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HMP BOOKS LIMITED
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Company status
Active.
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Accounts on time
Next due 28 Feb 2027.
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Confirmation statement on time
Next due 15 Dec 2026.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 1 current officer checked is disqualified.
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Directors
1 current director.
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Owners
1 owner on file.
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Last filed accounts
Net assets £80,127.
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Trading history
Incorporated 2 Apr 1975 (51 years ago).
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Name changes
Never renamed.
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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 2 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
6TH FLOOR, 2 LONDON WALL PLACE, LONDON, ENGLAND, EC2Y 5AU
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Nature of business
- 47610 Retail sale of books in specialised stores
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Accounts
- Next due
- 28 Feb 2027
- Last made up to
- 31 May 2025
- Type
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 15 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 1 Dec 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 1
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- HMP BOOKS LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 May 2025 | not published | £-7,318 | £52,260 | £80,127 | 7 |
| 31 May 2024 | not published | £3,808 | £56,665 | £89,445 | 8 |
| 31 May 2023 | not published | £9,005 | £77,483 | £87,637 | 8 |
| 31 May 2022 | not published | £5,643 | £85,639 | £102,483 | 8 |
| 31 May 2021 | not published | £41,098 | £89,804 | £99,673 | 8 |
| 31 May 2020 * | not published | £8,207 | £70,649 | £60,575 | 8 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
People
Officers All 11, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Sanchita Basu De Sarkar | Director | 31 Dec 2015 | — | February 1988 | British · United Kingdom |
Owners and controllers All 2, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Hmp Books Holdings Limited company · 09896008 · United Kingdom | Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent; Right to appoint and remove directors | 6 Apr 2016 | — | — |
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Is HMP BOOKS LIMITED still trading?
The register shows HMP BOOKS LIMITED as active.
What does HMP BOOKS LIMITED do?
It files the industry code 47610 (Retail sale of books in specialised stores).
When was HMP BOOKS LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 2 April 1975.
When are HMP BOOKS LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 28 February 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 May 2025.
When is HMP BOOKS LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
By 15 December 2026.
Who runs HMP BOOKS LIMITED?
HMP BOOKS LIMITED has 1 current director. They're listed under People on this page.
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