Cogbooks Limited

ActiveSC277108 Private limited company
Incorporated
7 December 2004 (21 years)
Industry
Other business support service activities n.e.c. (82990)
Owned by
The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, Acting Through Its Department Cambridge University Press
Accounts type
Full
Region
Scotland
Address
Building 1
9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY

Filing status

Accounts due
30 April 2027
Last accounts
31 July 2025
Conf. stmt due
2 January 2027
Last conf. stmt
19 December 2025

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
1

Officers 2 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 6 September 2021
British
Born March 1963 (63)
Director · Appointed 6 September 2021
British
Born February 1978 (48)
Officer history (23 former)
18 December 2024
Resigned Bennett, Chris as Director
31 July 2024
Resigned Sambaiah, Vivek as Director
13 October 2023
Resigned Rebne, Nicholas as Director
22 September 2023
Resigned Thompson, James Hedley as Director
6 September 2021
Resigned Mbm Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary
6 September 2021
Appointed Watson, Andrew John as Director
6 September 2021
Appointed Rebne, Nicholas as Director
6 September 2021
Appointed Bennett, Chris as Director
6 September 2021
Resigned Mindlin, Jeff as Director
6 September 2021
Appointed Smith, Rodrick Houghton as Director
6 September 2021
Resigned Regier, Philip as Director
6 September 2021
Resigned Newman, Isabel Jane as Director
15 December 2020
Appointed Mindlin, Jeff as Director
15 October 2020
Resigned Valenta, Marcel as Director
30 December 2019
Appointed Newman, Isabel Jane as Director
30 December 2019
Resigned Gray, Benjamin John Howard as Director
30 December 2019
Resigned Clark, Donald Mackenzie as Director
30 December 2019
Appointed Regier, Philip as Director
30 December 2019
Appointed Valenta, Marcel as Director
1 March 2019
Resigned Elstub, Nathan Mark as Director
29 March 2018
Appointed Gray, Benjamin John Howard as Director
29 March 2018
Resigned Cornick, Tully Robinson as Director
28 March 2018
Resigned Gray, Benjamin John Howard as Director
28 March 2018
Appointed Cornick, Tully Robinson as Director
25 January 2018
Resigned Mcghee, Brian William Craighead as Director
21 September 2016
Appointed Mcghee, Brian William Craighead as Director
21 September 2016
Resigned Ritchie, Ian Cleland as Director
2 June 2016
Appointed Elstub, Nathan Mark as Director
2 June 2016
Appointed Gray, Benjamin John Howard as Director
2 June 2016
Resigned Newman, Isabel Jane as Director
30 October 2015
Appointed Newman, Isabel Jane as Director
16 September 2015
Resigned Marshall, Ian Paul as Director
20 May 2015
Resigned Mead, Matthew Sidney as Director
18 December 2014
Appointed Marshall, Ian Paul as Director
12 December 2014
Resigned Reynard, Martin, Dr as Director
23 July 2014
Resigned Togneri, Martin Peter as Director
23 July 2014
Appointed Reynard, Martin, Dr as Director
23 July 2014
Appointed Mead, Matthew Sidney as Director
23 July 2014
Appointed Sambaiah, Vivek as Director
18 January 2013
Appointed Ritchie, Ian Cleland as Director
18 January 2013
Appointed Togneri, Martin Peter as Director
18 January 2013
Appointed Clark, Donald Mackenzie as Director
15 September 2006
Appointed Mbm Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary
15 September 2006
Resigned Mbm Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary
6 January 2005
Appointed Thompson, James Hedley as Director
6 January 2005
Resigned Mbm Board Nominees Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
7 December 2004
Appointed Mbm Board Nominees Limited as Corporate Nominee Director
7 December 2004
Appointed Mbm Secretarial Services Limited as Corporate Secretary

Ownership 1 active

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

The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, Acting Through Its Department Cambridge University Press
Corporate entity · Notified 6 September 2021
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Common Law Corporation
Former controllers (6)
6 September 2021
Ceased Nesta GP Limited As General Partner of the Nesta Impact Investments 1 Limited Partnership — Has significant influence or control
6 September 2021
Ceased Asu Enterprise Partners — Owns 25–50% of shares
6 September 2021
Ceased Scottish Enterprise — Has significant influence or control
6 September 2021
Ceased D.C. Thomson & Company Limited — Has significant influence or control
30 December 2019
Ceased James Hedley Thompson — Owns 25–50% of shares
30 December 2019
Ceased Nesta Investment Management LLP — Has significant influence or control

Financials

Net Assets
£1,482,491
up £4,490,025 (149%)
Cash
£777,130
up £662,027 (575%)
Employees
8
no change
Debt Ratio
31%
Current Ratio
1.5x
Balance sheet detail
2019
Fixed Assets£1,140,502
Current Assets£1,013,242
Debtors£236,112
Cash£777,130
Creditors (< 1 year)£666,253
Creditors (> 1 year)£5,000
Net Current Assets£346,989
Net Assets£1,482,491
Shareholder Funds£1,482,491

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
19 December 2025Confirmation statement with no updates19 December 2025
18 December 2025Full accounts31 July 2025
28 February 2025Second filing for the termination of a director
30 January 2025Termination of appointment of a director
30 January 2025Confirmation statement with no updates19 December 2024
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