# The Random House Group Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00954009](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00954009)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 12 May 1969
- **Registered office:** ONE EMBASSY GARDENS, 8 VIADUCT GARDENS, LONDON, SW11 7BW
- **Nature of business:** [58110](/sic/58110) Book publishing
- **Corporate group:** [Bertelsmann UK Limited](/group/10228) (90 companies)


## Previous names

- Random House UK Limited (until 2 Jul 1999)
- The Random Century Group Limited (until 27 May 1992)
- Random House U.K. Ltd (until 6 Nov 1989)
- Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head & Jonathan Cape Ltd (until 1 Feb 1988)
- Chatto, Bodley Head & Jonathan Cape Limited (until 1 Jan 1985)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Ian Michael | director | 1 Aug 1997 | 31 Oct 2008 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Random House 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 | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £274,803,594 | £111,358,471 | £193,451 | 1616 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £255,133,870 | £109,851,570 | £196,339 | 1576 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £262,304,038 | £106,216,874 | £877,423 | 1523 |



## Owned by

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



## Controls

- [Arrow Books Limited](/company/00385500) (00385500)
- [Bantam Books Limited](/company/00453926) (00453926)
- [Barrie & Jenkins Limited](/company/00081918) (00081918)
- [Bartlett Bliss Productions Limited](/company/01505724) (01505724)
- [Bellew & Higton Publishers Limited](/company/00145450) (00145450)
- [Bodley Head Limited(the)](/company/00323879) (00323879)
- [Business Books Limited](/company/01200665) (01200665)
- [Carousel Books Limited](/company/01291059) (01291059)
- [Century Benham Limited](/company/00619012) (00619012)
- [Century Hutchinson Limited](/company/01891425) (01891425)




## Companies at the same address

- [Allen Lane The Penguin Press Limited](/company/00861772) (00861772)
- [Arrow Books Limited](/company/00385500) (00385500)
- [Bantam Books Limited](/company/00453926) (00453926)
- [Barrie & Jenkins Limited](/company/00081918) (00081918)
- [Bartlett Bliss Productions Limited](/company/01505724) (01505724)
- [Bellew & Higton Publishers Limited](/company/00145450) (00145450)
- [Bodley Head Limited(the)](/company/00323879) (00323879)
- [Business Books Limited](/company/01200665) (01200665)
- [Carousel Books Limited](/company/01291059) (01291059)
- [Century Benham Limited](/company/00619012) (00619012)