The Publishers Association Limited

Active03282879 Private company limited by guarantee

What The Publishers Association say about themselves

“The leading member organisation for the UK publishing industry.”

— from publishers.org.uk
Incorporated
22 November 1996 (29 years)
Industry
Activities of professional membership organizations (94120)
Directors
Accounts type
Small
Region
Greater London
Address
50 Southwark Street
London
SE1 1UN

Filing status

Accounts due
30 September 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
30 November 2026
Last conf. stmt
16 November 2025

Charges

Total
2
Outstanding
2
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 22 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 22 September 2026
Also at Pearson Education Limited
British
Born May 1973 (53)
Director · Appointed 6 May 2026
Also at Head of Zeus Limited
British,Australian
Born December 1971 (54)
Director · Appointed 6 May 2026
Also at Faber and Faber Limited · more companies
British
Born October 1970 (56)
Director · Appointed 6 May 2026
Also at Iop Publishing Limited
British
Born November 1969
Espiner, Catherine
Director · Appointed 5 January 2026
British
Born April 1977 (49)
Director · Appointed 30 June 2025
British
Born August 1965 (61)
Kennedy, Ciaran
Director · Appointed 2 March 2025
British
Born May 1979 (47)
Osborn, Polly
Director · Appointed 21 August 2024
British
Born July 1983 (43)
Director · Appointed 23 May 2024
Also at Oxford Publishing Limited, Dragon School Trust Limited
British
Born December 1965 (60)
De Silva, Sanjeewa
Director · Appointed 21 May 2024
British
Born February 1974 (52)
Director · Appointed 21 May 2024
British
Born July 1969 (57)
Director · Appointed 7 March 2024
Also at Book Aid International · more companies
British
Born November 1979
Fowler, Nicolas
Director · Appointed 14 July 2023
British,Irish
Born October 1967 (59)
Sharples, Kathryn
Director · Appointed 15 May 2023
British
Born November 1975
Elton, Kate
Director · Appointed 25 April 2023
British
Born August 1972 (54)
Director · Appointed 25 April 2023
Also at Springer Nature Limited, Biomed Central Limited, Springer Nature (UK) Limited · more companies
British
Born November 1964
Director · Appointed 25 April 2023
Also at New River Books Limited, Macmillan Publishers International Limited, The National Literacy Trust · more companies
British
Born February 1966 (60)
Eva, Victoria Claire
Director · Appointed 9 January 2023
British
Born November 1983
Conway, Daniel Christopher
Secretary · Appointed 1 August 2022
Director · Appointed 28 June 2022
British
Born December 1971 (54)
Director · Appointed 28 April 2021
Also at Talis Group Limited (proposed for strike-off), Talis Education Limited (proposed for strike-off), Sage Publications Limited · more companies
British
Born April 1962 (64)
Director · Appointed 14 May 2020
Also at World Book Day Limited · more companies
British
Born October 1972 (54)
Officer history (116 former)
22 September 2026
Resigned Hague, Sharon Ellen as Director
22 September 2026
Appointed Thomas Monk, Freya Granville as Director
6 May 2026
Resigned Seymour, Antonia Karen as Director
6 May 2026
Appointed Farrar, Kathleen Jane as Director
6 May 2026
Appointed Newbrook, Mary Helen as Director
6 May 2026
Appointed Wilson, Julian Charles as Director
6 May 2026
Resigned Page, Stephen Alexander as Director
5 January 2026
Appointed Espiner, Catherine as Director
8 December 2025
Resigned Murray Hill, Hilary Anne as Director
30 June 2025
Appointed Heward-Mills, Leon Mark as Director
15 May 2025
Resigned Mahan, Lisa as Director
7 May 2025
Resigned Newton, John Nigel as Director
3 March 2025
Resigned Heward-Mills, Leon Mark as Director
2 March 2025
Appointed Kennedy, Ciaran as Director
13 February 2025
Resigned Thorn, Katie as Director
21 August 2024
Appointed Osborn, Polly as Director
6 August 2024
Resigned Smart, Rebecca Jane as Director
29 May 2024
Appointed Mahan, Lisa as Director
23 May 2024
Appointed Portwood, Nigel David as Director
21 May 2024
Appointed Murray Hill, Hilary Anne as Director
21 May 2024
Appointed De Silva, Sanjeewa as Director
21 May 2024
Appointed Hill, Amanda Marie-Claire as Director
8 May 2024
Resigned Stevens, Richard as Director
8 May 2024
Resigned Mabey, Juliet as Director
8 May 2024
Resigned Phillips, Peter Andrew Jestyn as Director
7 March 2024
Resigned Nadin, Lindsay as Director
