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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Active 40 years old · 836th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1980s

Company number01984336
StatusActive
Incorporated30/01/1986
Accounts last made up to28/02/2026
Next accounts due31/08/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier213800ZL2PEC4C6UOQ53

Registered office

50 BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, WC1B 3DP

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Online

Website bloomsbury.com not machine-checked

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Group structure

It is the immediate parent of one entity:

  • BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING INC.

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 465 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 05/08/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 24/06/2026.

Filings: officer changes34
Filings: resolutions17
Filings: accounts15
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: share capital9
Filings: annual returns6

The most recent filings

Group accounts 05/08/2026
Resolution filed 05/08/2026
Confirmation statement 24/06/2026
Director appointed 21/05/2026
Director appointed 15/04/2026
Director appointed 02/02/2026
Director resigned 02/02/2026
Group accounts 06/08/2025
Resolution filed 29/07/2025
Confirmation statement 24/06/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 9 current officers and 42 who have resigned.

Maya Margaret Abu-Deeb Secretaryappointed 21/01/2019
John George Bason Directorappointed 01/04/2022
Christopher David Blatchford Directorappointed 19/05/2026
John Nigel Newton Directorappointed
Heather Victoria Dame Rabbatts Directorappointed 14/04/2025
Leslie-Ann Reed Directorappointed 17/07/2019
Jenny Ridout Directorappointed 14/04/2026
Keith Robert Underwood Directorappointed 02/02/2026
Margaret Lola Baroness Young Directorappointed 01/01/2021

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 13 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Charge of deposit
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 29/06/2000
Assignment of contract
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 07/08/1998
Debenture
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Fully satisfied, created 18/11/1997
Assignment of print rights contract
Singer & Friedlander Limited
Fully satisfied, created 28/07/1997
Assignment of contract
Singer & Friedlander Limited
Fully satisfied, created 30/12/1996
Supplemental charge
Barclays Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 31/10/1996
Deed of assignment
Barclays Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 31/10/1996
Debenture
Barclays Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 31/10/1996

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 836th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1980s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)