THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED
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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
- 1969-05-12
- Employees
- 1939 (2025 accounts · was 1616 in 2024)
- Registered office
- One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, United Kingdom, SW11 7BW
- Postcode
- SW11 7BW
- Capital
- 81,956,072 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-01-21
- Next due by
- 2027-02-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58110 Book publishing
Officers 5 current · 27 resigned
Group structure 40 subsidiaries
Controlled by PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
Showing 12 of 40.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2360513 (Tier 3), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
1.3%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- therandomhousegroup.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 company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RANDOM HOUSE UK LIMITED | 1999-07-02 |
| THE RANDOM CENTURY GROUP LIMITED | 1992-05-27 |
| RANDOM HOUSE U.K. LTD. | 1989-11-06 |
| CHATTO, VIRAGO, BODLEY HEAD & JONATHAN CAPE LTD. | 1988-02-01 |
| CHATTO, BODLEY HEAD & JONATHAN CAPE LIMITED | 1985-01-01 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 31 BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 3EG | 1990-03-28 |
| 31 BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 3EG | 1990-03-28 |
| 9 BOW STREET, LONDON, WC2E 7AL | 1988-05-13 |
| 9 BOW STREET, LONDON, WC2E 7AL | 1988-05-13 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 112 similar companies in SW, with 1939 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Property in England & Wales 9 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2024-08-05
- Where
- North Northamptonshire (2), Lincolnshire (2), Suffolk (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN401888 | North Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2024-08-05 | — |
| LL429326 | Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-20 | — |
| NGL953921 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2015-09-08 | — |
| SK277739 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2006-06-06 | — |
| SK214523 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2002-01-25 | — |
| LL172146 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2001-10-16 | — |
| NN214926 | North Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2000-04-11 | — |
| EX140225 | Essex | Freehold | 1998-05-21 | — |
| EX551693 | Essex | Freehold | 1996-05-09 | — |
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