7 March 2024
Appointed Clarke, Paula Lee as Director
1 January 2024
Resigned Shelley, David Richard as Director
11 October 2023
Appointed Heward-Mills, Leon Mark as Director
7 August 2023
Resigned Callanan, Annie Maria as Director
18 July 2023
Appointed Stevens, Richard as Director
14 July 2023
Appointed Fowler, Nicolas as Director
1 July 2023
Resigned Govil, Vivek as Director
15 June 2023
Resigned Kitson, Ruth Anne as Director
15 May 2023
Appointed Sharples, Kathryn as Director
25 April 2023
Appointed Elton, Kate as Director
25 April 2023
Appointed Inchcoombe, Steven Charles as Director
25 April 2023
Appointed Prior, Joanna Melancy Lyndon as Director
25 April 2023
Resigned Redmayne, Charles George Mariner as Director
9 January 2023
Resigned Mitchell, Alison Hilary, Dr as Director
9 January 2023
Appointed Eva, Victoria Claire as Director
28 November 2022
Resigned Ross, David Scott as Director
24 August 2022
Appointed Ross, David Scott as Director
1 August 2022
Appointed Conway, Daniel Christopher as Secretary
31 July 2022
Resigned Lotinga, Stephen as Secretary
28 June 2022
Appointed Mann, Perminderpal Kaur as Director
28 June 2022
Appointed Thorn, Katie as Director
28 June 2022
Appointed Nadin, Lindsay as Director
26 April 2022
Resigned Bourne, Emma Jane as Director
26 April 2022
Resigned Poplak, Caroline Louise as Director
26 April 2022
Appointed Seymour, Antonia Karen as Director
26 April 2022
Appointed Govil, Vivek as Director
26 April 2022
Appointed Mitchell, Alison Hilary, Dr as Director
26 April 2022
Resigned Farrar, Kathleen Jane as Director
28 April 2021
Appointed Phillips, Karen Rosalyn as Director
28 April 2021
Resigned Bristow, Rod as Director
28 April 2021
Appointed Newton, John Nigel as Director
28 April 2021
Appointed Hague, Sharon Ellen as Director
28 April 2021
Resigned Barr, James Stephen as Director
29 January 2021
Resigned Maus, Miriam as Director
10 June 2020
Resigned Byng, James Edmund as Director
14 May 2020
Appointed Page, Stephen Alexander as Director
14 May 2020
Resigned Prior, Joanna Melancy Lyndon as Director
14 May 2020
Resigned Thadha, Abdul Kadir as Director
14 May 2020
14 May 2020
Appointed Smart, Rebecca Jane as Director
14 May 2020
Appointed Shelley, David Richard as Director
22 April 2020
Resigned Franklin, Andrew Cecil as Director
15 May 2019
Appointed Kitson, Ruth Anne as Director
7 May 2019
Appointed Farrar, Kathleen Jane as Director
24 April 2019
Appointed Franklin, Andrew Cecil as Director
10 April 2019
Resigned Tribe, Elisabeth Jane as Director
10 April 2019
Resigned Page, Stephen Alexander as Director
10 April 2019
Resigned Feltham, Dominic Joseph as Director
16 October 2018
Appointed Feltham, Dominic Joseph as Director
14 June 2018
Appointed Callanan, Annie Maria as Director
17 May 2018
Appointed Mabey, Juliet as Director
25 April 2018
Resigned Fowler, Nicolas David as Director
25 April 2018
Resigned Weldon, Thomas Daryl as Director
4 January 2018
Resigned Kingsley, Jessica as Director
30 November 2017
Appointed Bristow, Rod as Director
22 November 2017
Resigned Shelley, David Richard as Director
18 September 2017
Resigned Duffy, Jill Marie as Director
5 September 2017
Appointed Maus, Miriam as Director
19 May 2017
Resigned Robinson, Andrew James Cave as Director
27 April 2017
Appointed Poplak, Caroline Louise as Director
27 April 2017
Resigned Rebuck, Gail Ruth, Baroness as Director
18 May 2016
Resigned Kogan, Helen as Director
18 May 2016
Resigned Mackenzie, Ursula Ann as Director
18 May 2016
Appointed Bourne, Emma Jane as Director
18 May 2016
Appointed Shelley, David Richard as Director
18 May 2016
Appointed Kingsley, Jessica as Director
17 March 2016
Resigned Anderson, Mark Russell as Director
17 March 2016
Appointed Duffy, Jill Marie as Director
17 March 2016
Resigned Thomas, Annette Christina, Dr as Director
22 January 2016
Resigned Mollet, Richard James as Secretary
18 January 2016
Appointed Lotinga, Stephen as Secretary
14 January 2016
Appointed Robinson, Andrew James Cave as Director
14 January 2016
Appointed Tribe, Elisabeth Jane as Director
14 January 2016
Appointed Thomas, Annette Christina, Dr as Director
26 November 2015
Resigned Knight, Dominic John Gerard as Director
26 November 2015
Resigned Jones, Jill Louise as Director
26 November 2015
Resigned Walmsley, Jon as Director
26 November 2015
