ACCOUNTS - Final Accounts

Registered number: 04642292

CATERPILLAR BOOKS LIMITED

UNAUDITED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

CATERPILLAR BOOKS LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION

Directors	Manmohan Singh
	Paula Simpson (appointed 1 May 2025)
	David Bucknor (appointed 1 May 2025)
	Mallory Loehr (appointed 1 May 2025)


Company secretary	Sinead Martin


Registered number	04642292


Registered office	1 Coda Studios
	189 Munster Road
	London
	SW6 6AW

CATERPILLAR BOOKS LIMITED

REGISTERED NUMBER: 04642292

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025

		2025		2024
Note		£		£


Current assets
Debtors	3	100		100
		100		100
Total assets less current liabilities			100		100
Net assets			100		100

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital	4	100	100
		100	100

For the year ended 31 December 2025 the Company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006.

Members have not required the Company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The Company's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 23 July 2026.

Paula Simpson

Director

The notes on page 2 form part of these financial statements.

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CATERPILLAR BOOKS LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1.	General information

The Company is a private Company limited by shares and is incorporated in the United Kingdom. The address of its registered office is 1 Coda Studios, 189 Munster Road, London, SW6 6AW.

2.Accounting policies

2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention unless otherwise specified within these accounting policies and in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company's accounting policies.

Debtors

					2025	2024
					£	£


Amounts owed by group undertakings	100	100
	100	100

4.	Share capital
		2025	2024
		£	£

Authorised, allotted, called up and fully paid

100 (2024 - 100) Ordinary shares of £1.00 each	100	100

Reserves

Profit and loss account

This includes all current and prior period retained profits and losses. All reserves in respect of profit and loss are distributable reserves.

6.	Controlling party

The company’s immediate parent company is Penguin Random House Limited.
The company's ultimate parent company is Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA, which is incorporated in Germany.

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