BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the company is a global publishing house that produces fiction, non-fiction, and academic books in both print and digital formats.
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Cash
£41M
-38.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£215M
+6.1% vs 2024
Employees
168
+3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£33M
-33.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £342,700,000 | £361,000,000 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | £40,600,000 | £38,300,000 | -5.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £48,800,000 | £32,500,000 | -33.4% | |
| Net profit | — | £25,400,000 | — | |
| Cash | £65,800,000 | £40,600,000 | -38.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £212,200,000 | £248,900,000 | +17.3% | |
| Net assets | £202,500,000 | £214,800,000 | +6.1% | |
| Equity | £202,500,000 | £214,800,000 | +6.1% | |
| Average employees | 162 | 168 | +3.7% | |
| Wages | £59,200,000 | £67,400,000 | +13.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,103,000 | £2,389,000 | +13.6% |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.8% | 10.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.1% | 15.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.5% | 44.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.68x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | 18.24x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC 1986-09-16 → present
- BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 1986-05-28 → 1986-09-16
- M.B.N.1 LIMITED 1986-01-30 → 1986-05-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has a reasonable expectation that the Group will be able to continue in operation and meet its liabilities as they fall due over the period to 29 February 2026.”
Group structure
- BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC · parent
- Bloomsbury Information Limited 100%
- Bloomsbury Publishing Inc 100%
- Bloomsbury Publishing Pty Limited 100%
- Bloomsbury Publishing India Private Limited 100%
- Head of Zeus Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABU-DEEB, Maya Margaret | Secretary | 2019-01-21 | — | — |
| BASON, John George | Director | 2022-04-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
| NEWTON, John Nigel | Director | — | Jun 1955 | American |
| RABBATTS, Heather Victoria, Dame | Director | 2025-04-14 | Dec 1955 | British |
| REED, Leslie-Ann | Director | 2019-07-17 | May 1959 | British |
| RIDOUT, Jenny | Director | 2026-04-14 | Oct 1972 | British |
| UNDERWOOD, Keith Robert | Director | 2026-02-02 | Oct 1976 | British |
| YOUNG, Margaret Lola, Baroness | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jun 1951 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Colin Raymond | Secretary | 1994-04-29 | 2005-04-04 |
| BATT, Nigel Paul | Secretary | — | 1992-12-31 |
| CORDESCHI, Richard | Secretary | 2005-04-04 | 2007-12-20 |
| DAYKIN, Michael Richard | Secretary | 2011-02-23 | 2019-01-18 |
| PORTAL, Ian | Secretary | 2007-12-20 | 2011-02-23 |
| RAINE, Richard Denby | Secretary | 1993-01-06 | 1994-01-21 |
| WHYATT, Paul Alan | Secretary | 1994-01-21 | 1994-04-29 |
| ADAMS, Colin Raymond | Director | 1994-04-29 | 2011-04-08 |
| ALLETZHANDER, Albert Joseph | Director | — | 1994-09-12 |
| BATT, Nigel Paul | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| BLACK, Charles Archibald Adam | Director | 2004-06-24 | 2010-05-28 |
| BLACK, Charles Archibald Adam | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2001-01-15 |
| CALDER, Elizabeth Nicole | Director | — | 2008-04-01 |
| CAYZER, Charles William, The Honourable | Director | — | 1995-04-12 |
| CHARKIN, Richard Denis Paul | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| COLEMAN, Diana Jill, Ms. | Director | 2000-07-03 | 2004-09-21 |
| CORMACK, Ian Donald | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2015-07-23 |
| DARE, John Ashton | Director | 1993-08-23 | 2004-06-24 |
| FRY, Minna Nell | Director | 2000-06-22 | 2004-09-21 |
| GLASSPOOL, Jonathan Rennie | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2020-07-21 |
| HALL, Steven Richard | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2022-07-20 |
| HAMILTON, Matthew William | Director | 1998-06-08 | 2000-11-10 |
| JONES, Jill Louise | Director | 2013-07-23 | 2019-07-17 |
| LAMBERT, Richard Peter, Sir | Director | 2017-07-18 | 2024-07-16 |
| MAYER, Michael | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2010-12-31 |
| MAYER, Michael James | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| ODEDINA, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-09-21 |
| PAGE, Stephen Alexander | Director | 2013-08-20 | 2017-03-01 |
| PALLOT, Wendy Monica | Director | 2011-04-08 | 2018-07-16 |
| PRINGLE, Alexandra Jane Reina | Director | 2000-02-11 | 2004-09-21 |
| RAINE, Richard Denby | Director | 1993-01-06 | 1994-01-21 |
| REYNOLDS, David Clifton | Director | — | 1999-10-08 |
| ROONEY, Kathryn Muriel, Dr | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2004-09-21 |
| SALKELD, Ian | Director | — | 1994-06-23 |
| SALZ, Anthony Michael Vaughan, Sir | Director | 2013-08-29 | 2017-07-18 |
| SCHERER, Paul Joseph | Director | 1993-07-30 | 2006-04-03 |
| SCOTT-BAYFIELD, Penelope Samantha Juliette | Director | 2018-07-16 | 2026-02-02 |
| THOMSON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2013-07-11 |
| WARD, David Harper | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2004-09-21 |
| WARREN, John Anthony | Director | 2015-07-23 | 2021-07-21 |
| WHERRY, Alan Victor | Director | — | 2002-11-29 |
| WILSON, Jeremy James O'Brien | Director | 2005-11-24 | 2013-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 461 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-08-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-08-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.