Resigned Reeves, Jane Elizabeth as Director
13 May 2015
Resigned Portwood, Nigel David as Director
13 May 2015
Appointed Phillips, Peter Andrew Jestyn as Director
8 May 2014
Resigned Bristow, Kenneth Roderick as Director
8 May 2014
Appointed Prior, Joanna Melancy Lyndon as Director
8 May 2014
Appointed Anderson, Mark Russell as Director
8 May 2014
Appointed Thadha, Abdul Kadir as Director
24 January 2014
Appointed Jones, Jill Louise as Director
24 January 2014
Resigned Donovan, John Thomas as Director
23 October 2013
Appointed Redmayne, Charles George Mariner as Director
23 October 2013
Appointed Byng, James Edmund as Director
30 August 2013
Resigned Robinson, Nicholas John Winwood as Director
5 July 2013
Resigned Barnsley, Victoria as Director
8 May 2013
Appointed Walmsley, Jon as Director
8 May 2013
Appointed Page, Stephen Alexander as Director
8 May 2013
Resigned Hudson, Ian Michael as Director
8 May 2013
8 May 2013
Resigned Emerson, Christopher Mark as Director
8 May 2013
Appointed Rebuck, Gail Ruth, Baroness as Director
2 May 2012
Resigned Page, Stephen Alexander as Director
2 May 2012
Appointed Weldon, Thomas Daryl as Director
2 May 2012
Resigned Field, Peter as Director
2 May 2012
Appointed Reeves, Jane Elizabeth as Director
4 May 2011
Resigned Lake, Peter William as Director
4 May 2011
Appointed Donovan, John Thomas as Director
4 May 2011
Appointed Knight, Dominic John Gerard as Director
4 May 2011
4 May 2011
Resigned Thomas, Annette Christina, Dr as Director
11 March 2011
Resigned Mollet, Richard James as Director
18 October 2010
Appointed Mollet, Richard James as Secretary
18 October 2010
Appointed Mollet, Richard James as Director
30 July 2010
Resigned Juden, Simon, Dr as Secretary
28 April 2010
28 April 2010
Resigned Roche, Peter Charles Kenneth as Director
28 April 2010
Appointed Thomas, Annette Christina, Dr as Director
28 April 2010
Appointed Fowler, Nicolas David as Director
28 April 2010
Appointed Emerson, Christopher Mark as Director
28 April 2010
Resigned Charkin, Richard Denis Paul as Director
28 April 2010
Resigned Engstrom, Erik as Director
28 April 2010
Resigned Ridout, Amanda Jane as Director
28 April 2010
Appointed Kogan, Helen as Director
28 April 2010
Resigned Wright, Timothy Edward as Director
28 April 2010
Appointed Barr, James Stephen as Director
20 July 2009
Resigned Harris, Katharine Yeoman as Director
29 April 2009
Resigned Rebuck, Gail Ruth as Director
29 April 2009
Appointed Lake, Peter William as Director
29 April 2009
Appointed Barnsley, Victoria as Director
29 April 2009
Resigned Chapman, Ian Stewart as Director
29 April 2009
Appointed Robinson, Nicholas John Winwood as Director
29 April 2009
Appointed Portwood, Nigel David as Director
2 April 2009
23 April 2008
Appointed Bristow, Kenneth Roderick as Director
23 April 2008
Resigned Boswood, Michael Gordon as Director
1 June 2007
Appointed Juden, Simon, Dr as Secretary
31 May 2007
Resigned Williams, Arthur Ronald as Secretary
9 May 2007
Appointed Ridout, Amanda Jane as Director
9 May 2007
Appointed Wright, Timothy Edward as Director
9 May 2007
Resigned Makinson, John Crowther as Director
9 May 2007
Appointed Hudson, Ian Michael as Director
9 May 2007
Appointed Field, Peter as Director
9 May 2007
Resigned Barnsley, Victoria as Director
9 May 2007
Resigned Kingsley, Jessica as Director
4 April 2006
Resigned Reece, Henry Michael as Director
26 January 2006
Appointed Mackenzie, Ursula Ann as Director
1 December 2005
Resigned Young, David John as Director
19 May 2005
Appointed Engstrom, Erik as Director
20 April 2005
Appointed Harris, Katharine Yeoman as Director
19 April 2005
Resigned Forbes Watson, Anthony David as Director
19 April 2005
Resigned Osborne, Robert John as Director
19 April 2005
Appointed Makinson, John Crowther as Director
19 April 2005
Resigned Jarvis, John Herbert, Dr as Director
19 April 2005
Resigned Clement, John Cowie as Director
19 April 2005
14 April 2005
Resigned Smith, David John as Director
20 April 2004
Appointed Smith, David John as Director
20 April 2004
Resigned Hely Hutchinson, Timothy Mark as Director
20 April 2004
Appointed Roche, Peter Charles Kenneth as Director
20 April 2004
Appointed Page, Stephen Alexander as Director
20 April 2004
Resigned Coleman, Diana Jill, Ms. as Director
16 April 2003
16 April 2003
Resigned Master, Simon Harcourt as Director
16 April 2003
Appointed Rebuck, Gail Ruth as Director
