WALKER BOOKS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8k
-66.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£37k
-4.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
277
-6.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£316
+74.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,470,000 | £76,100 | £76,379 | +0.4% | |
| Operating profit | £431,000 | -£940 | £87 | +109.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£21,000 | -£1,240 | -£316 | +74.5% | |
| Net profit | -£1,051,000 | -£1,986 | -£605 | +69.5% | |
| Cash | £8,573,000 | £5,499 | £1,824 | -66.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,697,000 | £40,879 | £39,977 | -2.2% | |
| Net assets | £40,893,000 | £39,012 | £37,320 | -4.3% | |
| Equity | £40,893,000 | £39,012 | £37,320 | -4.3% | |
| Average employees | 299 | 297 | 277 | -6.7% | |
| Wages | £18,186,000 | £18,702,000 | £16,509 | -99.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £274,000 | £0 | £54 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £3,000 | £0 | £2 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £274,000 | £0 | £54 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | -1.2% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.3% | -2.6% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | -2.3% | 0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.7% | 62.0% | 64.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.66x | 2.43x | 2.41x | |
| Interest cover | 0.88x | -3.13x | 0.21x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WALKER BOOKS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- SEBASTIAN WALKER ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1978-07-14 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- WALKER BOOKS LIMITED · parent
- Walker Books (Editorial) Limited 100%
- Walker Books Trustee Limited 100%
- Walker Productions England Limited 100%
- Candlewick Press Inc. 100%
- Walker Books Australia PTY Limited 100%
- Walker Books New Zealand Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025 Walker Books Limited successfully went live (1st May 2025) with its new warehousing and distribution partner, HarperCollins UK. In March 2026 Walker Books Limited entered into a new asset based lending facility with HSBC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE, Feng | Director | 2025-11-04 | Jun 1975 | American |
| IONI RASMUSSEN, Belinda | Director | 2025-11-04 | Jul 1966 | British |
| STRING, John Ryan | Director | 2021-12-07 | Dec 1985 | American |
| YE, Shuhong | Director | 2021-12-07 | Mar 1973 | Chinese |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLAND, Donna Douglas | Secretary | 1995-06-26 | 1996-04-15 |
| CUMMINS, Moira | Secretary | — | 1995-06-26 |
| EVERARD, Rosemarie Ann | Secretary | 1996-04-15 | 1997-10-20 |
| HEATHERWICK, David Alan | Secretary | 2006-07-14 | 2008-03-27 |
| MOHARIFF, Mohaniz | Secretary | 2008-03-27 | 2012-01-16 |
| MOSS, Barley Abigail | Secretary | 2003-05-21 | 2006-07-13 |
| WILKINSON, Richard | Secretary | 1999-11-09 | 2003-05-21 |
| YORK, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 1997-10-20 | 1999-11-09 |
| ALEXANDER, Roger Michael | Director | 1999-09-28 | 2021-05-07 |
| BERKMAN, Hilary | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2021-12-07 |
| BLAKE, Michel | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2007-09-14 |
| BOASE, Wendy | Director | — | 1999-03-15 |
| BRIARS, Mark Anthony | Director | 2003-05-12 | 2006-10-19 |
| BURDSALL, Judith Anne | Director | — | 2001-01-26 |
| EDWARDS, Amelia | Director | — | 2000-12-01 |
| FLAHERTY, Tammy Ann | Director | 2000-06-02 | 2003-02-28 |
| FORD, David | Director | — | 1998-07-21 |
| FOSTER, Sarah | Director | 1994-10-21 | 2014-06-30 |
| GENTEL, Gary | Director | 1997-07-29 | 1998-12-18 |
| GOULD, Harold | Director | — | 2010-05-31 |
| HARRIS, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2006-09-29 | 2012-12-31 |
| HEATHERWICK, David Alan | Director | — | 2014-03-28 |
| JONES, Kevin Allan | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2008-03-03 |
| KENT, Stephen James | Director | 2020-05-07 | 2025-11-04 |
| LEE, Alan | Director | 2008-03-03 | 2021-12-07 |
| LLOYD, David Kynaston | Director | — | 2010-01-15 |
| LOTZ, Karen Elizabeth | Director | 2000-05-16 | 2023-06-12 |
| MABLIN, Ian David | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2021-05-07 |
| MCALEER, Helen Mary | Director | 2006-08-02 | 2016-07-31 |
| MCGRATH, Michael | Director | 2015-03-09 | 2021-12-07 |
| MCGRATH, Michael Joseph | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2007-04-13 |
| MENDELSON, John | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2021-12-07 |
| RICHTER, Robert Crane | Director | 1994-10-21 | 1996-07-16 |
| STONE, Andrew Howard | Director | 1996-02-27 | 1998-07-29 |
| SULLIVAN, Daniel Joseph | Director | 2020-05-07 | 2025-11-04 |
| VAN DEN BELT, Angela | Director | 2013-03-31 | 2021-12-07 |
| WATERLOW, Richard John | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2009-11-06 |
| WESOLOWSKI, Henryk | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2006-09-29 |
| WINTERBOTHAM, Jane Louise | Director | 1999-11-09 | 2021-12-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tgm Uk Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-05-07 | Active |
| Mr Roger Michael Alexander | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-05-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-03-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-03-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.