Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
Other publishing activities · London
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 1999Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Company accounts
Net assets
£234,386,857
Cash
—
Turnover
£690,000
Profit / loss
£72,798,983
Current assets
—
Creditors < 1 year
—
Equity
£234,386,857
Average employees
1
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · companyFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Company · AI-read | 2024-12-31Company · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | £234,386,857 | £211,587,874 |
| Equity | £234,386,857 | £211,587,874 |
| Share capital | £157,617,001 | £157,617,001 |
| Retained earnings | £76,769,856 | £53,970,873 |
| Assets | ||
| Investments | £293,395,031 | £293,395,031 |
| Debtors | £91,101,426 | £83,604,121 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors after one year | £128,000,000 | £144,000,000 |
| Bank loans & overdrafts | £144,000,000 | £160,000,000 |
| Net current assets | £68,949,776 | £62,168,840 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £362,386,857 | £355,587,874 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £690,000 | £678,000 |
| Administrative expenses | £767,545 | £857,601 |
| Operating profit | −£77,545 | −£179,601 |
| Interest receivable | £3,437,028 | £2,347,766 |
| Interest payable | £9,191,913 | £5,224,470 |
| Profit before tax | £72,067,570 | £52,448,201 |
| Tax | −£731,413 | −£1,029,195 |
| Profit / loss | £72,798,983 | £53,477,396 |
| Dividends | £50,000,000 | £160,000,000 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Audit fees | £24,480 | — |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 1 | 1 |
| Staff costs | £607,583 | — |
| Wages & salaries | £503,663 | — |
| Social security costs | £103,920 | — |
| Directors' remuneration | £607,583 | — |
| Highest paid director | £607,583 | — |
| Energy & carbon | ||
| Energy use | 5,783,460 kWh | 5,501,210 kWh |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | 339 t CO₂e | 395.6 t CO₂e |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Ultimate parent
- Lagardère SA
- Accounts
- FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-09-07, signed by D M Wright
Subsidiaries (34)
- Hachette UK Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Holding
- The Orion Publishing Group Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Octopus Publishing Group Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Hachette Partworks Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Hachette Book Group Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Quercus Editions Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Hodder & Stoughton Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Headline Publishing Group Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Hachette UK Distribution Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Distribution
- Hachette UK Pension Trust Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Pension trustee
- Hachette Australia Pty Ltd · 100% · Australia · Publishing
- Hachette New Zealand Limited · 100% · New Zealand · Publishing
- Hachette Book Publishing India Private Limited · 100% · India · Publishing
- Alliance Distribution Services Pty Ltd · 100% · Australia · Distribution
- Neon Play Limited · 70% · England and Wales · Mobile Games Studio
- Storyfire Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Summersdale Publishers Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Short Books Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Laurence King Publishing Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Laurence King Verlag GmbH · 100% · Germany · Publishing
- Illuminate Publishing Ltd · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- John Catt Educational Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Paperblanks Limited · 100% · Ireland · Publishing
- Paperblanks Journals Limited · 100% · Canada · Publishing
- Welbeck Publishing Group Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Mortimer Books Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Carlton Books Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- André Deutsch Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Welbeck Fiction Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Welbeck Non-Fiction Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Welbeck Children's Limited · 100% · England and Wales · Publishing
- Welbeck Publishing Pty Ltd · 100% · Australia · Publishing
- Flame Tree Publishing Ltd · 49.24% · England and Wales · Publishing
Borrowings (1)
- Unsecured intercompany loan from Lagardère SA · £160,000,000 · SONIA + 1.5 percentage points · repayable over 10 years · secured on unsecured
Share classes (1)
- 157,617,001 ordinary of £1
Events after the year end (2)
- Subsequent to the reporting date, ongoing conflict in the Middle East has continued to create uncertainty in global economic conditions, including volatility in energy prices, supply chains, foreign exchange markets, and inflationary pressures.
- At the date of approval, no material impact on the Company's trading performance or asset valuations has been identified.
Contingent liabilities (1)
- The Company has a bank guarantee in connection with the Company's obligations under the lease of its head office. The bank guarantee amounts to £20,653,196 and remains in place until the end of the lease.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesNo charges available in our records.