Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Registered name: MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LIMITED
Part of Michael O'Mara Holdings Limited groupMichael O'Mara Books Limited made £9.3m revenue and a £6.2m loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Michael O'Mara Books Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £9.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £6.2m and 56 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, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.3m | £9.3m | £9.2m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £4.7m | −£4.8m | −£5.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £4.6m | £4.4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£48.9k | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | £993k | £404k | £444k | −£6.2m |
| Profit after tax | £844k | £275k | £340k | −£6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £844k | £275k | £340k | −£6.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 62 | 62 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 2.9% | 3.7% | −66.6% |
| Gross margin | 50.6% | 49.5% | 47.5% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £151k | £149k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | £14.5k | £4.4k | £5.5k | −£110k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼1.4% | ▲0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼67.4% | ▲23.6% | ▼1915% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.9% | 0% | ▼9.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £991k | — | — |
| Net assets | £11.8m | £12.1m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £12.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.9m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −66.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£110k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Michael O'Mara Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Michael O'Mara Books Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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