W F HOWES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£24,491,383
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principle activity of the company during the year was the publishing and distribution of audio books and large print books.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-11-05
- Employees
- 34 (2025 accounts · was 32 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Ground Floor, Unit 11, Oak Spinney Park, Ratby Lane, Leicester, England, LE3 3AW
- Postcode
- LE3 3AW
- Capital
- 10,000 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
- 2026-09-14
- Next due by
- 2027-09-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58110 Book publishing
- 59200 Sound recording and music publishing activities
Officers 4 current · 25 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by OPUSPOND LIMITED — since 2018-11-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 6
£407,390 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 6.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA257757 (Tier 2), registered since 2017.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- wfhowes.net
- Phone
- 003053450
W. F. Howes is the UK’s leading audiobook publisher and an international publishing brand of RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 4 REARSBY BUSINESS PARK, GADDESBY LANE REARSBY, LEICESTER, LEICS, LE7 4YH | 2016-02-10 |
| UNIT 6-7 VICTORIA MILLS, FOWKE STREET, ROTHLEY, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE LE7 7PJ | 2006-05-22 |
| C/O KIDSONS IMPEY BARCLAYS HOUSE, 41 PARK CROSS STREET, LEEDS, LS1 2QH | 1999-12-01 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 83 similar companies in LE
The largest employer among its local peers (34 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.1 of the largest book publishing companies in Leicester →
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 1 among book publishing in Leicester.
The class of 1998
42%
of the 55,900 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.