Annual accounts
Unaudited abridged accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
ICON BOOKS LTD.
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- The Hill, Merrywalks, Stroud GL5 4EP
- Classification (SIC)
- Book publishing (58.11 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Unaudited abridged
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 08/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-08 with no updates
- 30/09/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 07/11/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 07/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-08 with no updates
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
22/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 08/10/2025Due 22/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 08/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 08/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures ICON BOOKS LTD. filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£800.44K2024
39.16%vs 20232023: £575.17K
Total Assets
£1.06M2024
33.51%vs 20232023: £792.67K
Cash in Bank
£46.73K2024
-10.55%vs 20232023: £52.24K
Total Liabilities
£256.72K2024
20.10%vs 20232023: £213.74K
Employees
62024
-1vs 20232023: 7
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total assets moved furthest, up 33.51% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for ICON BOOKS LTD..
The full financial record
Four ways through ICON BOOKS LTD.'s filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +25% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | -1 |
| 2023 | 7 | -5 |
| 2022 | 12 | -1 |
| 2021 | 13 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 13 in 2021 to 6 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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- Past performance
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Officers
17Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Secretary | 07/10/1991–07/10/1991 | 7491 | |
| Director | 31/03/2020–27/10/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 31/03/2020–27/10/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 22/11/1995–17/11/2003 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 07/10/1991–26/11/1997 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/01/2007–31/03/2020 | 1 | |
| Director | 07/10/1991–29/08/2005 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 29/08/2005–23/02/2019 | 0 | |
| Director | 07/02/2019–31/03/2020 | 2 | |
| Director | 07/10/1991–23/02/2019 | 9 | |
| Director | 28/10/2022–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 31/12/2003–06/10/2014 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 26/11/1997–29/08/2005 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/01/2007–31/03/2020 | 1 | |
| Director | 31/12/2010–31/03/2020 | 4 | |
| Director | 28/10/2022–Present | 24 | |
| Director | 07/02/2019–31/03/2020 | 4 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/04/2020–28/10/2022 | 0 | |
| 16/03/2020–01/04/2020 | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–16/03/2020 | 9 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 17
- Since 18/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 08/10/2025
- 11 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 08/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 08/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-08 with no updates
- 30/09/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 07/11/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 07/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-08 with no updates
- 15/12/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 20/10/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Register inspection address has been changed from Price Bailey Llp Tennyson House Cambridge Business Park Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WZ United Kingdom to 12 the Hill Merrywalks Stroud Gloucestershire GL5 4EP
- 18/10/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-08 with updates
- 12/01/2023View PDF (16 pages)
Registration of charge 026521960004, created on 2023-01-09
- 01/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement on 2022-11-01
- 01/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Amberley Publishing Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2022-10-28
- 31/10/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 39-41 North Road London N7 9DP United Kingdom to The Hill Merrywalks Stroud GL5 4EP on 2022-10-31
- 31/10/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Eugene Mark Ashton as a director on 2022-10-28
Showing 12 of 17 filings
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About ICON BOOKS LTD.
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ICON BOOKS LTD. is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in The Hill, Merrywalks, Stroud GL5 4EP. Companies House classifies its business as Book publishing. It has been on the register for 34 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £800.44K and 6 employees.
ICON BOOKS LTD.: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ICON BOOKS LTD. under one registered business activity: Book publishing (58.11 - SIC 2007).
ICON BOOKS LTD. is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 08/10/1991.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £800.44K, total assets of £1.06M, cash in bank of £46.73K and total liabilities of £256.72K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 08/10/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-08 with no updates, 11 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 22/10/2026.
Companies House lists 17 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (0 current).