Annual accounts
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
TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- George Court, Bartholemews Walk, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale of books in specialised stores (47.61 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 02/07/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Replacement Filing for the appointment of Mr Hugh Alexander Topping as a director
- 31/03/2026View PDF (27 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 05/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from George Court Bartholomew's Walk Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW United Kingdom to George Court Bartholemews Walk Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW on 2025-12-05
- 09/10/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Registration of charge 044583610008, created on 2025-10-02
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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
25/06/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 11/06/2026Due 25/06/2027
- Next statement date
- 11/06/2027
- Last statement dated
- 11/06/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£2.71M2024
67.90%vs 20232023: £1.61M
Total Assets
£5.90M2024
16.82%vs 20232023: £5.05M
Cash in Bank
£1.13M2024
647.52%vs 20232023: £151.17K
Total Liabilities
£3.19M2024
-7.19%vs 20232023: £3.43M
Employees
782024
0vs 20232023: 78
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 67.90% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -7.4% 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 | 78 | 0 |
| 2023 | 78 | -32 |
| 2022 | 110 | +45 |
| 2021 | 65 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 65 in 2021 to 78 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 23/06/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 11/06/2002–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 11/06/2002–23/06/2023 | 0 | |
| Director | 20/06/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 21/04/2017–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 11/06/2002–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 21/04/2017–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 10/01/2025–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 19
- Since 21/04/2017
- Last 12 months
- 4
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 02/07/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changesLatest 02/07/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 31/03/2026
- Registered officeLatest 05/12/2025
- Charges and mortgagesLatest 09/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 02/07/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Replacement Filing for the appointment of Mr Hugh Alexander Topping as a director
- 31/03/2026View PDF (27 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 05/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from George Court Bartholomew's Walk Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW United Kingdom to George Court Bartholemews Walk Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW on 2025-12-05
- 09/10/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Registration of charge 044583610008, created on 2025-10-02
- 02/10/2025View PDF (39 pages)
Registration of charge 044583610007, created on 2025-09-30
- 27/06/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-11 with no updates
- 23/01/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Saskia Molly Topping as a director on 2025-01-10
- 20/12/2024View PDF (38 pages)
Registration of charge 044583610006, created on 2024-12-20
- 18/12/2024View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 25/06/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-06-11 with no updates
- 21/12/2023View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 21/12/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 9 High Street Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4LJ to George Court Bartholomew's Walk Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW on 2023-12-21
Showing 12 of 19 filings
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About TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in George Court, Bartholemews Walk, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4JW. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale of books in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 24 years 3 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £2.71M and 78 employees.
TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale of books in specialised stores (47.61 - SIC 2007).
TOPPING & COMPANY BOOKSELLERS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 11/06/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £2.71M, total assets of £5.90M, cash in bank of £1.13M and total liabilities of £3.19M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 02/07/2026: Replacement Filing for the appointment of Mr Hugh Alexander Topping as a director, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 25/06/2027.
Companies House lists 8 officers (7 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.