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the random house group limited Company Information

Company Number

00954009

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Directors

Mark Gardiner

Thomas Weldon

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Shareholders

penguin random house limited

Group Structure

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Industry

Book publishing

Registered Address

one embassy gardens, 8 viaduct gardens, london, SW11 7BW

Website

thewritersacademy.co.uk

the random house group limited Estimated Valuation

£347.5m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED at £347.5m based on a Turnover of £262.3m and 1.32x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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The Random House Group Limited is a live company located in london, SW11 7BW with a Companies House number of 00954009. It operates in the book publishing sector, SIC Code 58110. Founded in May 1969, it's largest shareholder is penguin random house limited with a 100% stake. The Random House Group Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £262.3m with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded The Random House Group Limited a 4.5 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 6 measures and has 4 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating4.5out of 5

6 Strong

2 Regular

4 Weak

Size

annual sales of £262.3m, make it larger than the average company (£2.2m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 5%, show it is growing at a faster rate (4%)

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The Random House Group Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £262.3 million and the company has net assets of £106.2 million. According to their latest financial statements, The Random House Group Limited has 1,576 employees and maintains cash reserves of £877.4 thousand as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	262,304,038	231,644,201	212,378,804	224,249,848	211,433,240	200,811,701	217,067,363	189,223,517	217,488,923	208,317,838	238,921,091	284,882,434	227,025,027	227,332,145	221,593,643
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales	122,962,987	113,138,221	94,958,925	94,619,124	92,549,105	35,781,239	38,651,565	36,057,166	42,184,565	40,571,235	125,705,669	150,785,247	118,208,437	120,227,384
Gross Profit	139,341,051	118,505,980	117,419,879	129,630,724	118,884,135	165,030,462	178,415,798	153,166,351	175,304,358	167,746,603	113,215,422	134,097,187	108,816,590	107,104,761
Admin Expenses	105,480,036	79,261,777	91,427,544	93,847,844	92,490,114	135,533,468	155,312,429	131,216,579	150,663,080	142,755,379	80,100,817	80,522,999	75,001,205	73,255,753	-33,481,379
Operating Profit	33,861,015	39,244,203	25,992,335	35,782,880	26,394,021	29,496,994	23,103,369	21,949,772	24,641,278	24,991,224	33,114,605	53,574,188	33,815,385	33,849,008	33,481,379
Interest Payable	4,508,277	1,373,272	1,181,160	2,931,706	5,333,793	7,898,181	3,989,667	3,892,528	2,778,521	1,133,529	424,061		1,101	10	8,511
Interest Receivable	4,429,000	1,338,288	264,990	666,424	1,277,210	600,089	107	366,293		1,179,194	87,003	194,044	379,426	439,029	667,189
Pre-Tax Profit	29,249,949	38,942,242	105,584,345	165,232,342	39,480,574	34,359,625	42,347,137	37,187,486	-47,027,489	27,955,764	45,348,793	56,121,148	36,585,022	44,190,702	32,573,885
Tax	-8,759,807	-7,006,639	-6,886,586	-2,044,102	-5,068,197	-5,504,582	-3,453,561	-4,681,920	-4,046,984	-4,906,333	-6,493,087	-12,585,485	-8,554,421	-7,263,045	-8,853,826
Profit After Tax	20,490,142	31,935,603	98,697,759	163,188,240	34,412,377	28,855,043	38,893,576	32,505,566	-51,074,473	23,049,431	38,855,706	43,535,663	28,030,601	36,927,657	23,720,059
Dividends Paid					45,000,000	54,000,000			52,000,000	10,000,000	46,000,000	29,000,000	100,000,000	35,000,000	23,000,000
Retained Profit	20,490,142	31,935,603	98,697,759	163,188,240	-10,587,623	-25,144,957	38,893,576	32,505,566	-103,074,473	13,049,431	-7,144,294	14,535,663	-71,969,399	1,927,657	720,059
Employee Costs	96,047,502	87,699,433	64,876,419	65,627,134	62,325,219	60,592,174	59,637,263	60,998,430	49,330,325	46,070,333	48,691,546	42,942,786	38,743,916	35,684,986	35,660,955
Number Of Employees	1,576	986	1,061	1,109	1,063	1,074	1,069	975	788	731	683	659	633	592	605
EBITDA*	41,104,071	46,279,203	33,866,952	45,544,020	34,793,670	38,168,069	30,214,348	24,607,578	28,656,574	27,998,191	35,662,491	57,175,457	36,630,833	36,745,050	36,034,399

