# Virgin Books Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02621654](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02621654)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 18 Jun 1991
- **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

- Virgin Publishing Limited (until 4 Sep 2001)
- Myrealm Limited (until 24 Jul 1991)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELDON, Thomas Daryl | director | 1 Jul 2013 |  |
| GARDINER, Mark William | director | 2 Mar 2007 |  |
| HUDSON, Ian Michael | director | 2 Mar 2007 | 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, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £4,095,078 | £11,220,085 | 7 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £6,240,333 | £10,717,305 | 7 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £5,349,518 | £9,314,545 | 7 |



## Owned by

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



## Controls

- [W.H. Allen General Books Limited](/company/02240908) (02240908)



## Directors' other companies

- [GARDINER, Mark William](/person/6244031) - director at [Hutchinson Childrens Books Limited](/company/00228198)
- [GARDINER, Mark William](/person/6244031) - director at [Hutchinson & Co.(publishers)limited](/company/00139953)
- [GARDINER, Mark William](/person/6244031) - director at [Century Hutchinson Publishing Limited](/company/00182886)
- [GARDINER, Mark William](/person/6244031) - director at [Century Publishing Co Limited](/company/01612358)
- [GARDINER, Mark William](/person/6244031) - director at [PRH International Services Limited](/company/01177275)
- [GARDINER, Mark William](/person/6244031) - director at [Hutchinson Books Limited](/company/00233501)
- [WELDON, Thomas Daryl](/person/6243996) - director at [Hutchinson & Co.(publishers)limited](/company/00139953)
- [WELDON, Thomas Daryl](/person/6243996) - director at [Century Hutchinson Publishing Limited](/company/00182886)
- [WELDON, Thomas Daryl](/person/6243996) - director at [Century Publishing Co Limited](/company/01612358)
- [WELDON, Thomas Daryl](/person/6243996) - director at [PRH International Services Limited](/company/01177275)



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