01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- ASKEWS AND HOLTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTD.
- Company number
- 02745298
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
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
28 February 2025Next accounts due
30 November 2026Last statement made up to
28 August 2025Next statement due
11 September 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Profit before tax
- £92,879
- Profit after tax
- £71,199
- Net assets
- £6,442,940
- Current assets
- £9,209,565
- Cash at bank
- £5,360,573
- Equity
- £6,442,940
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 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- ASKEWS AND HOLTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTD.
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- THE LITTLE GROUP LIMITED
- Statement period
- 28 February 2020 – 28 February 2021
- Approved
- 3 November 2021
- Sectors
- Durable consumer goods, including electronics and appliances, home furnishings and other accessories Education and research Forestry, timber products, paper and containers and packaging Media, publishing, arts and entertainment Transportation, logistics, and storage
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
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.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Askews And Holts Library Services Ltd.
Registration ZA144696
- Registered from
- 7 October 2015
- Current end date
- 6 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.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Supply of Library Book Stock
LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM · ocds-b5fd17-4c51c9d4-24ab-4e9e-8997-864b06c7005e
- Award value
- £0.01
- Contract period
- 1 May 2024 – 31 March 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Library Books & Digital Content
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-d3580a31-115a-4443-81db-38867748014d
- Award value
- £10,000,000
- Contract period
- 10 May 2022 – 9 May 2026
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
Supply of Books, E-Books, Standing Orders and related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-af79ac5e-a239-438d-94a2-1d920228453f
- Award value
- £55,000
- Contract period
- 5 May 2022 – 6 May 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
376F_22 Library Stock
Espo · ocds-b5fd17-50ad5cf4-ad4f-4cff-b589-7a8a8f2cfcda
- Award value
- £75,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Supply of Books, E-Books, Standing Orders and related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-84a3e36c-438f-48db-8137-3155631fd97c
- Award value
- £30,000
- Contract period
- 11 February 2022 – 31 July 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Supply of Books, E-Books, Standing Orders and related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-6119b9d9-bb4c-45e1-8159-79b8761c33fb
- Award value
- £50,000
- Contract period
- 11 January 2022 – 12 January 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Library Stock
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-a3349b7d-4807-4875-b338-e72eff147a3f
- Award value
- £1,626,000
- Contract period
- 1 December 2021 – 30 November 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
framework agreement for the supply of Books, E-Books, Standing Orders and related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-478cb532-64a7-4887-a84d-e391e3aa440e
- Award value
- £315,000
- Contract period
- 12 July 2021 – 13 July 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Supply & Servicing of Materials to Public Library Authorities
STAR Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-bb9bd1f4-9b8c-4f71-a0cb-dabb1e5f0688
- Award value
- £9,250,983
- Contract period
- 1 November 2020 – 31 May 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
FBL PDA E-Books for 2020/2021
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-a5ef0393-abbb-4ff3-b6aa-9407c4be78cc
- Award value
- £95,000
- Contract period
- 20 August 2020 – 21 August 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
FET PDA E-Books for 2020/2021
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-be100687-2d42-40cc-853c-c959f80813d3
- Award value
- £70,000
- Contract period
- 20 August 2020 – 21 August 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
ACE PDA E-Books for 2020/2021
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-c7b453be-b890-4e7a-9e60-9adb8118be08
- Award value
- £50,000
- Contract period
- 20 August 2020 – 21 August 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Provision of E-Books
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-833e0f9d-78c3-43b9-ac68-e8b7a0b60655
- Award value
- £900,000
- Contract period
- 9 July 2020 – 8 July 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
TD1594 - Library Stock
Derby City Council · ocds-b5fd17-c98d24cb-a542-432c-9b04-74253c8b8a8b
- Award value
- £740,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 1 April 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Contract Award Notice for a Call Off Contract against the Central Buying Consortium (CBC) Single Source Framework Provision of Library Book and Audio-visual Material
Southend-on-sea Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-7d16f1bf-8097-44e7-9af5-79341b1a9078
- Award value
- £270,000
- Contract period
- 15 January 2022 – 31 March 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Call-Off Contract against Framework
Patron Driven Acquisition E-Books
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-062be076-93ea-4cd3-8dac-502b337096ac
- Award value
- £200,000
- Contract period
- 1 February 2020 – 31 January 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Books, E-books & related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-2f715c70-15b7-4ee9-b755-2a8ef8a34e87
- Award value
- £100,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2019 – 31 July 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Books, E-books & related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-77b2bef9-3138-473e-af84-1c0ff7165d0d
- Award value
- £70,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2019 – 31 July 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Supply of Books, E-books & related materials
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-56b0b47c-98dd-45f4-afaf-f83f467d78c1
- Award value
- £126,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2019 – 31 July 2020
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Supply & Servicing of Materials to Public Library Authorities Contracts Finder award notice
STAR Procurement · ocds-b5fd17-e77cdbf6-5bd1-40d2-a136-ded8c5c024be
- Award value
- £22,800,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2019 – 31 May 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
Purchase of E-books
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-8a861eb9-658c-4134-9a38-e3537c2c46e0
- Award value
- £126,000
- Contract period
- 24 August 2018 – 31 July 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Purchase of E-books
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-2d0a716b-0728-4103-b94f-233aa28d8d2e
- Award value
- £43,000
- Contract period
- 24 August 2018 – 31 July 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Purchase of E-books
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-7e64f49f-56ba-49d1-bf39-f2448d19636d
- Award value
- £100,000
- Contract period
- 24 August 2018 – 31 July 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Purchase of E-books
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-648db8bf-2c07-47f4-80e4-98a4aee4805b
- Award value
- £70,000
- Contract period
- 23 August 2018 – 31 July 2019
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
Print Books
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-f2ae9a83-59f4-49b2-a897-c500e1cb88e1
- Award value
- £1,100,000
- Contract period
- 14 May 2018 – 13 May 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
NEPO418 Provision of Library Books and eBooks
Association Of North East Councils · ocds-b5fd17-e5ba15c3-bcce-4cad-bc0f-70cb18a797a4
- Award value
- £8,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
Purchase of E-books for FBL Department
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-29b5c8e5-faf0-47b6-bb4a-5a25892af55a
- Award value
- £100,000
- Contract period
- 2 September 2017 – 31 July 2018
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Purchase of E-books for HAS Department
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-fe844211-879a-4c4f-a24f-11c4d25343d7
- Award value
- £110,000
- Contract period
- 25 August 2017 – 31 July 2018
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Purchase of E-books for FET Department
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-191df83a-af57-466f-b3d6-aa1bb798ea40
- Award value
- £70,000
- Contract period
- 25 August 2017 – 31 July 2018
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Purchase of E-books for ACE Department
University Of The West Of England · ocds-b5fd17-40e691cd-1471-40c9-b944-b3f078620d8f
- Award value
- £33,000
- Contract period
- 23 August 2017 – 31 July 2018
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
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.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
The Little Group Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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08 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.
09 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.
10 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.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
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12 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.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Non-specialised wholesale trade
Other service activities n.e.c.
14 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.
15 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: ASKEWS LIBRARY SERVICES LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.
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