Company information:
Dorling Kindersley Limited (No: 01177822)
Address: ONE EMBASSY GARDENS, 8 VIADUCT GARDENS, LONDON, SW11 7BW, ENGLAND
Status: Active
Incorporated: 18-Jul-1974
Accounts Next Due: 30-Sep-2024
Next Confirmation Statement Due: 15-Feb-2025
Industry Class: 58110 - Book publishing
Current Director: ROBERT JAMES SQUIRE GATES ( DOB: Sep-1985 From: May-2022 )
Current Director: ROBERT JAMES SQUIRE GATES ( DOB: Sep-1985 From: May-2022 )
Current Director: SHAUN DAVID HODGKINSON ( DOB: Jan-1972 From: Apr-2011 )
Current Director: PAUL NICHOLAS KELLY ( DOB: Jul-1978 From: Aug-2016 )
Current Secretary: SINEAD MARY MARTIN ( From: Jun-2016 )
Resigned Director: ALEXANDRA STEPHANIE ALLAN ( DOB: Dec-1973 From: Jul-2012 To: Jul-2018 )
Resigned Director: DOROTHEA BARSBY ( DOB: Apr-1947 From: Jan-1995 To: Sep-1998 )
Resigned Director: LINDA MARY BLACKMAN ( DOB: Oct-1947 From: Feb-1992 To: Aug-1996 )
Resigned Director: GILES PETER CHRISTIAN CUNNINGHAM ( DOB: Dec-1959 From: Feb-1992 To: Dec-1995 )
Resigned Director: CHRISTOPHER JOHN DAVIS ( DOB: Jun-1941 From: Feb-1992 To: Dec-1999 )
Resigned Director: PHILIP JOHN DENVIR ( DOB: Jul-1963 From: Jan-1998 To: Nov-2000 )
Resigned Director: RICHARD JAMES DEVAS ( DOB: Feb-1950 From: Oct-1999 To: Sep-2000 )
Resigned Director: JOHN WILLIAM DUHIGG ( DOB: May-1966 From: Jul-2009 To: Jun-2016 )
Resigned Director: PETER FIELD ( DOB: Aug-1946 From: Jul-2009 To: Jul-2012 )
Resigned Director: ANTHONY DAVID FORBES WATSON ( DOB: Sep-1954 From: May-2000 To: Feb-2005 )
Resigned Director: ALAN JAMES FORT ( DOB: Jul-1956 From: Sep-1999 To: May-2000 )
Resigned Director: KATHRYN MARYA FOX ( DOB: Apr-1963 From: Jan-1995 To: Jan-2002 )
Resigned Director: ANITA THERESE FULTON ( DOB: Oct-1962 From: Jan-1996 To: Aug-2000 )
Resigned Director: PETER RICHARD GILL ( DOB: Oct-1955 From: Aug-1993 To: Dec-1997 )
Resigned Director: RODNEY JAMES HARE ( DOB: Apr-1960 From: Feb-1992 To: Sep-1998 )
Resigned Director: RICHARD HARMAN ( DOB: Mar-1948 From: Feb-1992 To: Dec-1993 )
Resigned Director: DAVID HOLMES ( DOB: Jul-1948 From: Feb-1999 To: May-2000 )
Resigned Director: DAVID OLIVER HOUSTON ( DOB: Apr-1953 From: Feb-1998 To: Sep-1999 )
Resigned Director: MADELEINE BARBARA JACKSON ( DOB: May-1953 From: May-1995 To: Dec-1997 )
Resigned Director: KATHARINE MARY JACKSON ( DOB: May-1964 From: Sep-1996 To: Sep-2000 )
Resigned Director: ANNETTE ELLEN JOHN ( DOB: Aug-1962 From: Jul-1999 To: Aug-2000 )
Resigned Director: SALLY KATE MIRANDA JOHNSON ( DOB: Dec-1973 From: Jul-2009 To: May-2011 )
Resigned Director: GARY LEE JUNE ( DOB: Jun-1962 From: Aug-2005 To: Jul-2009 )
Resigned Director: PETER DAVID KINDERSLEY ( DOB: Jul-1941 From: Feb-1992 To: May-2000 )
Resigned Director: BRIAN JAMES LANDERS ( DOB: Apr-1949 From: May-2003 To: Jul-2009 )
Resigned Director: JOHN CROWTHER MAKINSON ( DOB: Oct-1954 From: Feb-2005 To: Jan-2007 )
Resigned Director: JOHN CROWTHER MAKINSON ( DOB: Oct-1954 From: Feb-2007 To: Jun-2013 )
Resigned Director: ANGELA MANSELL ( DOB: Mar-1949 From: Sep-1998 To: Dec-2000 )
Resigned Director: JAMES THOMAS MIDDLEHURST ( DOB: Jul-1957 From: Aug-1998 To: Feb-2000 )
Resigned Director: COLETTE MARIE NUGENT ( DOB: Mar-1965 From: Mar-1999 To: Mar-2000 )