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	36,377,776	34,773,632	38,718,104	45,748,059	48,733,773	31,880,063	31,415,322	32,109,366	34,585,476	40,368,098	38,775,323	38,172,855	40,870,424	43,092,770	44,506,035
Intangible Assets	23,512,294	26,178,495	3,801,714	5,591,101	10,410,796	12,926,590	18,060,456	16,382,299	9,428,057
Investments & Other	32,750,481	20,691,981	20,958,981	162,181,062	220,515,660	221,533,819	227,025,820	198,086,411	179,670,337	245,407,833	210,063,641	51,477,808	50,296,955	52,707,397	34,995,640
Debtors (Due After 1 year)					28,524,343	40,859,925	20,064,543
Total Fixed Assets	92,640,551	81,644,108	63,478,799	213,520,222	308,184,572	307,200,397	296,566,141	246,578,076	223,683,870	285,775,931	248,838,964	89,650,663	91,167,379	95,800,167	79,501,675
Stock & work in progress	13,026,554	14,708,346	13,675,023	11,691,713	12,386,403	10,288,195	10,013,164	9,240,824	10,258,150	10,782,668	12,154,275	13,286,239	14,444,036	15,236,602	15,158,477
Trade Debtors	3,145,097	7,734,596	3,931,893	1,146,515	3,820,234	3,533,260	2,707,041	3,584,591	4,012,836	4,590,046	878,771	498,285	641,774	708,350	1,140,078
Group Debtors	205,451,870	173,386,998	219,405,990	198,492,422	117,018,912	104,787,986	126,491,092	70,655,851	79,181,470	57,063,079	111,321,011	152,890,057	120,022,419	195,152,520	187,041,003
Misc Debtors	73,314,890	65,771,057	59,926,150	56,596,317	10,560,107	13,086,245	17,763,432	6,525,691	8,781,882	7,480,190	6,230,626	8,270,283	5,969,307	6,358,296	2,945,194
Cash	877,423	956,286	206,478	3,821,105	158,852	2,460,025	237,750	1,195,388	823,794	21,979,534	2,315,273	387,016	379,836	795,424	34,877
misc current assets	98,949,000	88,307,945	48,699,050	8,283,423	34,786,043	39,061,230	36,057,530	55,031,745	44,604,965	37,202,183	37,223,865	24,819,881	31,653,299	36,898,817	46,817,680
total current assets	394,764,834	350,865,228	345,844,584	280,031,495	178,730,551	173,216,941	193,270,009	146,234,090	147,663,097	139,097,700	170,123,821	200,151,761	173,110,671	255,150,009	253,137,309
total assets	487,405,385	432,509,336	409,323,383	493,551,717	486,915,123	480,417,338	489,836,150	392,812,166	371,346,967	424,873,631	418,962,785	289,802,424	264,278,050	350,950,176	332,638,984
Bank overdraft												478,319
Bank loan
Trade Creditors	5,593,192	5,712,216	13,092,983	20,938,380	55,376,085	53,627,200	64,971,843	67,898,462	65,367,270	57,787,747	57,260,851	66,987,986	39,071,399	42,455,753	23,868,212
Group/Directors Accounts	177,400,026	69,933,574	19,804,790	20,686,900	198,710,429	184,871,076	182,341,089	149,120,234	139,916,192	94,846,019	96,709,919	11,658,141	12,080,662	12,309,283	12,210,217
other short term finances
hp & lease commitments	6,998,282	6,912,811	4,710,566	5,502,216	410,318
other current liabilities	96,991,287	106,027,898	76,609,655	80,240,031	33,503,467	29,442,365	22,855,257	23,430,032	48,434,167	54,165,580	55,846,497	66,097,251	70,849,609	78,972,151	75,874,119
total current liabilities	286,982,787	188,586,499	114,217,994	127,367,527	288,000,299	267,940,641	270,168,189	240,448,728	253,717,629	206,799,346	209,817,267	145,221,697	122,001,670	133,737,187	111,952,548
loans
hp & lease commitments	35,414,397	41,431,152	41,435,819	45,308,157	14,233,195
Accruals and Deferred Income	2,204,751
other liabilities	9,475,730	7,031,815	8,829,968	8,127,569	6,672,519	7,534,664
provisions	47,110,846	37,400,180	28,896,380	22,017,503	32,485,503	34,483,725	38,206,580	7,221,063	4,804,602	3,820,736	3,475,000	3,904,345	4,940,181		6,157,305
total long term liabilities	94,205,724	85,863,147	79,162,167	75,453,229	53,391,217	42,018,389	38,206,580	25,022,300	7,132,416	16,943,136	14,552,600	32,842,485	30,950,931	28,466,681	40,651,785
total liabilities	381,188,511	274,449,646	193,380,161	202,820,756	341,391,516	309,959,030	308,374,769	265,471,028	260,850,045	223,742,482	224,369,867	178,064,182	152,952,601	162,203,868	152,604,333
net assets	106,216,874	158,059,690	215,943,222	290,730,961	145,523,607	170,458,308	181,461,381	127,341,138	110,496,922	201,131,149	194,592,918	111,738,242	111,325,449	188,746,308	180,034,651
total shareholders funds	106,216,874	158,059,690	215,943,222	290,730,961	145,523,607	170,458,308	181,461,381	127,341,138	110,496,922	201,131,149	194,592,918	111,738,242	111,325,449	188,746,308	180,034,651

