THE TOLKIEN ESTATE LIMITED

Company number 07842430 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£11,207,528

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 58110 Book publishing

Officers 6 current · 6 resigned

HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary
Appointed 2025-04-21
Appointed 2024-06-24
Appointed 2024-06-24
Appointed 2024-06-24
Appointed 2011-11-29

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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

NameDate changed
FOURTH AGE LIMITED2013-02-21

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
9400 GARSINGTON ROAD, OXFORD BUSINESS PARK, OXFORD, OXON, OX4 2HN, ENGLAND2012-04-10

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 138 similar companies in OX

Trading since 2011.

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

88 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Oxford

This company ranks 1 among book publishing in Oxford.

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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.

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