BAKER & TAYLOR (UK) LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£9,679,876
Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the development and supply of customised book ranges and related products for sale to retailers across many sectors.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-09-17
- Employees
- 71 (2025 accounts · was 74 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1 Whittle Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom, BN23 6QH
- Postcode
- BN23 6QH
- Capital
- 50,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-28
- Next due by
- 2027-03-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
- 58110 Book publishing
Officers 3 current · 33 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by THE LITTLE GROUP LIMITED — since 2022-05-26
Controlled by ADVANCED MARKETING (EUROPE) LIMITED — since 2016-04-15
Controlled by Follett Corporation (IL36-2369161) — since 2016-04-15
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7238434 (Tier 2), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED MARKETING (UK) LIMITED | 2007-03-28 |
| AURA BOOKS LIMITED | 2000-02-28 |
| AURA BOOK DISTRIBUTION LIMITED | 1988-11-04 |
| THRONEPATH LIMITED | 1987-02-23 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE WAREHOUSE, EASTERN PERIMETER ROAD, BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE OX6 0UT | 2000-05-12 |
| 14-15 FAIRWAY DRIVE, GREENFORD, MIDDLESEX, UB6 8PW | 1999-11-22 |
| FOX FARM, CARLETON RODE, NORWICH, NORFOLK NR16 1RQ | 1996-05-10 |
| FOX FARM, CARLTON ROADE, NORMELD, NORFOLK NR 16 | 1987-02-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 154 similar companies in BN
2nd largest employer among its local peers (71 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1986.
No.2 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Brighton →
Competitors Brighton
This company ranks 2 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Brighton.
The class of 1986
50%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% 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
- 2014-12-01
- Where
- Oxfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON315875 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2014-12-01 | — |
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