Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/01/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/04/2025Due 31/01/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/04/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/04/2025
POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 6 Battle Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6RY
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47.91 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 16/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 10/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-30 with no updates
- 19/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Helen Penelope Collie as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
- 19/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Ms Whilma Blanche Boyce as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
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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
13/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 30/10/2025Due 13/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 30/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 30/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£571.53K2025
-12.62%vs 20242024: £654.06K
Total Assets
£2.02M2025
-2.46%vs 20242024: £2.07M
Cash in Bank
£209.85K2025
0.97%vs 20242024: £207.84K
Total Liabilities
£1.37M2025
5.33%vs 20242024: £1.31M
Employees
542025
-3vs 20242024: 57
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 12.62% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -16.7% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.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 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | -3 |
| 2024 | 57 | -8 |
| 2023 | 65 | -1 |
| 2022 | 66 | +8 |
| 2021 | 58 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 58 in 2021 to 54 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 24/05/2023–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 31/01/1996–30/07/2017 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/05/2022–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 15/09/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/03/2022–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/11/2012–31/10/2017 | 1 | |
| Director | 15/09/2021–Present | 6 |
Persons with significant control
4Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 16/10/2024–Present | 0 | |
| 16/10/2024–Present | 1 | |
| 01/10/2016–Present | 5 | |
| 01/10/2016–16/10/2024 | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 21
- Since 04/11/2011
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -5 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 16/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 16/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 10/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 16/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 10/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-30 with no updates
- 19/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Helen Penelope Collie as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
- 19/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Ms Whilma Blanche Boyce as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
- 27/05/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from , 6 Battle Road, Heathfield Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6RY to 6 Battle Road Heathfield Industrial Estate Newton Abbot Devon TQ12 6RY on 2025-05-27
- 11/11/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-30 with updates
- 11/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Robert Ian Collie as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
- 11/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Whilma Blanche Boyce as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
- 11/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Helen Penelope Collie as a person with significant control on 2024-10-16
- 31/07/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-30
- 26/01/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-04-30
- 30/10/2023View PDF (7 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-30 with updates
Showing 12 of 21 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 6 Battle Road, Heathfield Industrial Estate, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 6RY. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet. It has been on the register for 43 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £571.53K and 54 employees.
POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD under one registered business activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (47.91 - SIC 2007).
POSTSCRIPT BOOKS LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/04/1983.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £571.53K, total assets of £2.02M, cash in bank of £209.85K and total liabilities of £1.37M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 16/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/01/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 13/11/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (5 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (3 current).