PENGUIN BOOKS LIMITED, SW11 7BW : Companies House Number 00861590

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What it does

book publishing

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1965-10-15
Employees: 870 (2025 accounts · was 792 in 2024)
Registered office: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, United Kingdom, SW11 7BW
Postcode: SW11 7BW
Capital: 88,300,000 GBP
Accounts category: Full

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Next due by: 2027-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-04-06
Next due by: 2027-04-20

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Nature of business (SIC)

58110 Book publishing

Officers 5 current · 55 resigned

Nihar MALAVIYA Director

Appointed 2023-01-01

MR Robert Angus WADDINGTON Director

Appointed 2017-01-31

MS Sinead Mary MARTIN Secretary

Appointed 2016-06-30

MR Mark William GARDINER Director

Appointed 2014-03-31

MR Thomas Daryl WELDON Director

Appointed 2010-01-01

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Group structure 10 subsidiaries

Controlled by PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5748978 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

5.03%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: penguin.co.uk

Explore the world of Penguin Books. Lose yourself in a book, find your next read and hear from the authors you love.

Previous registered addresses 7

Address	Changed on
80 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 0RL	2018-11-30
BATH ROAD, HARMONDSWORTH, MIDDX, UB7 0DA	2001-06-12
TH ROAD, HARMONDSWORTH, MIDDX, UB7 0DA	2001-06-12
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED	1988-03-18
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED	1988-03-18
REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED	1966-03-13
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED	1966-03-13

Among its peers

2nd largest employer

of 112 similar companies in SW, with 870 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

68 companies are registered at this postcode →

Property in England & Wales 5 titles

Freehold: 5
Most recent registration: 2001-08-14
Where: Greater London (3), Surrey (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
SY705492	Surrey	Freehold	2001-08-14	—
MX109508	Greater London	Freehold	1994-07-29	—
MX141221	Greater London	Freehold	1994-07-29	—
MX56630	Greater London	Freehold	1994-07-29	—
SY645887	Surrey	Freehold	1994-07-22	—

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).