Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 61 Spitalcroft Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 3FJ
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale of books in specialised stores (47.61 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 31/03/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 30/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from C/O Pah Accounting Unit 2, the Pound Coate Wiltshire SN10 3LG United Kingdom to 61 Spitalcroft Road Devizes Wiltshire SN10 3FJ on 2025-06-30
- 05/06/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-26 with no updates
- 16/07/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
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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.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
10/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 26/04/2026Due 10/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 26/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 26/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£72.30K2024
-24.37%vs 20232023: £95.60K
Total Assets
£798.34K2024
5.50%vs 20232023: £756.73K
Cash in Bank
£111.09K2024
55.06%vs 20232023: £71.64K
Total Liabilities
£431.51K2024
19.79%vs 20232023: £360.23K
Employees
42024
-3vs 20232023: 7
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 19.79% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -18.9% 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 | 4 | -3 |
| 2023 | 7 | -2 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 9 in 2021 to 4 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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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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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 21/06/2010–11/06/2024 | 6 | |
| Director | 25/03/2015–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 02/06/2010–01/10/2013 | 4 | |
| Director | 12/07/2017–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 01/10/2013–25/03/2015 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/10/2013–01/06/2015 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 02/06/2010–01/10/2013 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 24/05/2017–Present | 0 | |
| 24/05/2017–Present | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 21/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 31/03/2026
- 6 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 31/03/2026
Filing timeline
- 31/03/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 30/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from C/O Pah Accounting Unit 2, the Pound Coate Wiltshire SN10 3LG United Kingdom to 61 Spitalcroft Road Devizes Wiltshire SN10 3FJ on 2025-06-30
- 05/06/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-26 with no updates
- 16/07/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 11/06/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Jonathan Edmund Penn as a director on 2024-06-11
- 09/05/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Old Kingdom Hall Avon Terrace Devizes SN10 2BH England to C/O Pah Accounting Unit 2, the Pound Coate Wiltshire SN10 3LG on 2024-05-09
- 26/04/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-04-26 with no updates
- 16/04/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Amended total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-03-31
- 15/04/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Amended total exemption full accounts made up to 2021-03-31
- 15/04/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Amended total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 18/12/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 05/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-24 with no updates
Showing 12 of 13 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 61 Spitalcroft Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 3FJ. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale of books in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 16 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £72.30K and 4 employees.
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD under one registered business activity: Retail sale of books in specialised stores (47.61 - SIC 2007).
PROFESSIONAL BOOKS LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/06/2010.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £72.30K, total assets of £798.34K, cash in bank of £111.09K and total liabilities of £431.51K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 31/03/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 10/05/2027.
Companies House lists 7 officers (2 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.