SHAPERO RARE BOOKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-24 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£298K
+246.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+3.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
19
+18.8% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£160K
-44.1% first positive since 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £8,129,000 | £9,061,000 | £9,266,000 | £11,418,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £938,000 | £596,000 | £750,000 | £742,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £905,000 | -£175,000 | £286,000 | £160,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £588,000 | -£175,000 | £286,000 | £106,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £86,000 | £298,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £3,587,000 | £4,844,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,742,000 | £2,567,000 | £2,853,000 | £2,959,000 | |
| Equity | £2,153,000 | £2,742,000 | £2,567,000 | £2,853,000 | £2,959,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 13 | 13 | 16 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | £624,000 | £663,000 | £809,000 | £800,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £242,000 | £260,000 | £295,000 | £296,000 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+23.2%
£9,266,000 £11,418,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+246.5%
£86,000 £298,000
-
Net assets
+3.7%
£2,853,000 £2,959,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+18.8%
16 19
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-1.1%
£750,000 £742,000
-
Profit before tax
-44.1%
£286,000 £160,000
first positive since 2023
-
Wages
-1.1%
£809,000 £800,000
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 11.5% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.2% | -1.9% | 3.1% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 20.9% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 79.6% | 79.9% | 79.7% | 81.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.27x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | 28.42x | 19.87x | 20.83x | 9.16x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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 2 times since incorporation
- SHAPERO RARE BOOKS LIMITED 2015-03-27 → present
- BOOKBANK LIMITED 2009-03-18 → 2015-03-27
- MOFO TWENTY SEVEN LIMITED 2008-10-10 → 2009-03-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Wenn Townsend
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the activities of the Company since 1 April 2024 with a view to determining whether there are any material uncertainties which may impact whether the Company can be considered to be a going concern. ... The Directors recognise that the current difficult geo-political and resulting economic environment could impact business but have concluded that there are no material uncertainties over the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “There have been no other material events directly affecting the Group since the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWELL, Philip Basil | Director | 2009-03-12 | Jan 1958 | British |
| HARLAND, David William Romanis | Director | 2021-11-08 | Apr 1950 | British |
| JENNINGS, Thomas James | Director | 2012-02-10 | Mar 1954 | British |
| NOBLE, Graham Ian | Director | 2012-02-10 | Apr 1974 | British |
| SHAPERO, Bernard John | Director | 2012-02-10 | Aug 1963 | British |
| TANSEY, Philip | Director | 2022-03-29 | Sep 1958 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Amanda Macfarlane | Secretary | 2014-03-24 | 2022-03-29 |
| MOFO SECRETARIES LIMITED C/O MOFO NOTICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-10-10 | 2014-03-24 |
| ALLEN, Jasper Hugh John | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2021-11-08 |
| FLOYD, Peter John Laurence | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2022-03-29 |
| LUKINS, Edward John | Director | 2008-10-10 | 2009-03-11 |
| MORGAN, Robert Llewelyn | Director | 2009-03-11 | 2012-02-10 |
| SALTER, Christopher Paul | Director | 2009-03-19 | 2012-02-10 |
| SOUTHWOOD, Simon Timothy | Director | 2014-04-16 | 2017-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholium Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-16 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-01-10 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.