BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 70100Where the company stands among the 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100 (Activities of head offices).
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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 25,710. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
BERTELSMANN UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03185285. It was incorporated on 12 Apr 1996. Its status is active. Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is activities of head offices (70100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Profit for the year was £90,017,022. Net assets were £1,284,781,721, up 7.5% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1. Total assets were £1,835,355,291 and total liabilities £550,573,570. The company had an average of 3 employees. Figures are available for 3 financial years (2023–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 25,710 active companies whose first SIC code is 70100: By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £388,830). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £1,308,696). By cash it ranks lower than 99% of them (median £49,040). By number of employees it ranks higher than 75% of them (median 0). It is older than 83% of them (median age 16.6 years).
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 3 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 26 Apr 2027.
Filed accounts2023–2025
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Profit for the year | 104,310,205 | 51,107,592 | 90,017,022 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | — | -19 | 1 |
| Total assets | 1,604,082,798 | 1,650,425,615 | 1,835,355,291 |
| Total liabilities | 460,425,691 | 455,660,916 | 550,573,570 |
| Net assets / total equity | 1,143,657,107 | 1,194,764,699 | 1,284,781,721 |
| Average number of employees | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Average pay (per year) | 35,854 | 63,364 | 69,733 |
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.
Principal activity
Accounts 2025The Comapny acts as the internedite holding Company for entities under the Penguin Random House Group, excpet for thos entities within the United States of America. The principal activity of the Company's subsidiaries contimues to be publishing, warehousing and the distribution of books. The Company is also the holding Company for several dormant entities.
As described in the company's latest filed accounts.
History
39 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £1.3bn, 3 employees
- Robert Raymond GRANT resignedDirector
- David John D'URBANO appointedDirector
- Gary Stephen SPENCER appointedDirector
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £1.2bn, 3 employees
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £1.1bn, 3 employees
- Michael BEISHEIM resignedDirector
- Christoph Mohn registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (31)
- Elisabeth Mohn ceased to be a person with significant control
- Elisabeth Mohn registered as a person with significant control
- Jorg HERNLER resignedDirector
- Michael BEISHEIM appointedDirector
- Fernando CARRO DE PRADA resignedDirector
- Ian Michael HUDSON resignedDirector
- Robert Raymond GRANT appointedDirector
- Markus WILHELM resignedDirector
- Fernando CARRO DE PRADA appointedDirector
- Philip Arthur GOODWIN resignedDirector
- David Charles AITMAN resignedDirector
- Anthony Sudlow MCCONNELL resignedDirector
- Ian Michael HUDSON appointedDirector
- Charles Harcourt Gervis GREEN resignedDirector
- Mark William GARDINER appointedDirector
- Roger Ling SMITH resignedDirector
- Erich GAHRAU resignedDirector
- Anthony Sudlow MCCONNELL appointedDirector
- Roger Ling SMITH appointedDirector
- Markus WILHELM appointedDirector
- DH & B DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedNominee director (corporate)
- DH & B MANAGERS LIMITED resignedNominee director (corporate)
- David Charles AITMAN appointedDirector
- Erich GAHRAU appointedDirector
- Philip Arthur GOODWIN appointedDirector
- Charles Harcourt Gervis GREEN appointedDirector
- Jorg HERNLER appointedDirector
- GRAYS INN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedSecretary (corporate)
- DH & B DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedNominee director (corporate)
- DH & B MANAGERS LIMITED appointedNominee director (corporate)
- 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.