PUZZLER MEDIA LIMITED, EC4A 2HS : Companies House Number 01136669

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Shareholders' funds

£8,163,855

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

What it does

The company's principal activity during the year continued to be that of magazine publishing, puzzle syndication and digital publishing.

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

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1973-09-28
Employees: 36 (2025 accounts · was 37 in 2024)
Registered office: 185 Fleet Street, London, England, EC4A 2HS
Postcode: EC4A 2HS
Capital: 1,063,988 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 3 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: 2026-02-27
Next due by: 2027-03-13

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Nature of business (SIC)

58142 Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
58210 Publishing of computer games

Officers 4 current · 19 resigned

Peter MCCALL Secretary

Appointed 2026-04-01

MR David Howard Eric THOMSON Director

Appointed 2013-09-27

MR ELLIS ALAN NICHOLAS WATSON Director

MANAGING DIRECTOR Appointed 2013-09-27

MR Christopher Harold William THOMSON Director

Appointed 2005-12-13

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Group structure 3 subsidiaries

Controlled by PUZZLER MEDIA GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

BRITISH EUROPEAN ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS LIMITED Dissolved
PUZZLER INTERACTIVE MEDIA LIMITED Dissolved
THE PUZZLE PEOPLE LIMITED Dissolved

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

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5734949 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website: puzzler.com
Phone: 01737445100, 08009047018, 03031231113

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
BRITISH EUROPEAN ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS LIMITED	2003-01-15

Previous registered addresses 1

Address	Changed on
GLENTHORNE HOUSE, HAMMERSMITH GROVE, W6 0LG	2000-07-14

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 111 similar companies in EC

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (36 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1973.

No.2 of the largest publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals companies in London →

Competitors London

1. MEDIA BUSINESS INSIGHT LIMITED

£8,282,522
3. PRESSDRAM LIMITED

£4,815,743
4. COGORA LIMITED

£2,152,261
5. BLADONMORE (EUROPE) LIMITED

£2,001,637
6. C21 MEDIA LIMITED

£1,374,134

This company ranks 2 among publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals in London.

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The class of 1973

52%

of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2021-11-02
Where: Surrey

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
SY881288	Surrey	Leasehold	2021-11-02	—

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