TXT In plain English
Company description
DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 18 July 1974; registered for 52 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 58110 · Book publishing. In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2025, it reported turnover £115,529,676, profit after tax −£8,734,132, net assets −£758,297, average employees 0.
Among active companies with electronic accounts available to BritDB, it ranks 313 by latest disclosed GBP turnover; this is a dataset comparison, not a credit rating. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks. 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
- DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
- Company number
- 01177822
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 6 total · 0 outstanding · 6 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 January 2026Next statement due
13 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £115,529,676
- Gross profit
- £35,519,074
- Operating profit
- −£6,342,554
- Profit before tax
- −£10,038,832
- Profit after tax
- −£8,734,132
- Fixed assets
- £6,558,949
- Net assets
- −£758,297
- Current assets
- £75,583,891
- Current liabilities
- £81,852,450
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £290,390
- Cash at bank
- £41,065
- Equity
- −£758,297
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
LEI 52990084U77QJG41M759 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 4 July 1974
- Initial LEI registration
- 9 November 2016
- LEI last updated
- 4 August 2026
- Next renewal
- 8 August 2027
- Managing LOU
- 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28
- Legal address
- 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, GB-LND, SW1V 2SA, GB
- Headquarters address
- 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, GB-LND, SW1V 2SA, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 52990084U77QJG41M759 to LEI 5299001BUUGXAREGE533
- Initial registration
- 6 July 2021
- Last updated
- 4 August 2026
- Next renewal
- 8 August 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2025-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2025-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-09-25T00:00:00+02:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2026-03-17T00:00:00+01:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- Validation reference
- Not supplied
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 52990084U77QJG41M759 to LEI 5299001BUUGXAREGE533
- Initial registration
- 30 October 2017
- Last updated
- 4 August 2026
- Next renewal
- 8 August 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2025-01-01T00:00:00+01:00; End: 2025-12-31T00:00:00+01:00; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2017-09-25T00:00:00+02:00; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD; Start: 2026-03-17T00:00:00+01:00; Type: DOCUMENT_FILING_PERIOD
- 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.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 25 June 2026
- Sectors
- Media, publishing, arts and entertainment
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 7 July 2026
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
DK
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,35,38,41,45
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2014
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2024
SEEMORE SKINLESS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 13 November 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 November 2018
FUNFAX
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 16,28
- Filed / designated
- 7 October 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 October 2018
EYEWITNESS READERS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2018
DK Ink
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 10 March 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 March 2027
DK
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 10 March 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 March 2027
DK FAMILY LEARNING
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 30 January 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 January 2027
PYJAMA BEDTIME BEAR
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,28,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 December 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 December 2026
HUGO
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 10 October 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 October 2026
PB BEAR
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 10 October 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 October 2026
HULLABALLOO
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 22 March 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 March 2021
DK
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 27 January 1994
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 January 2021
DORLING KINDERSLEY TOP 10
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 31 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 August 2020
DORLING KINDERSLEY
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 29 September 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 September 2019
EYEWITNESS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 22 September 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 September 2019
EYEWITNESS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 2019
MULTIMEDIA EYEWITNESS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 14 September 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 September 2019
EYE-OPENERS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 13 October 1989
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 October 2026
EYEWITNESS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 16 November 1987
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 November 2024
EYEWITNESS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 21 December 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
DIY DOCTOR
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 April 2017
DIY
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 11 April 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 April 2017
FACTASTIC
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 20 July 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 July 2009
FL
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 November 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 November 2007
FL FAMILY LEARNING
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 25 November 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 November 2017
EYEWITNESS LEARNERS SERIES
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 13 November 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 November 2007
DK PLAY & LEARN
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 22 January 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 January 2007
DK FUNDAMENTALS
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 22 August 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 August 2006
FX PAX
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 16,28
- Filed / designated
- 6 August 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 August 2006
QUIZ QUEST
Owner Dorling Kindersley Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 6 August 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 August 2006
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Penguin Random House Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England And Wales
- Legal authority
- Companies Act
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 734421
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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.
11 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.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 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
0 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.
14 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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.