BPH - BRITISH PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD
Company number 08659692 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
BPH - British Publishing House Ltd is a micro-scale niche operator in the structurally declining directory and reference publishing sub-sector, where digital alternatives have fundamentally eroded traditional value propositions. While the company has demonstrated recent financial improvement—recovering from negative net assets in 2023 to £59,129 by 2025—its limited scale, generic branding, tight working capital, and opaque reporting position it as a marginal player rather than a competitive force in UK publishing. The company's long-term viability will depend on its ability to monetize any existing subscription base through digital channels while managing the persistent cost pressures facing small print-based publishers.
Shareholders' funds
£59,129
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 2013-08-21
- Employees
- 4 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 72 Great Suffolk Street, London, Greater London, England, SE1 0BL
- Postcode
- SE1 0BL
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-26
- Next due by
- 2027-04-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Officers 2 current · 4 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA100615 (Tier 1), registered since 2015.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA LTD | 2016-11-15 |
| OXFORD ENCYLOPEDIA LTD | 2014-02-27 |
| OXFORD WHO'S WHO | 2014-02-21 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 88 WOOD STREET, LONDON, EC2V 7RS, ENGLAND | 2019-08-27 |
| 72 GREAT SUFFOLK STREET, LONDON, SE1 0BL | 2019-01-18 |
| 17 BOWATER ROAD, LONDON, SE18 5TF, UNITED KINGDOM | 2014-01-07 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 315 similar companies in SE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (4 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2013.
Competitors London
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2. ENDOUK LTD
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5. ANATURE LTD
This company ranks 27 among other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets in London.
The class of 2013
21%
of the 3,113 companies in this sector incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 76% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.