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Company No. 02904972 · Incorporated 4 Mar 1994

Quadrille Publishing Limited

Registered name: QUADRILLE PUBLISHING LIMITED

Part of Bertelsmann UK Limited group

Quadrille Publishing Limited made £18m revenue and £569k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Quadrille Publishing Limited’s revenue was £18m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £569k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 58110Book publishing
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
32 yrs · since 1994
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£18m
Growth —
Profit
£569k
Growth —
Profit margin
3.2%
Gross 44.3%
Employees
39
Change —
Profit / employee
£14.6k
Revenue/employee £462k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£17.9m£25.6m£18m
Cost of sales£9.9m£16m£10m
Gross profit£8m£9.5m£8m
Operating profit£1.5m−£1.9m£996k
Profit before tax£1.5m−£2m£758k
Profit after tax£1.2m−£1.5m£569k
Profit (best available)£1.2m−£1.5m£569k
Staff costs£2.7m£5.3m£3.3m
Employees (average)566039
Ratios
Profit margin6.6%−5.9%3.2%
Gross margin44.5%37.3%44.3%
Revenue per employee£320k£426k£462k
Profit per employee£21k−£25.3k£14.6k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£528k£2.1m—
Net assets£5.6m£4.1m£4.7m
Fixed assets£421k£0£0
Current assets£9.4m£13.1m£12.5m
Deferred income£562k£2.3m£2.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
44.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£462k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£14.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
11.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £4.7m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
—
Now 39
Deferred income
—
Now £2.2m
Fixed assets
—
Now £0

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bertelsmann UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Penguin Random House Limited75–100%
  3. The Random House Group Limited75–100%
  4. Quadrille Publishing Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (39)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £569k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026

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