Open Access Book Collective
Registered name: OPEN ACCESS BOOK COLLECTIVE
Open Access Book Collective made £39.7k revenue in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Open Access Book Collective’s revenue was £39.7k in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other membership organizations” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 18 Dec 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1k | £19.8k | £44.5k | £39.7k |
| Gross profit | £9.4k | £161k | £273k | £329k |
| Profit before tax | £7.4k | £38.4k | £93.2k | — |
| Profit after tax | £6k | — | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | £6k | £38.4k | £93.2k | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 83.8% | 193.7% | 209.6% | — |
| Gross margin | 132.3% | 810.4% | 612.9% | 828.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £19.8k | £22.2k | £19.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £38.4k | £46.6k | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £6k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £8.6k | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 828.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025, from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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