ULVERSCROFT GROUP LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£9,115,234
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year continued to be that of a investment company.The principal activity of the group during the year continued to be that of a publishing and distribution of large print books and unabridged audio books and other publishers' selected products to public libraries and consumers throughout the world.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-10-18
- Employees
- 83 (2025 accounts · was 84 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Green, Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 7FU
- Postcode
- LE7 7FU
- Capital
- 64,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 11 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-29
- Next due by
- 2027-04-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 8 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 7 subsidiaries
Controlled by The Ulverscroft Foundation (00264873) — since 2016-04-06
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F.A.THORPE(PUBLISHING)LIMITED Dissolved
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ISIS PUBLISHING LIMITED Dissolved
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LIBRARY MAGNA BOOKS LIMITED Dissolved
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SOUNDINGS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£266,000 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6077735 (Tier 1), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- ulverscroft.co.uk
- Phone
- 01162364325
The Ulverscroft Group was founded in 1964 with one aim: to bring back the joy of reading to those who had thought it was no longer possible.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SOUNDFIRM LIMITED | 1982-12-10 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CLIFFORD'S INN, FETTER LANE, LONDON EC4A 1AS | 1999-05-16 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 261 similar companies in LE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (83 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1982.
No.17 of the largest activities of head offices companies in Leicester →
Competitors Leicester
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5. BASTIAN PLC
This company ranks 17 among activities of head offices in Leicester.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,655 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2009-07-01
- Price paid, where recorded
- £89,950
- Where
- Cornwall (3), Leicestershire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL265918 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2009-07-01 | — |
| CL133858 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2008-05-07 | — |
| LT147916 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 2001-06-13 | £89,950 |
| LT83638 | Leicestershire | Freehold | 1996-10-01 | — |
| CL104870 | Cornwall | Freehold | 1995-01-25 | — |
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