COGBOOKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-02 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
-72.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-07-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COGBOOKS LIMITED 2005-01-12 → present
- NEWCO (810) LIMITED 2004-12-07 → 2005-01-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £17,862 | £4,964 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,932,022 | £3,932,022 | |
| Net assets | £3,932,022 | £3,932,022 | |
| Equity | £3,932,022 | £3,932,022 | |
| 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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have fully considered the risks and uncertainties of the Company's cash flow requirements. The Company has adequate resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing. Therefore, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COGBOOKS LIMITED · parent
- CogBooks India Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 30 September 2022, the Company sold certain trade and assets to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, acting through its department Cambridge University Press & Assessment for consideration of £5,181,599.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Rodrick Houghton | Director | 2021-09-06 | Mar 1963 | British |
| WATSON, Andrew John | Director | 2021-09-06 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-09-15 | 2021-09-06 |
| MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-07 | 2006-09-15 |
| BENNETT, Chris | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2024-12-18 |
| CLARK, Donald Mackenzie | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2019-12-30 |
| CORNICK, Tully Robinson | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2018-03-29 |
| ELSTUB, Nathan Mark | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2019-03-01 |
| GRAY, Benjamin John Howard | Director | 2018-03-29 | 2019-12-30 |
| GRAY, Benjamin John Howard | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2018-03-28 |
| MARSHALL, Ian Paul | Director | 2014-12-18 | 2015-09-16 |
| MCGHEE, Brian William Craighead | Director | 2016-09-21 | 2018-01-25 |
| MEAD, Matthew Sidney | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2015-05-20 |
| MINDLIN, Jeff | Director | 2020-12-15 | 2021-09-06 |
| NEWMAN, Isabel Jane | Director | 2019-12-30 | 2021-09-06 |
| NEWMAN, Isabel Jane | Director | 2015-10-30 | 2016-06-02 |
| REBNE, Nicholas | Director | 2021-09-06 | 2023-10-13 |
| REGIER, Philip | Director | 2019-12-30 | 2021-09-06 |
| REYNARD, Martin, Dr | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2014-12-12 |
| RITCHIE, Ian Cleland | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2016-09-21 |
| SAMBAIAH, Vivek | Director | 2014-07-23 | 2024-07-31 |
| THOMPSON, James Hedley | Director | 2005-01-06 | 2023-09-22 |
| TOGNERI, Martin Peter | Director | 2013-01-18 | 2014-07-23 |
| VALENTA, Marcel | Director | 2019-12-30 | 2020-10-15 |
| MBM BOARD NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-12-07 | 2005-01-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Chancellor, Masters, And Scholars Of The University Of Cambridge, Acting Through Its Department Cambridge University Press | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-06 | Active |
| Nesta Gp Limited As General Partner Of The Nesta Impact Investments 1 Limited Partnership | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2019-12-30 | Ceased 2021-09-06 |
| Asu Enterprise Partners | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-12-30 | Ceased 2021-09-06 |
| James Hedley Thompson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-13 | Ceased 2019-12-30 |
| Scottish Enterprise | Legal person | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-06 |
| D.C. Thomson & Company Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-06 |
| Nesta Investment Management Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-12-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-03-08 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2022-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-09-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-72.2%
£17,862 £4,964
-
Net assets
0%
£3,932,022 £3,932,022
-
Employees
—
Not reported
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