CANONGATE BOOKS LIMITED

Company number SC152259 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£10,042,989

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of general trade publishing.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1994-08-02
Employees
64 (2025 accounts · was 66 in 2024)
Registered office
14 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
Postcode
EH1 1TE
Capital
451 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-25
Next due by
2027-07-09
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 58110 Book publishing

Officers 8 current · 20 resigned

Appointed 2023-03-01
Appointed 2023-03-01
Appointed 2017-12-14
Appointed 2017-12-14
Appointed 2014-10-29

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Group structure 3 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Contact details

Website
http://www.canongate.co.uk

Previous company names

NameDate changed
RANDOTTE (NO. 346) LIMITED1994-10-26

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
14 FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 2HB1995-01-19
SALTIRE COURT, 20 CASTLE TERRACE, EDINBURGH, EH1 2ET1994-10-24

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 100 similar companies in EH

The largest employer among its local peers (64 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1994.

No.1 of the largest book publishing companies in Edinburgh →

Competitors Edinburgh

This company ranks 1 among book publishing in Edinburgh.

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The class of 1994

47%

of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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