Hachette UK Limited

Active02020173 Private limited company

What Hachette UK say about themselves

“Hachette UK is a leading UK trade publishing group comprised of Hachette Children’s Group, Headline Publishing Group, Hodder & Stoughton, Hodder Education, Little, Brown Book Group, Octopus P…”

— from hachette.co.uk
Incorporated
15 May 1986 (40 years)
Previously known as
Hluk (Euston Road) Limited (until 3 December 2008)
Hodder Headline Limited (until 17 July 2007)
Headline Book Publishing PLC (until 29 June 1993)
Industry
Book publishing (58110)
Directors
Owned by
Louis Hachette Group SA
Lagardère SA
Accounts type
Full
Region
Greater London
Address
Carmelite House
50 Victoria Embankment
London
EC4Y 0DZ

Filing status

Accounts due
30 September 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
18 September 2027
Last conf. stmt
4 September 2026

Charges

Total
12
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
12

Officers 4 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Wright, Dylan Matthew
Secretary · Appointed 1 April 2026
Director · Appointed 1 April 2026
Also at John Catt Educational Limited, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, Little, Brown Book Group Limited · more companies
British
Born March 1973 (53)
Director · Appointed 12 December 2017
Also at John Catt Educational Limited, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, Little, Brown Book Group Limited · more companies
British
Born April 1976 (50)
Director · Appointed 30 September 2011
Also at Hodder & Stoughton Limited, Carlton Books Limited, Kogan Page Limited · more companies
British
Born June 1977 (49)
Officer history (62 former)
1 April 2026
Appointed Wright, Dylan Matthew as Director
1 April 2026
Resigned De Cacqueray, Pierre as Secretary
1 April 2026
Resigned De Cacqueray, Pierre as Director
1 April 2026
Appointed Wright, Dylan Matthew as Secretary
1 October 2025
Resigned Murray Hill, Hilary as Director
31 August 2023
Resigned Bakhouche, Fabrice as Director
31 March 2023
Resigned Tribe, Elisabeth Jane as Director
31 March 2022
Resigned Hodder-Williams, James as Director
15 June 2021
Appointed Bakhouche, Fabrice as Director
29 March 2021
Resigned Nourry, Arnaud as Director
12 December 2017
Appointed Shelley, David Richard as Director
12 December 2017
Resigned Hely Hutchinson, Timothy Mark as Director
22 January 2015
Resigned Johnson, Marlene as Director
22 January 2015
Appointed Murray Hill, Hilary as Director
30 June 2013
Resigned Roche, Peter Charles Kenneth as Director
2 August 2012
Appointed Tribe, Elisabeth Jane as Director
2 August 2012
Resigned Webster, Thomas Peter as Director
30 September 2011
Appointed Kitson, Richard David as Director
3 December 2009
Appointed Webster, Thomas Peter as Director
3 December 2009
Resigned Neild, Martin John as Director
3 December 2009
Resigned Walters, Philip John Kedgerley as Director
3 December 2009
Appointed Hodder-Williams, James as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Kitson, Richard David as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Philipps, Roland Alexander as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Evans, Martin John as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Edwards, Malcolm John as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Hodder Williams, James as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Young, David John as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Fletcher, Susan Jane as Director
13 June 2007
Resigned Taylor, Susan Elizabeth as Director
5 February 2007
Resigned Tapissier, Mary as Director
15 November 2006
Appointed Kitson, Richard David as Director
19 September 2006
Appointed Taylor, Susan Elizabeth as Director
20 April 2006
Appointed Young, David John as Director
3 January 2006
13 May 2005
Resigned Nettleton, Charles as Director
3 May 2005
Resigned Robinson, Stephen Leonard as Secretary
3 May 2005
Appointed De Cacqueray, Pierre as Secretary
3 May 2005
Resigned Robinson, Stephen Leonard as Director
1 April 2005
Appointed Johnson, Marlene as Director
1 March 2005
Appointed Evans, Martin John as Director
25 September 2004
Resigned Warren, John Anthony as Director
25 September 2004
Appointed Roche, Peter Charles Kenneth as Director
25 September 2004
Resigned Swann, Kathryn Elizabeth as Director
25 September 2004
Appointed Nourry, Arnaud as Director
25 September 2004
Appointed De Cacqueray, Pierre as Director
2 August 2004
Appointed Robinson, Stephen Leonard as Director
2 August 2004
Appointed Robinson, Stephen Leonard as Secretary
2 August 2004
Resigned Buckley, Michael David as Secretary
15 June 2004
Resigned Fairbairn, Colin Graham Campbell as Secretary
15 June 2004
15 June 2004
Appointed Buckley, Michael David as Secretary
7 January 2004
Appointed Stockdale, Michael Clive Reginald as Director
4 November 2003
Appointed Swann, Kathryn Elizabeth as Director
4 November 2003
Resigned Handover, Richard Gordon as Director
5 March 2003
Appointed Philipps, Roland Alexander as Director
17 December 2002
Resigned Bryars, Anthony Martin as Director
25 February 2002
Resigned Brown, Anthony Malcolm as Secretary
25 February 2002
Appointed Fairbairn, Colin Graham Campbell as Secretary
12 February 2002
Resigned Attwooll, David John as Director
31 December 2001
Resigned Stileman, Richard as Director
1 December 2001
Appointed Fairbairn, Colin Graham Campbell as Director
30 November 2001
Resigned Mortimore, Jon William as Director
30 September 2001
Resigned Ridout, Amanda Jane as Director
1 September 2001
Appointed Hodder Williams, James as Director
1 September 2000
Appointed Attwooll, David John as Director
1 September 2000
Appointed Warren, John Anthony as Director
31 May 2000
Resigned Hamill, Keith as Director
18 October 1999
Resigned Adam, Richard John as Director
18 October 1999
Appointed Mortimore, Jon William as Director
3 September 1999
Appointed Bryars, Anthony Martin as Director
3 September 1999
Resigned Opzoomer, Mark William as Director
3 September 1999
Appointed Brown, Anthony Malcolm as Secretary
3 September 1999
Resigned Opzoomer, Mark William as Secretary
3 September 1999
Appointed Nettleton, Charles as Director
3 September 1999
Resigned Lloyd, John Eliot Fraser as Director
3 September 1999
Resigned Weston, Christopher John as Director
3 September 1999
Resigned Warnford-Davis, Karelyn Mandy as Director
4 June 1999
Appointed Handover, Richard Gordon as Director
4 June 1999
Appointed Hamill, Keith as Director
15 January 1998
Resigned Steven, Brian Michael as Director
1 January 1998
Appointed Walters, Philip John Kedgerley as Director
7 May 1997
1 October 1996
Appointed Ridout, Amanda Jane as Director
2 August 1996
Resigned Thomas, Sian Elizabeth as Director
15 April 1996
Appointed Adam, Richard John as Director
8 January 1996
Resigned Attenborough, Philip John as Director
31 December 1995
Resigned Major, Eric Patrick as Director
6 July 1995
Resigned Pickett, Kenneth Edwin as Director
5 July 1995
Appointed Opzoomer, Mark William as Secretary
5 July 1995
Resigned Coley, Paul Murray as Secretary
28 March 1995
Appointed Lloyd, John Eliot Fraser as Director
28 March 1995
Appointed Warnford-Davis, Karelyn Mandy as Director
5 December 1994
Appointed Opzoomer, Mark William as Director
12 October 1994
Resigned Dawson, Jeremy as Director
5 May 1994
Appointed Tapissier, Mary as Director
1 March 1994
Appointed Edwards, Malcolm John as Director
7 February 1994
Resigned Hughes, Henry Stuart as Secretary
7 February 1994
Resigned Hughes, Henry Stuart as Director
24 September 1993
Resigned Attenborough, Michael Francis as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Stileman, Richard as Director
1 September 1993
Appointed Steven, Brian Michael as Director
26 August 1993
26 August 1993
Resigned Wright, Patrick Michael Mckee as Director
28 July 1993
Appointed Neild, Martin John as Director
30 June 1993
Resigned Brooke, John Alan De Leighton as Director
30 June 1993
Resigned Morpeth, Jane Sinclair as Director
30 June 1993
Resigned Beavan, Susan Patricia as Director
30 June 1993
Resigned Coley, Paul Murray as Director
30 June 1993
30 June 1993
Appointed Hughes, Henry Stuart as Secretary
30 June 1993
Appointed Major, Eric Patrick as Director
30 June 1993
Appointed Attenborough, Michael Francis as Director
30 June 1993
Appointed Hughes, Henry Stuart as Director
30 June 1993
Appointed Wright, Patrick Michael Mckee as Director
30 June 1993
Appointed Attenborough, Philip John as Director
29 July 1992
Appointed Pickett, Kenneth Edwin as Director
26 June 1991
Appointed Morpeth, Jane Sinclair as Director

