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Practical Action Publishing Limited

Age52 years
older than 98% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom9,957live companies · 164th oldest
In Rugby6,499live companies · 10 in the same activity
At this address33live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025small company accounts, made up to 31 Mar 2025

In brief

Practical Action Publishing Limited is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 4 February 1974. At 52 years old it is older than 98% of the 9,957 live companies whose main activity is book publishing. Its registered office is in Rugby, West Midlands, at an address shared with 32 other live companies. 10 live companies in Rugby share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 March 2025 and filed as small company accounts. It was previously called Intermediate Technology Publications Limited, a name it changed on 24 February 2009.

Register details

Registered namePRACTICAL ACTION PUBLISHING LIMITED
Company number01159018
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered officeThe Robbins Building, 25 Albert Street, CV21 2SD Rugby
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)58110 Book publishing
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)J · 58 Publishing activities

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upSmall company accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Intermediate Technology Publications Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 December 2026
Accounting reference date31 March
Next confirmation statement9 November 2026
Last confirmation statement26 October 2025
Charges registered3
Outstanding · satisfied1 · 2

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Book publishing in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 58110: 9,957 in total, median age 5 years, 1,321 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 9,957 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
02,0004,0006,0008,0001890s: 51890s1900s: 51900s1910s: 81910s1920s: 131920s1930s: 131930s1940s: 131940s1950s: 201950s1960s: 521960s1970s: 841970s1980s: 2121980s1990s: 4341990s2000s: 9172000s2010s: 2,6982010s2020s: 5,4832020s
Incorporated per year, still live
05001,0001,5002,0002011: 21020112012: 1972013: 22820132014: 2492015: 27720152016: 2922017: 31220172018: 3632019: 42720192020: 4952021: 54920212022: 5582023: 65720232024: 8202025: 1,33220252026: 1,072

Location

Registered office in Rugby, West Midlands.

Rugby
Live companies in Rugby6,499
Same activity in Rugby10
New in Rugby, past 12 months770

Also registered at this address

32 other live companies share this registered office; shown are those incorporated closest in time to this one.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.