HAVEN BOOKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-14 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£681K
-18.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1M
-16.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
35
-7.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | |
| Net profit | £9,221 | — | — | |
| Cash | £687,954 | £832,191 | £680,784 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,062,644 | £1,727,144 | £1,446,300 | |
| Net assets | £2,026,781 | £1,684,509 | £1,399,107 | |
| Equity | £2,026,781 | £1,684,509 | £1,399,107 | |
| Average employees | 43 | 38 | 35 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-18.2%
£832,191 £680,784
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-16.9%
£1,684,509 £1,399,107
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-7.9%
38 35
lowest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | 7.51x | 6.42x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HAVEN BOOKS LIMITED 2008-02-26 → present
- BIDEAWHILE 573 LIMITED 2007-11-28 → 2008-02-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HAVEN BOOKS LIMITED · parent
- Badger Publishing Limited 100%
- Badger Reading Boxes Limited 100%
- Early Years Book Company Limited 100%
- School Bargain Bookshop Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEETHAM, Stephen Gary | Director | 2009-12-16 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, David John | Secretary | 2008-05-06 | 2018-11-21 |
| SHEASBY, Christopher Edmund | Secretary | 2008-02-08 | 2008-05-06 |
| BIRKETTS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-11-28 | 2008-04-04 |
| CLARK, David John | Director | 2008-05-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| DANIELS, Martyn | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2015-07-23 |
| FELL, Michael William | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2017-08-30 |
| GOUL-WHEEKER, Trevor Robert Ogilvie | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2012-09-11 |
| GREEN, Martin Jan | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2009-12-23 |
| RICHARDSON, Scott | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2016-09-07 |
| ROSS, Susan Frances | Director | 2011-05-18 | 2018-05-31 |
| TROTTER, Owen | Director | 2008-02-08 | 2010-02-17 |
| BIRKETTS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2007-11-28 | 2008-04-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Capital Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-30 |
| Mr Steve Cheetham | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-08-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-08-05 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2020-08-05 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2020-08-05 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2020-08-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-07-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.