Ownership 3 active

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

Louis Hachette Group SA
Corporate entity · Notified 16 December 2024
Owns 50–75% of shares
Limited By Shares
Reg. no. N/A
Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Limited By Shares
Reg. no. 03701589
Lagardère SA
Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Limited By Shares
Reg. no. N/A

Other holdings 8

Companies where Hachette UK Limited is registered as a person with significant control

Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Dissolved
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Owns 75–100% of shares
Dissolved
Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Former controllers (1)
16 December 2024
Ceased Vivendi SE — Owns 75–100% of shares

Group structure 22 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
Andre Deutsch Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Carlton Books Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Hachette Boardgames UK Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Hachette Partworks Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Hachette UK Limited This company Owns 75–100% of shares
Flame Tree Publishing Ltd. Owns 25–50% of shares
Hachette UK Distribution Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Hachette UK Pension Trust Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Hodder & Stoughton Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Storyfire Ltd. Owns 75–100% of shares
Welbeck Publishing Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Headline Publishing Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Illuminate Publishing Ltd DissolvedOwns 75–100% of shares
John Catt Educational Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Kogan Page Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Laurence King Publishing Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares
Little, Brown Book Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Mortimer Books Ltd DissolvedOwns 75–100% of shares
Octopus Publishing Group Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Quercus Editions Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Summersdale Publishers Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
And 4 more

Filings 392

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
14 October 2026Full accounts31 December 2025
4 September 2026Confirmation statement with no updates4 September 2026
1 April 2026Termination of appointment of a secretary
1 April 2026Termination of appointment of a director
1 April 2026Appointment of a secretary
Show all 392 filings

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