MAGGS BROS., LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£12,857,930
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-09-01
- Employees
- 25 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 48 Bedford Square, London, England, WC1B 3DR
- Postcode
- WC1B 3DR
- Capital
- 125,300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-11
- Next due by
- 2027-07-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47610 Retail sale of books in specialised stores
- 47791 Retail sale of antiques including antique books in stores
- 47799 Retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)
Officers 10 current · 14 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- maggs.com
Established in 1853, we are one of the world’s largest and oldest antiquarian booksellers.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ALNERY NO. 1309 LIMITED | 1993-12-20 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 46 CURZON STREET, LONDON, W1J 7UH, ENGLAND | 2017-07-13 |
| 50 BERKELEY SQUARE, LONDON, W1J 5BA | 2015-11-11 |
| 9 CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, EC2V 6AD | 1993-11-29 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 50 similar companies in WC
2nd largest employer among its local peers (25 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1993.
No.2 of the largest retail sale of books in specialised stores companies in London →
Competitors London
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1. LRB LIMITED
This company ranks 2 among retail sale of books in specialised stores in London.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-12-12
- Price paid, where recorded
- £700,000
- Where
- Greater London (2), Hertfordshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGL984121 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2018-12-12 | — |
| NGL896335 | Greater London | Freehold | 2016-07-06 | — |
| HD134773 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2015-10-19 | £700,000 |
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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.