# The Book Service Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00453161](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00453161)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 26 Apr 1948
- **Registered office:** 20 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SW1V 2SA
- **Nature of business:** [52103](/sic/52103) Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
- **Corporate group:** [Bertelsmann UK Limited](/group/10228) (123 companies)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Ian Michael | director | 13 May 1998 | 31 Oct 2008 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Random House Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £42,610,130 | £745,060 | 525 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £46,468,918 | £6,635,440 | 541 |



## Owned by

The Book Service Limited → [The Random House Group Limited](/company/00954009) → [Penguin Random House Limited](/company/00734421) → [Bertelsmann UK Limited](/company/03185285)



## Controls

- [Bounce! Sales & Marketing Limited](/company/04365005) (04365005)