BIBLIU LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
295
highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-10-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £5,716,069 | £55,229,903 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,920,599 | -£967,040 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | -£2,029,097 | -£1,966,757 | |
| Net profit | -£1,943,859 | — | -£2,920,224 | — | — | -£2,029,097 | -£1,969,411 | |
| Cash | £5,984,369 | — | £3,149,774 | £7,467,432 | £580,887 | £5,991,178 | £3,870,531 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £12,943,391 | £7,635,100 | |
| Net assets | £7,652,419 | — | £5,188,739 | — | — | £5,217,853 | £2,602,154 | |
| Equity | £7,652,419 | £7,652,419 | £5,188,739 | — | — | £5,217,853 | £2,602,154 | |
| Average employees | 27 | — | 0 | — | — | 50 | 295 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,218,737 | £15,911,131 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £47,250 | £350,060 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | -33.6% | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | -35.5% | -3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | -14.8% | -12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 82.0% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.43x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | -17.71x | -0.93x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BIBLIU LIMITED 2019-06-24 → present
- BIBLIOTECH EDUCATION LTD 2014-12-01 → 2019-06-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“It is the opinion of the Directors that the company will have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due, and consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BIBLIU LIMITED · parent
- BibliU Inc 100%
- BibliU Campus Inc 100%
Significant events
- “The company changed its accounting reference date from 31 July to 31 October in 2023 following the acquisition on 1 October 2023 of The Texas Book Company (now renamed BibliU Campus Inc.) whose year end is 31st October.”
- “On 24th May 2024 the company entered into an asset sale agreement to dispose of its wholesale book business.”
- “The company secured additional external equity investment in March 2025, has secured an inventory backed working capital debt facility of up to $7.5m, has received a short term bridging loan in the form of a convertible loan note (£3.3m) due for repayment at the end of October 2025 and is in on-going discussions with its key current equity investors to secure sufficient funding for the next 12 months.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the company allotted 282,014 B Preferred Shares on 25 February 2025, each with a nominal value of £0.001. In addition, between 1 July 2025 and 5 August 2025, the company allotted 300 B Ordinary Shares and 795 A Ordinary Shares, each with a nominal value of £0.01.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-03-05 | — | — |
| CHERNIS, Mark Jay | Director | 2026-01-25 | Feb 1967 | American |
| DIXON-CLEGG, Nicholas George | Director | 2020-08-10 | Nov 1989 | British |
| HILL, Richard Andrew | Director | 2022-03-31 | Apr 1971 | British |
| MEADOWS, Shannon | Director | 2023-03-15 | Dec 1961 | American |
| SHERWOOD, David John Laurence | Director | 2014-12-01 | Jun 1991 | Australian |
| WHITBY, Mark Hindhaugh | Director | 2021-02-09 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLAND, William James Guy | Secretary | 2023-10-19 | 2026-03-02 |
| MANTARAS, Tao Achilles Blake | Secretary | 2017-04-24 | 2020-03-30 |
| SHERWOOD, David John Laurence | Secretary | 2014-12-01 | 2017-05-11 |
| ANDERSON, Mark Russell | Director | 2017-03-05 | 2019-09-01 |
| ARNOLD, Matthew Timothy | Director | 2017-02-22 | 2020-08-10 |
| BARCLAY, Lisa Megan | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2022-03-31 |
| DEVINE, Sean | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2021-02-09 |
| ENGELKE, Daniel Alexander | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2022-04-28 |
| FROST, Misty | Director | 2023-03-15 | 2025-01-20 |
| GECAN, Ellis | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2018-05-16 |
| MANTARAS, Tao Achilles Blake | Director | 2018-05-16 | 2020-03-30 |
| RANSFORD, Mark | Director | 2016-02-27 | 2017-03-05 |
| WHITE, Ryan | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2016-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Science Enterprises Holdings Ii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-03-31 | Active |
| Oxford Sciences Innovation Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2017-08-21 | Ceased 2020-12-04 |
| Mr David Sherwood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Significant influence | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2018-06-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-07-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-23 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2026-04-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.