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Company description
HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 7 March 1960; registered for 66 years; registered office reported in LONDON. Its primary declared activity is 58110 · Book publishing.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 5 PSC records, 30 trade marks, 1 procurement record. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED
- Company number
- 00651692
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 12 total · 0 outstanding · 12 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
30 September 2025Next statement due
14 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 17 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £14,257,315
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £877,984
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £687,344
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £4,272,114
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 5.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 7.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
The industry norm for UK Publishing/printing/Bind are end of month plus 90 days.
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our standard terms for goods and services are 30 days from date of invoice. We pay proforma, deposits and events invoices immediately.
- Dispute resolution process
Disputed invoices are referred to the relevant buyer to resolve by way of a credit or ultimately accept the additional costs against whatever actual goods/services were provided.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 58.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay30.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay25.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 56.0 average days to pay33.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay34.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Registration Z7274671
- Registered from
- 23 October 2002
- Current end date
- 22 October 2026
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
SCEPTRE
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 12 April 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 April 2027
BAKE ME A STORY
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 24 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 November 2026
CORONET
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 4 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 November 2026
PIRA
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 3 August 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 August 2026
WREN & ROOK
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 6 June 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 June 2026
PAT-A-CAKE
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 2 June 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 June 2026
TWO ROADS
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 23 June 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 June 2020
SALTYARD BOOKS
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2019
ENCHANTED WORLD
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 August 2018
ENCHANTED WOOD
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 August 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 August 2018
Enid Blyton's ENCHANTED WORLD
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 16,41
- Filed / designated
- 30 July 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 July 2018
FAMOUS 5 - ON THE CASE
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,11,16,18,20,22,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 18 April 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 April 2018
FAMOUS 5 ON THE CASE
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,11,16,18,20,22,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 18 April 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 April 2018
Michel Thomas method
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 13 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 April 2027
Enid Blyton's Enchanted World
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 September 2006
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 September 2026
Figurative mark
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 22 May 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 May 2023
HORRiD HENRY
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,25,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 22 May 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 May 2023
teach yourself
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 2 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 October 2022
exam.net
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,41
- Filed / designated
- 16 April 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 April 2022
SUPERPHONICS
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2020
TEACH YOURSELF
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 10 May 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 May 2019
THE LAND OF FAR BEYOND
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 22 December 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 December 2027
ENID BLYTON
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 6 November 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 November 2026
THE SECRET SEVEN
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 6 November 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 November 2026
TEACH YOURSELF
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 25 July 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 July 2026
THE FAMOUS FIVE
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 3,11
- Filed / designated
- 2 September 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 September 2025
Figurative mark
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 9 August 1995
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 August 2025
TEACH YOURSELF
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 12 May 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 May 2020
ty
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 24 February 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 February 2019
SCEPTRE
Owner Hodder & Stoughton Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 17 June 1986
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 June 2027
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Louis Hachette Group Sa
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Country registered
- France
- Legal authority
- Eu Law
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- N/A
- Registration number
- N/A
- Notified
- 16 December 2024
Hachette Uk (Holdings) Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom Law
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02020713
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Hachette Uk Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom Law
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02020173
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Lagardère Sa
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- France
- Legal authority
- Eu Law
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- N/A
- Registration number
- N/A
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Vivendi Se
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- France
- Legal authority
- Eu Law
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- N/A
- Registration number
- N/A
- Notified
- 1 December 2023
- Ceased
- 16 December 2024
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
1 procurement process linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2027-09-30
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.