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	33,861,015	39,244,203	25,992,335	35,782,880	26,394,021	29,496,994	23,103,369	21,949,772	24,641,278	24,991,224	33,114,605	53,574,188	33,815,385	33,849,008	33,481,379
Depreciation	2,202,890	1,954,350	4,569,443	4,750,625	3,335,500	2,354,912	2,272,500	2,657,806	4,015,296	3,006,967	2,547,886	3,601,269	2,815,448	2,896,042	2,458,281
Amortisation	5,040,166	5,080,650	3,305,174	5,010,515	5,064,149	6,316,163	4,838,479								94,739
Tax	-8,759,807	-7,006,639	-6,886,586	-2,044,102	-5,068,197	-5,504,582	-3,453,561	-4,681,920	-4,046,984	-4,906,333	-6,493,087	-12,585,485	-8,554,421	-7,263,045	-8,853,826
Stock	-1,681,792	1,033,323	1,983,310	-694,690	2,098,208	275,031	772,340	-1,017,326	-524,518	-1,371,607	-1,131,964	-1,157,797	-792,566	78,125	15,158,477
Debtors	35,019,206	-36,371,382	27,028,779	96,311,658	-2,343,820	-4,758,692	86,259,975	-11,210,055	22,842,873	-49,297,093	-43,228,217	35,025,125	-75,585,666	11,092,891	191,126,275
Creditors	-119,024	-7,380,767	-7,845,397	-34,437,705	1,748,885	-11,344,643	-2,926,619	2,531,192	7,579,523	526,896	-9,727,135	27,916,587	-3,384,354	18,587,541	23,868,212
Accruals and Deferred Income	-6,831,860	29,418,243	-3,630,376	46,736,564	4,061,102	6,587,108	-574,775	-25,004,135	-5,731,413	-1,680,917	-10,250,754	-4,752,358	-8,122,542	3,098,032	75,874,119
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	9,710,666	8,503,800	6,878,877	-10,468,000	-1,998,222	-3,722,855	30,985,517	2,416,461	983,866	345,736	-429,345	-1,035,836	4,940,181	-6,157,305	6,157,305
Cash flow from operations	1,766,632	105,151,899	-6,628,619	-50,286,191	33,782,850	28,666,758	-32,787,405	12,096,557	5,123,211	72,952,273	53,122,351	32,851,037	97,887,929	33,839,257	-73,204,543
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-6,180,999	-25,467,309	944,725	-1,955,731	-22,737,565	-4,001,950	-8,095,092	-7,135,938	-7,660,731	447,726	11,935,288	-585,169	-593,102	-1,482,777	-47,059,055
Change in Investments	12,058,500	-267,000	-141,222,081	-58,334,598	-1,018,159	-5,492,001	28,939,409	18,416,074	-65,737,496	35,344,192	158,585,833	1,180,853	-2,410,442	17,711,757	34,995,640
cash flow from investments	-18,239,499	-25,200,309	142,166,806	56,378,867	-21,719,406	1,490,051	-37,034,501	-25,552,012	58,076,765	-34,896,466	-146,650,545	-1,766,022	1,817,340	-19,194,534	-82,054,695
Financing Activities
Bank loans
Group/Directors Accounts	107,466,452	50,128,784	-882,110	-178,023,529	13,839,353	2,529,987	33,220,855	9,204,042	45,070,173	-1,863,900	85,051,778	-422,521	-228,621	99,066	12,210,217
Other Short Term Loans
Long term loans
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	-5,931,284	2,197,578	-4,663,988	36,166,860	14,643,513
other long term liabilities	2,443,915	-1,798,153	702,399	1,455,050	-862,145	7,534,664
share issue	-72,332,958	-89,819,135	-173,485,498	-17,980,886	-14,347,078	14,141,884	15,226,667	-15,661,350	12,440,246	-6,511,200	89,998,970	-14,122,870	-5,451,460	6,784,000	179,314,592
interest	-79,277	-34,984	-916,170	-2,265,282	-4,056,583	-7,298,092	-3,989,560	-3,526,235	-2,778,521	45,665	-337,058	194,044	378,325	439,019	658,678
cash flow from financing	31,566,848	-39,325,910	-179,245,367	-160,647,787	9,217,060	16,908,443	44,457,962	-9,983,543	54,731,898	-8,329,435	174,713,690	-14,351,347	-5,301,756	7,322,085	192,183,487
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-78,863	749,808	-3,614,627	3,662,253	-2,301,173	2,222,275	-957,638	371,594	-21,155,740	19,664,261	1,928,257	7,180	-415,588	760,547	34,877
overdraft											-478,319	478,319
change in cash	-78,863	749,808	-3,614,627	3,662,253	-2,301,173	2,222,275	-957,638	371,594	-21,155,740	19,664,261	2,406,576	-471,139	-415,588	760,547	34,877

