A & C Black Publishers Limited

Active00189153 Private limited company

Incorporated: 11 April 1923 (103 years)
Industry: Book publishing (58110)
Directors: Keith Robert Underwood
John Nigel Newton
Owned by: A&C Black Limited
Accounts type: Audit exemption subsidiary
Region: Greater London
Address: 50 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3DP

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 November 2026
Last accounts: 28 February 2025
Conf. stmt due: 15 May 2027
Last conf. stmt: 1 May 2026

Officers 3 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Underwood, Keith Robert

Director · Appointed 2 February 2026

Also at Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Digital Catapult, Bloomsbury Book Publishing Company Limited · more companies

British

Born October 1976 (50)

Abu-Deeb, Maya Margaret

Secretary · Appointed 21 January 2019

Newton, John Nigel

Director · Appointed 3 July 2000

Also at Bloomsbury Information Limited, Shire Publications Limited, Hart Publishing Ltd. · more companies

American

Born June 1955 (71)

Officer history (27 former)

2 February 2026

Resigned Scott-Bayfield, Penelope Samantha Juliette as Director

2 February 2026

Appointed Underwood, Keith Robert as Director

21 January 2019

Appointed Abu-Deeb, Maya Margaret as Secretary

19 January 2019

Resigned Daykin, Michael Richard as Secretary

16 July 2018

Appointed Scott-Bayfield, Penelope Samantha Juliette as Director

16 July 2018

Resigned Pallot, Wendy Monica as Director

19 January 2015

Resigned Rooney, Kathryn Muriel, Dr as Director

16 January 2015

Resigned Parsons, Jayne as Director

4 October 2013

Resigned Murphy, Janet as Director

4 October 2013

Resigned Glasspool, Jonathan Rennie as Director

23 August 2011

Resigned Wightman, David Jonathan as Director

8 April 2011

Resigned Adams, Colin Raymond as Director

8 April 2011

Appointed Pallot, Wendy Monica as Director

25 March 2011

Resigned Coleman, Diana Jill, Ms. as Director

18 March 2011

Resigned Heini, Oscar Francis as Director

23 February 2011

Resigned Portal, Ian as Secretary

23 February 2011

Appointed Daykin, Michael Richard as Secretary

27 May 2010

Resigned Facey, Christopher as Director

20 December 2007

Resigned Cordeschi, Richard as Secretary

20 December 2007

Appointed Portal, Ian as Secretary

1 July 2007

Appointed Facey, Christopher as Director

18 September 2006

Appointed Parsons, Jayne as Director

31 December 2005

Resigned Fecher, Sarah Jane as Director

31 December 2005

Resigned Langridge, Paul as Director

4 April 2005

Appointed Cordeschi, Richard as Secretary

4 April 2005

Resigned Facey, Christopher as Secretary

30 September 2004

Resigned Aspinall, Jenny as Director

30 September 2004

Resigned Aspinall, Jenny as Secretary

30 September 2004

Appointed Facey, Christopher as Secretary

30 April 2004

Resigned Rouelett, Terence Edward David as Director

31 December 2003

Resigned Black, Charles Archibald Adam as Director

1 March 2003

Appointed Glasspool, Jonathan Rennie as Director

1 January 2002

Appointed Fecher, Sarah Jane as Director

19 March 2001

Appointed Wightman, David Jonathan as Director

1 January 2001

Appointed Aspinall, Jenny as Director

31 December 2000

Resigned Kodicek, Susan Mary as Director

31 October 2000

Resigned Kirk, Robert Donald as Director

3 July 2000

Appointed Rooney, Kathryn Muriel, Dr as Director

3 July 2000

Appointed Adams, Colin Raymond as Director

3 July 2000

Appointed Newton, John Nigel as Director

1 January 1997

Appointed Kodicek, Susan Mary as Director

1 January 1996

Appointed Kirk, Robert Donald as Director

27 April 1995

Resigned Gadsby, David Edward as Director

8 April 1994

Resigned Still, William as Secretary

8 April 1994

Resigned Still, William as Director

8 April 1994

Appointed Aspinall, Jenny as Secretary

1 January 1994

Appointed Rouelett, Terence Edward David as Director

1 January 1994

Appointed Heini, Oscar Francis as Director

2 April 1992

Resigned Brown, Leonard Henry as Director

1 January 1992

Appointed Still, William as Secretary

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

A&C Black Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Right to appoint and remove directors

Limited Company

Reg. no. 0137664

Group structure 34 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

A. & C. Black Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

A & C Black Publishers Limited This company Owns 75–100% of shares

Bloomsbury Publishing Singapore Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Featherstone Education Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

John Wisden (Holdings) Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Methuen Drama Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Oxford International Publishers Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Reed's Almanac Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

A. & C. Black (Distribution) Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Adlard Coles Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Alphabooks Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Christopher Helm (Publishers) Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

F.Lewis,(publishers),limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Herbert Press Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Nautical Publishing Company Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Bloomsbury Book Publishing Company Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Bloomsbury India UK Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Bloomsbury Information Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Bloomsbury Media Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Bloomsbury Professional Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Hart Publishing Ltd. Owns 75–100% of shares

Head of Zeus Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Oberon Books Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Osprey Publishing Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

British Wildlife Publishing Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Shire Publications Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Philip Wilson Publishers Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

The Continuum International Publishing Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Athlone Press Limited(the) Owns 75–100% of shares

Hambledon and London Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Sheffield Academic Press Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

T & T Clark Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Thoemmes Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To
1 May 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	1 May 2026
2 February 2026	Appointment of a director
2 February 2026	Termination of appointment of a director
1 December 2025	Audit exemption subsidiary accounts	28 February 2025
1 December 2025	Other filing