TXT In plain English
Company description
OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 8 July 1998; registered for 28 years; registered office reported in LONDON. Its primary declared activity is 58110 · Book publishing.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 4 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
- OCTOPUS PUBLISHING GROUP LIMITED
- Company number
- 03597451
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 0 outstanding · 3 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 2024Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
30 September 2025Next statement due
14 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
COOKBOOK CONFIDENTIAL
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16,41
- Filed / designated
- 6 August 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 August 2025
ENDEAVOUR
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 21 January 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 January 2020
SHELTON
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 21 January 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 January 2020
Figurative mark
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 7 February 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 February 2018
SPRUCE
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 2008
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2028
THE JOY OF SEX
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 28 June 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 June 2027
PYRAMID
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 30 September 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 September 2024
PHILIP'S
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 2 June 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 June 2024
GODSFIELD
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 21 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 21 May 2024
GAIA
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 14 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 May 2024
MITCHELL BEAZLEY
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 25 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 January 2022
NAVIGATOR
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2018
PYRAMID
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 13 December 1996
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 December 2026
MILLER'S
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 27 August 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 27 August 2020
HAMLYN
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 11 June 1975
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 June 2026
MAP EASY
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 15 January 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 January 2017
Figurative mark
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 22 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 May 2014
Figurative mark
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 22 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 May 2014
Figurative mark
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 18 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 May 2014
GAiA
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 18 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 May 2014
Figurative mark
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 10 May 2004
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 May 2014
CookSmart
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 25 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 October 2012
BookSmart
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 25 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 October 2012
COOKSMART
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 23 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 October 2012
BOOKSMART
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 23 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 October 2012
Figurative mark
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 4 September 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 4 September 2012
BOUNTY
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 7 August 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 August 2012
MIRACLE JUICES
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 9,16
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2012
think octopus
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 29 July 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 July 2010
THINK OCTOPUS
Owner Octopus Publishing Group Limited · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 29 July 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 July 2010
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.
03 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 And Wales
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom Law
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 03701589
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Lagardere 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
10 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.
11 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-09-30 → 2026-12-31
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
12 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
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.