16 April 2003
Resigned Kewley, David Malcolm Riou as Director
16 April 2003
Appointed Chapman, Ian Stewart as Director
6 April 2003
Resigned Portwood, Nigel David as Director
27 March 2003
Appointed Boswood, Michael Gordon as Director
19 September 2002
Resigned Hill, Antony David as Director
16 April 2002
Resigned Harrison, Phillipa Mary as Director
16 April 2002
Resigned Barty-King, Mark Baxter as Director
16 April 2002
Resigned Perren, George Nicholas as Director
16 April 2002
Appointed Charkin, Richard Denis Paul as Director
16 April 2002
Appointed Clement, John Cowie as Director
16 April 2002
Appointed Young, David John as Director
10 April 2001
Resigned Whurr, Colin Cameron as Director
10 April 2001
Resigned Perkins, Frederick James as Director
10 April 2001
Resigned Soar, Adrian Richard as Director
10 April 2001
Appointed Kingsley, Jessica as Director
10 April 2001
Appointed Barnsley, Victoria as Director
31 December 2000
Resigned Mckay, Peter as Director
1 November 2000
Resigned Knight, Dominic John Gerard as Director
28 September 2000
Resigned Waugh, Juliet as Director
13 July 2000
Appointed Portwood, Nigel David as Director
6 April 2000
6 April 2000
Resigned Chadwyck Healey, Charles Edward as Director
6 April 2000
Appointed Osborne, Robert John as Director
6 April 2000
Resigned Bell, Edward as Director
31 December 1999
Resigned Webb, Nicholas as Director
16 September 1999
Resigned Carr, Lucinda Jane as Director
8 April 1999
Resigned Glover, Trevor David as Director
8 April 1999
Appointed Waugh, Juliet as Director
8 April 1999
Appointed Reece, Henry Michael as Director
8 April 1999
Resigned Welham, Robert David as Director
8 April 1999
Appointed Webb, Nicholas as Director
8 April 1999
Appointed Jarvis, John Herbert, Dr as Director
1 April 1999
Resigned Harris, Katherine Yeoman Harris as Director
28 January 1999
Appointed Mckay, Peter as Director
31 December 1998
Resigned Davy, Thomas Christopher as Director
16 July 1998
Resigned Arnold Baker, Charles James as Director
16 July 1998
Appointed Hely Hutchinson, Timothy Mark as Director
22 April 1998
Appointed Coleman, Diana Jill, Ms. as Director
22 April 1998
Appointed Whurr, Colin Cameron as Director
1 January 1998
Resigned Bradley, Clive as Secretary
1 January 1998
Appointed Williams, Arthur Ronald as Secretary
23 November 1997
Resigned Stevenson, William Iain, Doctor as Director
11 November 1997
Appointed Knight, Dominic John Gerard as Director
22 May 1997
22 May 1997
Appointed Harris, Katherine Yeoman Harris as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Barty-King, Mark Baxter as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Perkins, Frederick James as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Perren, George Nicholas as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Chadwyck Healey, Charles Edward as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Hill, Antony David as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Bell, Edward as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Kewley, David Malcolm Riou as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Carr, Lucinda Jane as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Forbes Watson, Anthony David as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Welham, Robert David as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Stevenson, William Iain, Doctor as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Soar, Adrian Richard as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Arnold Baker, Charles James as Director
22 May 1997
Appointed Davy, Thomas Christopher as Director
20 March 1997
Appointed Harrison, Phillipa Mary as Director
20 March 1997
Appointed Glover, Trevor David as Director
20 March 1997
Appointed Master, Simon Harcourt as Director
20 March 1997
Appointed Bradley, Clive as Secretary
20 March 1997
Resigned Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
20 March 1997
Resigned Instant Companies Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
20 March 1997
Resigned Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
22 November 1996
Appointed Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary
22 November 1996
Appointed Instant Companies Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
22 November 1996
Appointed Swift Incorporations Limited as Corporate Nominee Director

