Hamish Hamilton Limited
Registered name: HAMISH HAMILTON LIMITED
Part of Bertelsmann UK Limited groupHamish Hamilton Limited does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Dec 2025 show net assets of £0.
Hamish Hamilton Limited did not publish its revenue or profit — small companies aren’t required to file a profit & loss account. Its accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 showed net assets of £0 and 0 employees. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 95 yrs · since 1931
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Revenue not disclosed
Hamish Hamilton Limited’s accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 contain a balance sheet but no profit & loss account, so its revenue and profit are not public. UK small and micro-entity companies are not required to publish a P&L — this is normal and says nothing about how the business is performing.
We never estimate revenue. Below you’ll find the balance-sheet figures that were filed — useful as indirect signals of momentum, but they are not revenue or profit.
- Employees
- 0
- Net assets
- £0
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £0
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bertelsmann UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Penguin Random House Limited75–100%
- Penguin Books Limited75–100%
- Hamish Hamilton Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hamish Hamilton Children's Books LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Ladybird Books LimitedRev. £35m · Profit £4.2m
- Frederick Warne & Co LimitedRev. £16.5m · Profit £6.9m
- Ventura Publishing LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit £977k
- Children's Character Books LimitedRev. £881k · Profit −£676k
- Snowman Enterprises LimitedRev. £757k · Profit £541k
- Allen Lane the Penguin Press LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Michael Joseph LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Penguin Pension Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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