The Firmwatch take
Gemma Books Limited is a 22-year-old retail, active on the Companies House register. The latest filed accounts (year to 30 June 2025) show GBP 1.6m in net assets, with no distress signals detected. No insolvency or strike-off filings appear in our public Companies House and Gazette data.
Refreshed 24 May 2026
Pulse · Net assets, 2024–2025
↗ £25kIncorporated
20 April 2004
22 years on the register
Sector
Retail trade
SIC 47610 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£1.6m
Top 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Low insolvency risk
The latest public accounts do not show obvious balance-sheet stress. This does not rule out trading problems, but the filed numbers look comparatively steady.
Positive net assets
The latest extracted accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Sector benchmark · Retail
How this company compares in 166,319 retailers
Top 10% in sector — Gemma Books Limited shows £1.6m in net assets. Sector median is £703.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£1.6m
Top 10% in sector · sector median £703 · 166,319 retailers
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
£1.7m
Median £2k
Current ratio
34.8×
Median 1.1×
Signals · 1
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
People
Who runs this company
- CD
CHARLES, Diane
director · since 2004
- CD
CHARLES, Diane
secretary · since 2004
Registered office
Address intelligence
34 other companies registered here.
Common for accountants' offices and small business centres.
Address pattern · S41 9RN
34 other UK companies registered here — all still trading.
Active
34
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
0
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