Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Commercial 2026 scope
Companies House (01984336) ↗ View relationships graph → All contracts →
MP register total
£50,885
Sum of monetary register entries naming this payer.
Register entries
4
3 distinct MPs paid
Electoral Commission donations
No matches
No matching donor on the EC register.
UK government contracts
£13,933,769
15 awards from 6 buyers
MP shareholders
None
No MP has registered shares in this firm.
Lords register mentions
None
No peer has named this firm in their register.

Companies House

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC active · plc
Incorporated 1986-01-30
50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP
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Active officers · 9

Name Role Appointed Occupation
NEWTON, John Nigel director
ABU-DEEB, Maya Margaret secretary 2019-01-21
REED, Leslie-Ann director 2019-07-17
YOUNG, Margaret Lola, Baroness director 2021-01-01
BASON, John George director 2022-04-01
RABBATTS, Heather Victoria, Dame director 2025-04-14
UNDERWOOD, Keith Robert director 2026-02-02
RIDOUT, Jenny director 2026-04-14
BLATCHFORD, Christopher David director 2026-05-19

MPs paid by this payer · 3 MPs

Aggregated from the Commons Register of Members' Financial Interests. Rows show the cumulative £ each MP has received from this payer in scope, and the count of distinct register filings.

MP Party Total Entries
Chris Bryant Labour £50,000 1
Nick Thomas-Symonds Labour £556 2
Chris Evans Labour (Co-op) £329 1

UK government contract awards · £13,933,769 across 15 awards

Matched against Contracts Finder + Find a Tender by canonical supplier name. Multi-supplier framework awards are split equally across suppliers (a single £100m award shared by 5 suppliers counts as £20m here).

Award date Title Buyer Value
2025-04-28 Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online - Subscription Option Jisc £303,562
2024-09-06 Online Legal Resources - Bloomsbury Ministry of Justice £1,090,000
2024-07-25 Legal Publications Print & eBook 24-25 Call Offs Ministry of Justice £4,462,373
2024-03-04 Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online 2024-2025- Subscription Option Jisc £275,436
2023-04-25 Legal Publications Print & eBook Call Offs 2023/24 Ministry of Justice £5,050,000
2023-02-21 Bloomsbury Publishing Drama Online 2023 Agreement Jisc £269,216
2022-11-04 Legal Publications Print & eBook Ministry of Justice £4,805,016
2022-11-04 Printed Legal Publications and ebooks Ministry of Justice £4,753,350
2022-06-01 991_22 - Supply of Early Years & Curriculum Product Ranges ESPO £12,000,000
2021-12-14 Key collection of packages to provide essential reading in an accessible digital format UNIVERSITY OF DERBY £7,468
2021-11-19 Online Legal Resources Ministry of Justice £780,000
2020-08-06 Printed Legal Publications Ministry of Justice. £4,650,000
2019-12-13 Online Legal Resources Framework Agreement Ministry of Justice. £32,400,000
2019-12-13 Print and eBook Legal Publications Framework Agreement Ministry of Justice. £26,400,000
2018-08-20 BFI Publishing - AWARD BFI £0

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Individual register entries · 4 filings

Published MP Category Description Amount
2026-08-17 Nick Thomas-Symonds Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Royalties for books written before entering Parliament. £60
2026-06-29 Nick Thomas-Symonds Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Royalties for a previously published book £496
2026-05-28 Chris Bryant Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Further advance on the paperback publication of a book £50,000
2026-04-21 Chris Evans Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Royalties from the book, Don Revie the biogrpahy £329