 96 | 69 | |
| Wages | £9,462,000 | £7,634,000 |
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 | 10.1% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | 10.1% | 15.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.6% | 23.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.6% | 37.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 2.38x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 to 28 February 2026.”
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Company's turnover increased by 6% to £255,585k (2023: £241,850k), as a result of an increase in Audible listeners.”
- “Gross margin decreased in 2024 to 55.2% (2023: 59.6%) due to changes in the mix of revenue streams resulting in higher royalties.”
- “Administrative expenses decreased by 8.9% to £108,993k (2023: £119,621k) and the Company made an operating profit for the year of £32,055k (2023: £24,404k).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Phaedra Ann | Director | 2015-05-01 | Jul 1975 | American |
| CLARK, Harriet Daisy | Director | 2025-06-12 | Sep 1985 | British |
| STOKES, Antony John | Director | 2024-07-02 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Vincent | Secretary | 2008-07-18 | 2011-01-31 |
| GODIN, Helene | Secretary | 2007-06-15 | 2008-07-18 |
| SIDDIKY, Daneel Ahmed | Secretary | 2013-09-20 | 2020-03-17 |
| SPANGLER, Nancy Ann | Secretary | 2005-02-07 | 2007-06-26 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-11-09 | 2005-02-07 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-07-18 | 2024-07-15 |
| COOPER, Anna Elisabeth | Director | 2023-06-14 | 2025-06-12 |
| DEAL, Michael David | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2015-02-26 |
| HERM, Christian | Director | 2020-03-24 | 2020-06-15 |
| KATZ, Donald | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2008-07-21 |
| LOPES, Willians | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2016-12-22 |
| MACKENZIE, Robert Mario | Director | 2015-02-26 | 2018-03-05 |
| MARKHAM, Tracey Jo-Ann | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2024-06-17 |
| MCBRIDE, Brian James | Director | 2008-07-21 | 2011-02-17 |
| MCKEE, Christopher Martin | Director | 2005-02-07 | 2011-11-16 |
| MCWILLIAM, Robert Gerard | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| MITCHELL, William H | Director | 2007-06-15 | 2008-07-21 |
| NORTH, Christopher Corson | Director | 2011-02-17 | 2013-04-01 |
| SIDDIKY, Daneel Ahmed | Director | 2014-06-01 | 2020-03-17 |
| SIMPSON, Alexander Daniel Keeler | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2023-06-01 |
| STONE, John Bradford | Director | 2018-04-25 | 2019-10-21 |
| TREUTLER, Marc Michael, Dr | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2014-04-01 |
| DLA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-11-09 | 2005-02-07 |
| DLA SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-11-09 | 2005-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.Com, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+5.7%
£241,850,000 £255,585,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+45.1%
£95,165,000 £138,090,000
-
Employees
-28.1%
96 69
-
Operating profit
+31.4%
£24,404,000 £32,055,000
-
Profit before tax
+35%
£29,033,000 £39,202,000
-
Wages
-19.3%
£9,462,000 £7,634,000
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