PROFILE BOOKS LIMITED
Company number 03120147 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Profile Books Limited is a well-established, debt-free book publisher with £10.9M in net assets, £4.5M in cash, and consistent profitability. While revenue has declined over the past two years, the business maintains healthy operating margins and has no external debt obligations. The primary credit risk is the parent company's demonstrated willingness to extract large dividends, which should be addressed through appropriate covenants on any facility.
Shareholders' funds
£10,904,561
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of book publishing.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-10-31
- Employees
- 67 (2026 accounts · was 64 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 29 Cloth Fair, London, England, EC1A 7JQ
- Postcode
- EC1A 7JQ
- Capital
- 31 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-11-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58110 Book publishing
Officers 4 current · 26 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by PROFILE BOOKS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-07-09
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9775990 (Tier 2), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- profilebooks.co.uk
- Phone
- 07333902045
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FOREWORD PRESS LIMITED | 1996-04-09 |
| PLSL 259 LIMITED | 1996-02-15 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3 HOLFORD YARD BEVIN WAY, LONDON, WC1X 9HD | 2019-08-16 |
| 3A EXMOUTH HOUSE, PINE STREET, LONDON, EC1R 0JH | 2014-11-05 |
| 58A HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, EC1N 8LX | 2005-04-28 |
| 62 QUEEN ANNE STREET, LONDON, W1M 9LA | 1998-07-01 |
| PORTERS PLACE, 33 ST JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1M 4AA | 1996-05-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 348 similar companies in EC
The largest employer among its local peers (67 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.
Competitors London
This company ranks 2 among book publishing in London.
The class of 1995
45%
of the 34,000 companies incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-06-13
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL479308 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-06-13 | — |
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