FARSHORE BOOKS LTD

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Shareholders' funds

£7,095,000

Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1948-02-18
Employees
0 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
The News Building, London Bridge Street, London, England, SE1 9GF
Postcode
SE1 9GF
Capital
79,480 GBP
Accounts category
Micro

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-06-30
Next due by
2027-03-31
Financial year end
30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-02-21
Next due by
2027-03-07
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 58110 Book publishing

Officers 7 current · 56 resigned

Appointed 2025-10-07
Appointed 2020-04-30
Appointed 2020-04-30
ACCOUNTANT Appointed 2018-11-28
FINANCE DIRECTOR Appointed 2018-01-01

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Group structure

Controlled by Harpercollins Publishers Limited (00027389) — since 2021-10-07

Controlled by EGMONT HOLDING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

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

Contact details

Website
farshore.co.uk

Publishing books that children love Welcome to Farshore! We are dedicated to our mission of making every child a proud … Continued

Previous company names

NameDate changed
EGMONT BOOKS UK LIMITED2021-05-14
EGMONT UK LIMITED2020-05-05
EGMONT BOOKS LIMITED2005-01-18
EGMONT CHILDREN'S BOOKS LIMITED 2001-03-30
REED INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LIMITED1998-05-07
THE OCTOPUS GROUP LIMITED1990-05-07
OPG SERVICES LIMITED1988-06-09
BRIMAX BOOKS LIMITED1987-01-23
BRIMAX AGENCIES LIMITED1981-12-31

Previous registered addresses 7

AddressChanged on
239 KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, LONDON, W8 6SA2012-07-17
DEANWAY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, WILMSLOW ROAD, HANDFORTH, CHESHIRE SK9 3FB2000-09-28
MICHELIN HOUSE, 81 FULHAM ROAD, LONDON, SW3 6RB1998-05-22
6 CHESTERFIELD GARDENS, LONDON, W1A 1EJ1995-11-03
MICHELIN HOUSE, 81 FULHAM ROAD, LONDON, SW3 6RD1990-05-01
59 GROSVENOR STREET, LONDON, W1X 9DA1988-05-16
124-130 SEYMOUR PLACE, LONDON W11986-09-18

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 177 similar companies in SE

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1948.

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

70 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors London

This company ranks 1 among book publishing in London.

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