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Company No. 04567610 · Incorporated 18 Oct 2002

Hay House UK Limited

Registered name: HAY HOUSE UK LIMITED

Part of Bertelsmann UK Limited group

Hay House UK Limited made £15.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Hay House UK Limited’s revenue grew 57% to £15.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 35 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 publishingSIC 58190Other publishing activitiesSIC 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
23 yrs · since 2002
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
£15.6m
Growth ▲57.2%
Profit
£2m
Growth —
Profit margin
13%
Gross 41.5%
Employees
35
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£57.8k
Revenue/employee £444k
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 to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£9.9m£9.9m£15.6m
Cost of sales£6.4m£6.9m£9.1m
Gross profit£3.5m£3m£6.4m
Operating profit£472k−£124k£2.9m
Profit before tax£472k−£145k£2.9m
Profit after tax£233k−£24k£2m
Profit (best available)£233k−£24k£2m
Staff costs£2.2m£2.6m£3.2m
Employees (average)363535
Ratios
Profit margin2.4%−0.2%13%
Gross margin35.6%30.7%41.5%
Revenue per employee£274k£283k£444k
Profit per employee£6.5k−£685£57.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲0.2%▲57.2%
Profit growth—▼110.3%—
Headcount growth—▼2.8%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£183k£518k£333k
Net assets£3.9m£3.9m£4.4m
Fixed assets£48.1k£96.6k£81.9k
Current assets£6.8m£7.9m£9.7m
Debtors£3.4m£1.6m£2.8m
Deferred income£453k£1m£1.3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
13%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
41.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£444k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£57.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
17.8%
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
▲13%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
▼36%
Now £333k
Headcount
0%
Now 35
Deferred income
▲25%
Now £1.3m
Fixed assets
▼15%
Now £81.9k

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. Hay House UK Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (18)

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 £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026

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