01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- OVERDRIVE GLOBAL LIMITED
- Company number
- 12501978
- 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
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
5 March 2025Next statement due
19 March 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Current assets
- £525,978
- Cash at bank
- £170,804
- Equity
- £642,128
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.
Earlier imported periods (1)
- AccountsNot supplied net assets
04 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Overdrive Global Limited
Registration ZA748474
- Registered from
- 16 April 2020
- Current end date
- 15 April 2027
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.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
NH1710 Provision of Libby App - 3 years
NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · ocds-b5fd17-345c7d10-ceb0-421f-9016-766de7af4e28
- Award value
- £28,000
- Contract period
- 20 February 2025 – 19 February 2028
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
376E_24 Digital Library Content and Print Books
Espo · ocds-b5fd17-f8e49521-bcfd-491b-9baf-987e1620e8ac
- Award value
- £24,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2028
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
eBooks for Hampshire School Library Service
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-751b2eb2-7bee-4613-ae66-995a5b3009ce
- Award value
- £370,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
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)
eBooks and eAudio Titles for Hampshire School Library Service
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-61feb060-869c-41e6-bf2e-67d13b2a58ca
- Award value
- £120,000
- Contract period
- 1 March 2022 – 28 February 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
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.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Kkr & Co. Inc
- Has significant influence or control
- Notified
- 31 July 2020
A registrable PSC exists but has not yet been identified
- Notified
- 14 August 2020
- Ceased
- 30 September 2020
W F Howes Limited (Crn: 03662159)
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 6 March 2020
- Ceased
- 31 July 2020
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
e-Books and e-Audio
Kent County Council · updated 7 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
25041 Provision of Estock for Cambridgeshire County Council Library service
Cambridgeshire County Council · updated 19 March 2026
- Tender value
- £660,000
- Awards
- 3
376E_24 Digital Library Content and Print Books
ESPO · updated 21 November 2024
- Tender value
- £24,000,000
- Awards
- 7
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
Book publishing
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
3 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
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: WFHO UK LIMITED
- 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.
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.