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REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED

Active Private Limited Company Incorporated 17 Sep 1987

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    Active.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 30 Sep 2027.

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    Next due 21 Jul 2027.

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    1 owner on file.

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    None outstanding (5 paid off).

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    Incorporated 17 Sep 1987 (39 years ago).

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    Never renamed.

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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 28 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    2-4 SEBASTIAN STREET, LONDON, ENGLAND, EC1V 0HE

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    30 Sep 2027
    Last made up to
    31 Dec 2025
    Type
    TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    21 Jul 2027
    Last made up to
    7 Jul 2026

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    0
    All time
    5

  6. Names

    1. REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED current

Figures

Year endTurnoverProfitCashNet assetsStaff
31 Dec 2025 not published not published £220,096 £3,334,068 16
31 Dec 2024 not published not published £585,929 £3,730,962 16
31 Dec 2023 not published not published £1,014,136 £4,024,937 16
31 Dec 2022 not published not published £1,177,113 £4,018,485 14
31 Dec 2021 * not published not published £1,195,620 £3,260,643 14

* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).

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  • Oliver Leaman · Secretary, named in the accounts to 31 Dec 2025
  • Michael Leaman · Director, named in the accounts to 31 Dec 2025

Owners and controllers All 3, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Ms Vera Roehm Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent 1 Dec 2023 — May 1943 Swiss · Germany

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Is REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED still trading?

The register shows REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED as active.

What does REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED do?

It files the industry code 58110 (Book publishing).

When was REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED set up?

It was incorporated on 17 September 1987.

When are REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED's accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 30 September 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 December 2025.

When is REAKTION BOOKS LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?

By 21 July 2027.

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