THE BOOK TRADE CHARITY (BTBS)
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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
None on the register
Cash
£228K
-28.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
-1.7% vs 2023
Employees
4
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
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 | £1,493,303 | £910,633 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £302,011 | -£165,172 | |
| Cash | £317,363 | £228,328 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,650,745 | £9,342,755 | |
| Net assets | £9,507,927 | £9,342,755 | |
| Equity | £9,507,927 | £9,342,755 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | £178,102 | £184,102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 20.2% | -18.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.1% | 11.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.12x | 0.24x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees have concluded that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern, and the charity will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “2024 has proven tough for many of our colleagues; the continuing cost of living pressures, fluctuating energy costs, political instability, and a wider global landscape marked by uncertainty and conflict.”
- “Sustainable Futures: ensuring the energy efficiency of our homes project”
- “Archive project”
- “The new re-financed loan was agreed in April 2025 and is of a value of £1,130,000: The loan has a term of 20 years, and carries a variable interest rate of 2.75% + the Bank's base rate (which at April 2025, was 4.5%).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERRY, Victoria | Secretary | 2021-04-26 | — | — |
| BRINTON, Jeremy Richard Simon | Director | 2019-03-25 | Sep 1969 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Ian Stewart | Director | 2022-07-18 | Jan 1955 | British |
| HALLS, Meryl Jane | Director | 2022-07-18 | Jun 1965 | British |
| NEALE, David Edward Henry | Director | 2016-11-21 | Nov 1943 | British |
| NOWELL, Jonathan Charles Peter | Director | 2017-09-18 | Nov 1958 | British |
| TAYLOR, Emily-Jane | Director | 2016-06-06 | Jun 1980 | British |
| WOODHALL, Ann Veronica | Director | 2012-05-29 | Oct 1951 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HICKS, David | Secretary | 2008-10-15 | 2021-03-31 |
| IEL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2008-10-15 | 2012-02-14 |
| BATT, Nigel Paul | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2017-06-05 |
| BESWICK, Patricia Ann | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2010-05-06 |
| BLAKE, Carole Rae | Director | 2010-05-06 | 2013-03-20 |
| BOUNFORD, Sheila Anne | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2010-05-06 |
| BURNS, Elise | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2024-07-22 |
| CRUMP, Stephen John | Director | 2014-06-06 | 2017-06-05 |
| DENTON, Jo | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2010-05-06 |
| DIXON, Isobel Margaret | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2022-07-18 |
| DONNE, Marian | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2013-05-29 |
| ELSLEY, John Bryan | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2009-05-06 |
| FULFORD, Katherine | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2013-05-29 |
| GRAHAM, David Warwick | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2019-06-10 |
| HARINGTON, Clare | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2013-05-29 |
| HING, Trevor Joseph | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2009-05-06 |
| JUDEN, Simon, Dr | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2010-08-25 |
| LEONG, Sonny | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2016-06-06 |
| MACLEOD, Brigid Margaret Flora | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2012-05-29 |
| MCFARLAN, Kate Patricia | Director | 2017-11-20 | 2024-07-22 |
| MULLIKEN, Anthony Morris St John | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2012-05-29 |
| OWEN, Lynette Isabel | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2017-06-05 |
| PARKE, John Patrick | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2009-05-06 |
| RICHARDS, Jasmine | Director | 2022-07-18 | 2025-08-04 |
| SAMUEL, William Edgar Foyle | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2010-05-06 |
| SIEWCHARRAN, Moreen | Director | 2013-05-25 | 2017-06-27 |
| SMITH, Samantha Ann Selby | Director | 2020-07-13 | 2025-01-09 |
| TANNER, Peter Fraser | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2022-07-18 |
| TEBBUTT, David Gordon | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2009-05-06 |
| THIN, David Ainslie | Director | 2008-10-16 | 2009-05-06 |
| THOMAS, Jacqueline Louise | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2009-05-06 |
| WALLACE, Doug James | Director | 2009-10-05 | 2011-05-25 |
| WHITTON, Vivienne Elizabeth | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2010-05-06 |
| WOODWARD, Gemma Leigh | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2024-07-22 |
| WRIGHT, Timothy Edward | Director | 2008-10-15 | 2016-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
-39%
£1,493,303 £910,633
-
Cash
-28.1%
£317,363 £228,328
-
Net assets
-1.7%
£9,507,927 £9,342,755
-
Employees
0%
4 4
-
Wages
+3.4%
£178,102 £184,102
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