Hachette Boardgames UK Limited
Registered name: HACHETTE BOARDGAMES UK LIMITED
Part of Hachette Livre Sa groupHachette Boardgames UK Limited made £1.2m revenue and a £261k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Hachette Boardgames UK Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £261k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £393k | £987k | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£323k | −£765k | −£1.1m |
| Gross profit | £69.8k | £221k | £149k |
| Operating profit | −£163k | −£108k | −£251k |
| Profit before tax | −£171k | −£169k | −£338k |
| Profit after tax | −£138k | −£109k | −£261k |
| Profit (best available) | −£138k | −£109k | −£261k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −35.1% | −11.1% | −21.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 22.4% | 12.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £247k | £206k |
| Profit per employee | −£46.1k | −£27.3k | −£43.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲150.9% | ▲25.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £206k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£43.5k
- 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
- ▲50%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hachette Livre Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Hachette Boardgames UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (17)
- Andre Deutsch LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Carlton Books LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hachette Partworks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hachette UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Headline Publishing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Catt Educational LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kogan Page LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laurence King Publishing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Little, Brown Book Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Octopus Publishing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quercus Editions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Summersdale Publishers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Orion Publishing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welbeck Children's LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welbeck Fiction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welbeck Non-Fiction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Welbeck Publishing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£261k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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