The Paperback Shop.co.uk Ltd
Registered name: THE PAPERBACK SHOP.CO.UK LTD
Part of The Paperback Shop.Co.Uk Eot Limited As Trustee Of The Paperback Shop.Co.Uk Employee Ownership Trust groupThe Paperback Shop.co.uk Ltd does not publish its revenue or profit. Its accounts to 31 Jan 2026 show net assets of -£167k.
The Paperback Shop.co.uk Ltd 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 Jan 2026 showed net assets of −£167k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Fairford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fairford, South West
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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
Revenue not disclosed
The Paperback Shop.co.uk Ltd’s accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 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
- −£167k
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Cash at bank | £200 | £2.2k | £2.2k | £1.6k |
| Net assets | −£367k | −£167k | −£167k | −£167k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 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 −£167k
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £1.6k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Paperback Shop.Co.Uk Eot Limited As Trustee Of The Paperback Shop.Co.Uk Employee Ownership Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- The Paperback Shop.co.uk Eot Ltd75–100%
- The Paperback Shop.co.uk Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Pbshop.co.uk LimitedRev. £21m · Profit £705k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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