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THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED group structure

The Random House Group Limited has 39 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

BERTELSMANN SE & CO KGAA

#0000191

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LIMITED

00734421

2 parents

THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED

00954009

39 subsidiaries

CENTURY HUTCHINSON PUBLISHING LIMITED

00182886

QUADRILLE PUBLISHING LIMITED

02904972

SINCLAIR-STEVENSON LIMITED

02213096

T.WERNER LAURIE,LIMITED

00395311

RANDOM HOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED

00280357

TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LIMITED

00485183

BUSINESS BOOKS LIMITED

01200665

JONATHAN CAPE,LIMITED

00195767

CRESSET PRESS LIMITED(THE)

00217898

CORGI BOOKS LIMITED

00854923

CENTURY BENHAM LIMITED

00619012

HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED

00121474

CENTURY PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED

01612358

CHATTO AND WINDUS LIMITED

00518601

TAMARIND LIMITED

02057197

HOGARTH PRESS LIMITED(THE)

00431075

CAROUSEL BOOKS LIMITED

01291059

HAMMOND,HAMMOND AND COMPANY,LIMITED

00104511

STANLEY PAUL & CO LIMITED

00230905

MARTIN SECKER AND WARBURG LIMITED

00311333

VIRGIN BOOKS LIMITED

02621654

MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY (EDINBURGH) LIMITED

SC064650

PLANE TREE PUBLISHERS LIMITED

00144532

HUTCHINSON BOOKS LIMITED

00233501

WOODLANDS BOOKS LIMITED

05332629

HUTCHINSON & CO.(PUBLISHERS)LIMITED

00139953

HURST & BLACKETT LIMITED

00558134

HUTCHINSON CHILDRENS BOOKS LIMITED

00228198

THE HARVILL PRESS LIMITED

02984094

BARRIE & JENKINS LIMITED

00081918

BELLEW & HIGTON PUBLISHERS LIMITED

00145450

CENTURY HUTCHINSON LIMITED

01891425

RANDOM HOUSE UK VENTURES LIMITED

00066978

BANTAM BOOKS LIMITED

00453926

JACKDAW PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

00865613

RANDOM HOUSE PROPERTIES LIMITED

00209350

BODLEY HEAD LIMITED(THE)

00323879

THE BOOK SERVICE LIMITED

00453161

BARTLETT BLISS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

01505724

THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED Shareholders

penguin random house limited

100%

The Random House Group Limited currently has 4 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Mark Gardiner (Jul 2000) and Mr Thomas Weldon (Jul 2013).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr Mark Gardiner		64 years	Jul 2000	-	Director
Mr Thomas Weldon	United Kingdom	61 years	Jul 2013	-	Director
Mr Robert Waddington	United Kingdom	55 years	Jan 2017	-	Director
Mr Nihar Malaviya	United Kingdom	50 years	Jan 2023	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

262.3m

+13%

operating profit

33.9m

-14%

gross margin

53.2%

+3.84%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

106.2m

-0.33%

total assets

487.4m

+0.13%

cash

877.4k

-0.08%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

58110 - Book publishing

incorporation date

May 1969

ultimate parent company

BERTELSMANN SE & CO KGAA

previous names

random house uk limited (July 1999)

the random century group limited (May 1992)

address

one embassy gardens, 8 viaduct gardens, london, SW11 7BW

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