WILEY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LTD

Active
Company number 01980859Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

Key figures

£1,050,635+10.9%
Net assets 2025/26
+10.9%
Average annual growth 2024/25–2025/26
0500 k1 m1.5 m2024/252025/26

† WILEY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LTD filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 52242

Where the company stands among the 458 active companies whose first SIC code is 52242 (Cargo handling for air transport activities).

Net assets£1,050,635
Higher than 90% · median £3,544
Total assets£1,585,685
Higher than 87% · median £21,969
Company age40.8 years
Older than 99% · median 4.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SOUTHAMPTON CONTAINER TERMINALS LIMITED£136.3m
  2. HEATHROW CARGO HANDLING LIMITED£33.3m
  3. QUICK INTERNATIONAL COURIERS (UK) LIMITED£16.2m
  4. CAI HOLDINGS LIMITED£16m
  5. WORLD CARGO LOGISTICS LTD£10m
  6. PREMIERSHIP LIMITED£4.9m
  7. CUSTOMS CLEARANCE LIMITED£4.9m
  8. INTERTRANS (CARGO SERVICES) LIMITED£4.2m
  9. TRANSIT HIRE LTD£4.2m
  10. ACTIVE FREIGHT MANAGEMENT LIMITED£4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 458. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WILEY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LTD

What kind of company is it?

WILEY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LTD is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01980859. It was incorporated on 21 Jan 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bognor regis (PO22). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is cargo handling for air transport activities (52242).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 30 Apr 2026); the company files small company accounts. Turnover was £2,353,420. Profit for the year was £103,050. Net assets were £1,050,635, up 10.9% on the previous year. Total assets were £1,585,685 and total liabilities £535,050. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 458 active companies whose first SIC code is 52242: By net assets it ranks higher than 90% of them (median £3,544). By total assets it ranks higher than 87% of them (median £21,969). It is older than 99% of them (median age 4.7 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly printed matter. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Jan 2028. The next confirmation statement is due by 23 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Turnover2,218,7172,353,420
Profit for the year160,736103,050
Cash at bank and in hand236—
Total assets1,414,5101,585,685
Total liabilities466,925535,050
Net assets / total equity947,5851,050,635

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (JOHN WILEY & SONS LIMITED)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 5 of the last 12 months on record, most recently February 2026. Main goods: printed matter.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £2.4m, net assets £1.1m
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £2.2m, net assets £947.6k
  3. Wiley Heyden Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  4. Wiley Europe Ltd ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Wiley Europe Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.