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The Random House Group

The Random House Group Limited

ActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only57 years on the register

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Book publishing”.

Headline figures

FY to Dec 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£19.4m

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

4 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
£202220232024*2025
Profit after tax£19.4m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves
Dividends paid

Every figure for all 4 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
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Dividends to profitDividends paid as a share of profit after tax, in a year with a profit
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

7 balance-sheet lines and 8 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 2026-10-21

  1. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2025
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2024
  3. Filing
    Information not on the register The material was formerly considered to form part of the register but is no longer considered by the registrar to do so (and 8 more like it since 10 June 2003)
  4. Address
    Registered office address changed from 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 2SA to One Embassy Gardens 8 Viaduct Gardens London SW11 7BW on 30 October 2024
  5. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2023
  6. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2022
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Nihar Malaviya as a director on 1 January 2023
  8. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Markus Franz-Joseph Dohle as a director on 31 December 2022
  9. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2021
  10. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2020
  11. Filing
    Auditor's resignation
  12. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 December 2019
  13. 25 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2018
    2. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2017
    3. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2016
    4. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Robert Angus Waddington as a director on 31 January 2017
    5. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Michael John Symons as a director on 31 January 2017
    6. Shares
      Statement of capital on 29 November 2016 · GBP 81,956,071.80
    7. Notice
      Solvency Statement dated 11/11/16
    8. Filing
      Resolutions
    9. Accounts
      Amended full accounts made up to 31 December 2015
    10. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2015
    11. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Sinead Mary Martin as a secretary on 30 June 2016
    12. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Helena Caroline Peacock as a secretary on 30 June 2016
    13. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Michael John Symons as a director on 9 December 2015
    14. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2014
    15. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Brian John Davies as a director on 30 September 2015
    16. Filing
      Second filing of AR01 previously delivered to Companies House made up to 31 May 2014
    17. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Helena Caroline Peacock as a secretary on 20 October 2014
    18. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Roger Ling Smith as a secretary on 20 October 2014
    19. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2013
    20. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2012
    21. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Thomas Daryl Weldon as a director
    22. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Gail Rebuck as a director
    23. Shares
      Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 1 July 2013 · GBP 81,956,071.8
    24. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 December 2011
    25. Directors
      Director's details changed for Markus Franz-Joseph Dohle on 1 January 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 The Random House Group do?

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Book publishing”. In its own words: “Explore the world of Penguin Books. Lose yourself in a book, find your next read and hear from the authors you love.”

›How much turnover does The Random House Group make?

Answered in the full report

›Is The Random House Group profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £19.4m in the year to 31 December 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at The Random House Group?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns The Random House Group?

Its directors are Sinead Mary Martin, Mark William Gardiner, Nihar Malaviya, Robert Angus Waddington, Thomas Daryl Weldon. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is The Random House Group based?

Its registered office is One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, in London.

›When was The Random House Group founded?

The Random House Group Limited was incorporated on 12 May 1969.

›Is The Random House Group still trading?

The register lists The Random House Group Limited as active.

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