HACHETTE UK LIMITED
Company number 02020173 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hachette UK Limited stands as a strategically well-positioned entity within the Big Five, commanding a diversified imprint portfolio and backlist asset base that new entrants cannot replicate. The Vivendi ownership structure presents a transformative opportunity for cross-media IP exploitation, though realizing this potential requires navigating leadership transition risks and preserving the editorial autonomy that attracts top-tier author talent. Success will depend on executing digital transformation while defending the institutional advantages—curatorial expertise, distribution scale, and rights relationships—that underpin the traditional publishing model.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-05-15
- Registered office
- Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DZ
- Postcode
- EC4Y 0DZ
- Capital
- 3,612,319 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-04
- Next due by
- 2027-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58110 Book publishing
Officers 6 current · 60 resigned
Group structure 25 subsidiaries
Controlled by Louis Hachette Group Sa (N/A) — since 2024-12-16
Controlled by HACHETTE UK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5883024 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
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Gender pay gap
15.2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- hachette.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 20 3122 6000, 0000000000000
Hachette UK is a leading UK trade publishing group comprised of Hachette Children’s Group, Headline Publishing Group, Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Education, Little, Brown Book Group, Octopus P…
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HLUK (EUSTON ROAD) LIMITED | 2008-12-03 |
| HODDER HEADLINE LIMITED | 2007-07-17 |
| HEADLINE BOOK PUBLISHING PLC | 1993-06-29 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 338 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON, NW1 3BH | 2015-04-13 |
| HEADLINE HOUSE, 79 GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET, LONDON, W1P 7FN | 1994-01-05 |
| COLLIER HOUSE, 163/169 BROMPTON ROAD, LONDON, SW3 | 1986-12-29 |
| 20 BLACK FRIARS LANE, LONDON EC4V 6HD | 1986-06-25 |
| HILL HOUSE, 1 LITTLE NEW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3TR | 1986-05-30 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 587 similar companies in EC, trading since 1986
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 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2017-08-25
- Where
- Oxfordshire (1), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON335152 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2017-08-25 | — |
| AGL326924 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2014-11-07 | — |
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