Resigned Director: CLIVE ROBERT PEMBERTON ( DOB: Dec-1954 From: Jan-1996 To: Jul-2000 )
Resigned Director: ANDREW JOHN PHILLIPS ( DOB: Dec-1963 From: Jan-2007 To: Aug-2010 )
Resigned Director: CHARLES RICHARD POWER ( DOB: Apr-1964 From: May-2000 To: Feb-2003 )
Resigned Director: BARRY NEVILLE ROBERTS ( DOB: Jul-1947 From: Apr-1998 To: Jul-2000 )
Resigned Director: ANDREW KEENEY ROSENHEIM ( DOB: Aug-1955 From: Jul-2000 To: Oct-2001 )
Resigned Director: PHILIP ROXBURGH ( DOB: Nov-1950 From: Jul-1999 To: Jul-2000 )
Resigned Director: KATHARINE MARIE SHAH ( DOB: Aug-1963 From: Sep-1997 To: Jul-1998 )
Resigned Director: DANIEL PETER SHEPHERD ( DOB: May-1978 From: May-2013 To: May-2016 )
Resigned Director: GENEVIEVE HELEN SHORE ( DOB: May-1969 From: Oct-2005 To: Jul-2007 )
Resigned Director: REBECCA JANE SMART ( DOB: Jul-1971 From: Jan-2019 To: Dec-2023 )
Resigned Director: MICHAEL JOHN SYMONS ( DOB: May-1969 From: Oct-2007 To: May-2013 )
Resigned Director: DAVID ARNOLD TAYLOR ( DOB: May-1942 From: Jun-1998 To: Jul-2000 )
Resigned Director: SUSAN ELIZABETH TAYLOR ( DOB: Oct-1956 From: Aug-2000 To: Dec-2005 )
Resigned Director: STEPHEN TODD TWILLIGER ( DOB: Sep-1977 From: Apr-2011 To: Aug-2016 )
Resigned Director: ANDREW PETER WELHAM ( DOB: Jan-1956 From: May-2000 To: Aug-2005 )
Resigned Director: MICHAEL JOHN WORTHINGTON ( DOB: Jul-1960 From: Jan-1995 To: Jan-2001 )
Resigned Secretary: LINDA MARY BLACKMAN ( DOB: Oct-1947 From: Feb-1992 To: Aug-1993 )
Resigned Secretary: ANITA THERESE FULTON ( DOB: Oct-1962 From: Jan-1998 To: Aug-2000 )
Resigned Secretary: PETER RICHARD GILL ( DOB: Oct-1955 From: Aug-1993 To: Dec-1997 )
Resigned Secretary: HELENA CAROLINE PEACOCK ( DOB: Oct-1953 From: Aug-2000 To: Jun-2016 )
Persons of Significant Control:
Penguin Random House Limited, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL, England: Ownership of shares – 75% or more, Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more, Right to appoint and remove directors (Notified: 2016-04-06)
Company Accounts Summary (£)
Item | 2022-01 | 2022-12 | 2023-12 | Chart |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fixed assets | 32,664,649 | 30,638,726 | 0.0,32664649.0,30638726.0 | |
Fixed assets / Investments, fixed assets | 20,548,289 | 20,548,289 | 0.0,20548289.0,20548289.0 | |
Current assets | 83,759,765 | 73,891,054 | 0.0,83759765.0,73891054.0 | |
Current assets / Total inventories | 20,309,580 | 20,306,688 | 0.0,20309580.0,20306688.0 | |
Current assets / Debtors | 63,387,627 | 53,574,548 | 0.0,63387627.0,53574548.0 | |
Current assets / Cash at bank and on hand | 62,558 | 9,818 | 0.0,62558.0,9818.0 | |
Net current assets (liabilities) | -14,852,436 | -21,861,466 | 0.0,-14852436.0,-21861466.0 | |
Total assets less current liabilities | 17,812,213 | 8,777,260 | 0.0,17812213.0,8777260.0 | |
Provisions for liabilities, balance sheet subtotal / Other provisions, balance sheet subtotal | 2,124,629 | 477,185 | 0.0,2124629.0,477185.0 | |
Net assets (liabilities) | 5,437,863 | 261,749 | 0.0,5437863.0,261749.0 | |
Equity / share capital and reserves | -7,572,656 | 5,437,863 | 261,749 | -7572656.0,5437863.0,261749.0 |