HACHETTE UK LIMITED
Company number 02020173 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hachette UK Limited is a large-category, full-accounts filer operating as a top-three UK trade publisher and a meaningful educational publisher, placing it among the "Big Five" that dominate the sector and well above typical industry scale and compliance benchmarks. Its diversified imprint portfolio, backlist depth, export access through the Hachette Livre network and integrated distribution give it structural advantages over mid-sized and independent competitors, though it remains exposed to sector-wide pressures including Amazon channel concentration, bestseller dependency, advance inflation, audio-led format migration and AI-driven disruption in educational content. Ultimate control rests with a listed French parent, meaning capital allocation and strategic direction are set at group level rather than within the UK entity.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-05-15
- Registered office
- Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ
- Postcode
- EC4Y 0DZ
- Capital
- 3,612,319 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-04
- Next due by
- 2027-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58110 Book publishing
Officers 6 current · 60 resigned
Group structure 26 subsidiaries
Controlled by Louis Hachette Group Sa (N/A) — since 2024-12-16
Controlled by HACHETTE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5883024 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
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Gender pay gap
15.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- hachette.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 20 3122 6000, 0000000000000
Hachette UK is a leading UK trade publishing group comprised of Hachette Children’s Group, Headline Publishing Group, Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Education, Little, Brown Book Group, Octopus P…
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HLUK (EUSTON ROAD) LIMITED | 2008-12-03 |
| HODDER HEADLINE LIMITED | 2007-07-17 |
| HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC | 1993-06-29 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 338 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, NW1 3BH | 2015-04-13 |
| HEADLINE HOUSE, 79 GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET, LONDON, W1P 7FN | 1994-01-05 |
| COLLIER HOUSE, 163/169 BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SW3 | 1986-12-29 |
| 20 BLACK FRIARS LANE, LONDON EC4V 6HD | 1986-06-25 |
| HILL HOUSE, 1 LITTLE NEW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3TR | 1986-05-30 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 600 similar companies in EC, trading since 1986
The class of 1986
50%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2017-08-25
- Where
- Oxfordshire (1), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON335152 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2017-08-25 | — |
| AGL326924 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2014-11-07 | — |
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