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Retail sale of books in specialised stores · East Sussex

Books Alive

Staff up 100%ActiveLatest figures: 2025Abridged accountsCompany only27 years on the register

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) registered in East Sussex, classed under “Retail sale of books in specialised stores”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

—

Not filed: small-company exemption

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

What the numbers say

2 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£2021*2022202320242025
Profit after tax—
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate. * Restated: the next year's accounts printed different figures for this year, and those later figures are shown.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets

6 balance-sheet lines and 2 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-24

  1. Accounts
    Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  2. Directors
    Appointment of Mrs Martine Beverley Forrest as a director on 18 May 2026
  3. Accounts
    Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  4. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Gillian Margaret Carr as a director on 1 July 2025
  5. Directors
    Appointment of Mrs Monica Jean Harding as a director on 4 April 2025
  6. Accounts
    Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  7. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Suzanne Allison Smith as a director on 25 July 2024
  8. Accounts
    Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2022
  9. Directors
    Second filing for the appointment of Rev Nicholas John Cuthbert Tucker as a director
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Rev Nicholas John Cuthbert Tucker as a director on 20 September 2022
  11. Accounts
    Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2021
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Philip Russell Moon as a director on 7 February 2022
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Directors
      Appointment of Mr David John Standing as a director on 12 August 2021
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Suzanne Allison Smith as a director on 23 July 2021
    3. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Susan Elizabeth Forrest as a director on 15 June 2021
    4. Accounts
      Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2020
    5. Directors
      Appointment of Mr John Edward Puttock as a secretary on 15 April 2021
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Diane Kutar as a secretary on 15 April 2021
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Diane Kutar as a director on 15 April 2021
    8. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr John Edward Puttock on 19 February 2021
    9. Accounts
      Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2019
    10. Accounts
      Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2018
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Madliene Gwyneth Miles as a director on 19 July 2018
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Desmond Rodney Collins as a secretary on 19 July 2018
    13. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Diane Kutar as a director on 19 July 2018
    14. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Desmond Rodney Collins as a director on 19 July 2018
    15. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Diane Kutar as a secretary on 19 July 2018
    16. Accounts
      Micro company accounts made up to 31 December 2017
    17. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2016
    18. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Gillian Margaret Carr as a director on 1 October 2016
    19. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Anthony King as a director on 24 April 2016
    20. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2015
    21. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2014
    22. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr John Edward Puttock on 1 May 2015
    23. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr John Edward Puttock on 17 April 2015
    24. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2013
    25. Accounts
      Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 December 2012

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Books Alive do?

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) registered in East Sussex, classed under “Retail sale of books in specialised stores”.

›How much turnover does Books Alive make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Books Alive profitable?

Books Alive's profit isn't public: small companies may file without a profit and loss account.

›How many people work at Books Alive?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns Books Alive?

Its directors are John Edward Puttock, Martine Beverley Forrest, Susan Elizabeth Forrest, Susan Christine Haines, Monica Jean Harding and 3 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Books Alive based?

Its registered office is 86 Elm Drive, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7JL, in East Sussex.

›When was Books Alive founded?

Books Alive was incorporated on 22 March 1999.

›Is Books Alive still trading?

The register lists Books Alive as active.

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