Ownership 0 active

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

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Financials

Net Assets
£382,901
down £41,913 (10%)
Cash
£472,706
down £1,417,356 (75%)
Profit Before Tax
(£87,900)
down £83,446 (1874%)
Employees
18
up 4 (29%)
Debt Ratio
78%
Current Ratio
1.1x
Return on Equity
-20%

Trend

Net Assets
£0 £200k £400k £600k 2019 2021 2022 £295,915 £424,814 £382,901
Balance sheet detail
202220212019
Fixed Assets£211,467£197,394£148,757
Current Assets£1,569,120£3,121,052£2,629,116
Debtors£880,699£1,150,023£1,601,068
Cash£472,706£1,890,062£956,347
Creditors (< 1 year)£1,375,296£2,871,708£2,458,255
Creditors (> 1 year)£5,220£708£5,980
Net Current Assets£193,824£249,344£170,861
Net Assets£382,901£424,814£295,915
Shareholder Funds£382,901£424,814£295,915
Turnover£3,072,828
Cost of Sales£875,833
Gross Profit£2,196,995
Admin Expenses£2,235,988
Operating Profit£171,180
Profit Before Tax(£87,900)(£4,454)£198,311
Tax(£4,044)£7,085£30,280
Profit for Period(£76,913)(£12,846)£168,031

Filings 350

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
6 October 2026Appointment of a director
5 October 2026Termination of appointment of a director
4 June 2026Accounts for a small company31 December 2025
19 May 2026Appointment of a director
18 May 2026Termination of appointment of a director
Show all 350 filings

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