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Company description
SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 24 December 1963; registered for 62 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 58110 · Book publishing, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 14 procurement records. 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
- SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED
- Company number
- 00785998
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 14 total · 0 outstanding · 14 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
5 March 2026Next statement due
19 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 34.8%
- Women receiving bonus
- 92.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 92.4%
- Women in top quartile
- 47.8%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 57.5%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 63.1%
- Women in lower quartile
- 67.2%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 49999.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49994.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.3% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499911.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499912.9% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2021 – 30 June 2021
- Filed
- 5 August 2021
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 15.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 120 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
Our standard payment term for our contractual royalty payments is 120 days after a financial year. These payments are annually paid in April.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our most used standard payment terms are 30 days from invoice date for regular vendors.
- Dispute resolution process
Vendors can contact our global support department Globalapsupport@springernature.com
They will answer all questions regarding the status of an invoice/payment and resolve any dispute with payment amounts and deductions received in their bank account.
Any other disputes regarding delivery needs to be resolved with the employee who bought the goods or services.
Earlier payment reports (6 shown)
- 26.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 30.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay57.0% 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.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
Springer Nature Limited
LEI 529900UWX7Y96JFI4281 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 23 December 1963
- Initial LEI registration
- 28 October 2013
- LEI last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Next renewal
- 21 October 2027
- Managing LOU
- 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29
- Other legal names
- MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LIMITED
- Legal address
- The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, GB
- Headquarters address
- The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 529900UWX7Y96JFI4281 to LEI 549300UMNC43HQB3JA96
- Initial registration
- 28 October 2013
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Next renewal
- 21 October 2027
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2024-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 529900UWX7Y96JFI4281 to LEI 549300UMNC43HQB3JA96
- Initial registration
- 28 October 2013
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Next renewal
- 21 October 2027
- Validation sources
- ENTITY_SUPPLIED_ONLY
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2024-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2024-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Springer Nature Limited
Registration Z5845016
- Registered from
- 12 November 2001
- Current end date
- 11 November 2026
- Trading names
- BOXTREE, MACMILLAN ACCOUNTS AND ADMINISTRATION, THE MACMILLAN PRESS, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, MACMILLAN DIGITAL EDUCATION, PAN BOOKSHOPS, GLOBE, PAN MACMILLAN, MACMILLAN DISTRIBUTION, PRIDDY BOOKS, MACMILLAN CARIBBEAN, MACMILLAN SOFTWARE, MACMILLAN INTERACTIVE PUBLISHING, MACMILLAN DIGITAL SCIENCE, MACMILLAN DIRECT, MACMILLAN PRESS, MACMILLAN AUDIO, PAPERMAC, FIGSHARE, NATURE, MACMILLAN JOURNALS, SIDGWICK AND JACKSON, CAMPBELL BOOKS, MACMILLAN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, MACMILLAN, MACMILLAN HEINEMANN ELT, MACMILLAN JOURNALS, PAN, MACMILLAN MAGAZINES, MACMILLAN REFERENCE, MACMILLAN EDUCATION, MACMILLAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, STOCKTON PRESS, PALGRAVE, ONESTOPENGLISH, MACMILLAN OXFORD, PICADOR, SYMPLECTIC
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.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Nature - Editorial And Newsletter Advertising
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-8e52a176-08c2-4054-b439-bc19385bba8e
- Supplier named in award
- Springer Nature Limited
- Award value
- £31,266
- Contract period
- 21 March 2024 – 21 March 2025
- Published
- 6 August 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Single contract from SSA
- Main CPV
- 79341000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-8e52a176-08c2-4054-b439-bc19385bba8e-2024-08-06T10:14:00+01:00
Subscription renewal of 8 Springer Nature Journals
Coventry University · ocds-b5fd17-e5b69422-890f-4d59-a08e-8b1a49611921
- Supplier named in award
- Springer Nature
- Award value
- £36,286
- Contract period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Published
- 28 January 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e5b69422-890f-4d59-a08e-8b1a49611921-2024-01-28T18:33:32Z
Subscription renewal of 10 Springer Nature Journals
Coventry University · ocds-b5fd17-77cd9e7a-52a3-465f-bb79-fe436c003dad
- Supplier named in award
- Springer Nature
- Award value
- £25,053.69
- Contract period
- 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
- Published
- 26 January 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 48000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-77cd9e7a-52a3-465f-bb79-fe436c003dad-2024-01-26T23:24:56Z
Springer Nature E books
Sheffield Hallam University · ocds-b5fd17-cfd50a48-afce-4dd7-a3ce-28ccbf5c8aa0
- Supplier named in award
- SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED
- Award value
- £42,000
- Contract period
- 19 May 2022 – 18 May 2023
- Published
- 26 May 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 22113000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cfd50a48-afce-4dd7-a3ce-28ccbf5c8aa0-2022-05-26T15:23:55+01:00
CS22147 - Journal Subscriptions
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-6b3a4cf1-80dd-41af-afa1-1adca01f9446
- Supplier named in award
- SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED
- Award value
- £11,520
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Published
- 24 March 2022
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 22200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6b3a4cf1-80dd-41af-afa1-1adca01f9446-2022-03-24T13:30:12Z
Digital publications
Met Office · ocds-b5fd17-c1c486a5-44cd-4967-9b1c-849708dba92c
- Supplier named in award
- SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED
- Award value
- £25,589
- Contract period
- 1 November 2021 – 31 December 2022
- Published
- 5 April 2022
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 72000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c1c486a5-44cd-4967-9b1c-849708dba92c-2022-04-05T16:42:40+01:00
Collection of eBooks on Biomedical & Life Sciences 2018, Computer Science 2018, Engineering 2018 and Medicine 2018
Sheffield Hallam University · ocds-b5fd17-a728d806-f651-4df6-9d66-592be11de68f
- Supplier named in award
- SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED
- Award value
- £67,000
- Contract period
- 22 July 2019 – 20 July 2020
- Published
- 25 July 2019
- Procedure
- Other - Competition waiver
- Main CPV
- 22113000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a728d806-f651-4df6-9d66-592be11de68f-2019-07-25T15:36:23+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Springer Nature (Uk) Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 785999
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Mrs Christiane SchoellerSee 38 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- German
- Country of residence
- Germany
- Notified
- 6 March 2020
- Ceased
- 15 July 2021
Dr Stefan Von HoltzbrinckSee 38 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- German
- Country of residence
- Germany
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 15 July 2021
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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Library Publications
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY · updated 12 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Springer Nature Access and Select- Basic
Oxford Brookes University · updated 30 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Springer Lecture Notes 2027-2029
JISC · updated 30 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Springer Nature 2026-2028
JISC · updated 23 December 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Earth & Environmental E-Book Collection 2025
Met Office · updated 13 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Springer Nature Journal
Met Office · updated 15 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Springer Journal Renewals
Met Office · updated 15 October 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
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.
13 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.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
15 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
7 procurement processes 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.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
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.