THE TOLKIEN ESTATE LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£11,207,528
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the active management and exploitation of the copyrights and other intellectual property of the late J R R Tolkien, including the publishing of new works and new editions of works in conjunction with publishers worldwide, the development and protection of the Tolkien brand and the management and protection of Tolkien as author and artist.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-11-10
- Employees
- 0 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Prama House, 267 Banbury Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7HT
- Postcode
- OX2 7HT
- Capital
- 270,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-10
- Next due by
- 2026-11-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58110 Book publishing
Officers 6 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3663187 (Tier 1), registered since 2013.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.tolkien.org.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FOURTH AGE LIMITED | 2013-02-21 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 9400 GARSINGTON ROAD, OXFORD BUSINESS PARK, OXFORD, OXON, OX4 2HN, ENGLAND | 2012-04-10 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 138 similar companies in OX
Trading since 2011.
Competitors Oxford
This company ranks 1 among book publishing in Oxford.
The class of 2011
33%
of the 601 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.