Merton Books Limited
Registered name: MERTON BOOKS LIMITED
Part of Banijay Entertainment UK Limited groupMerton Books Limited made £96.2k revenue and £4.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Merton Books Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £96.2k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £4.9k profit. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £105k | £75.5k | £96.2k |
| Cost of sales | −£93.9k | −£67.8k | −£86.6k |
| Gross profit | £11.6k | £7.7k | £9.7k |
| Operating profit | £9.9k | £4.6k | £6.5k |
| Profit before tax | £9.9k | £4.6k | £6.5k |
| Profit after tax | £8k | £3.5k | £4.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £8k | £3.5k | £4.9k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 4.6% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 11% | 10.2% | 10% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.4% | ▲27.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.3% | ▲40.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Banijay Entertainment UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- DLG Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- All3media Finance Limited75–100%
- Neal Street Productions Limited75–100%
- Merton Books Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (19)
- Neal Street Productions (Broadway) LimitedRev. £7.6k · Profit −£2.3k
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- CTM 11 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 12 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 14 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 15 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 3 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 4 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
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- CTM 7 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 8 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CTM 9 Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £4.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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