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DK BooksMoving the world forward, one book at a time.

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Truth score

Truth score 74 out of 100, High truth signals. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say

74/ 100

High truth signals

Business details

Category: Books
Years in business: 52 years
Founded: 1974
Sells: Physical goods
Sells to: The public
Kind of seller: Sells its own goods or services
Licensed trade: No licence normally needed
Domain age: 32 years
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, England
Email address: sales@uk.dk.com
Phone number: +44 1206 255678
Contact page: dk.com/pages/contact-uk
Website: dk.com
Social media

Customer reviews

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Trustpilot2 reviews

App Store13 ratings1.6

Total151.6

Customer satisfactionNot enough reviews to sayFrom independent reviews, weighed by their number

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Summary

Is dk.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 74 out of 100, high truth signals: 9 of 11 public checks clear, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: not enough reviews to say.

dk.com is run by Dorling Kindersley Limited, an active UK company registered at Companies House 52 years ago, and was founded in 1974. Its website address was registered 32 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. The postcode on its website matches its registered office. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

Positives

An active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 52 years ago.
Its website address was registered 32 years ago.
The postcode on its website matches its registered office at Companies House.
No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

What they offer

Moving the world forward, one book at a time.

— DK Books, in their own words

Getting help

DK Books offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.

SourcesIts homepage Contact Us

How to check if dk.com is legit

To check if dk.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about dk.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsAn active UK company registered at Companies House, set up 52 years ago

Its registered office at Companies House is 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, England
Its latest accounts at Companies House run to 31 December 2025
Its directors and owners are named at Companies House
It has filed at Companies House regularly for the last five years, with no gap longer than 15 months

Country

Where the company is based: UK
Why we believe that: it is registered at Companies House as DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
Which countries the company serves: UK, India, US
Why we believe that: £ prices on its homepage, it publishes pages for 2 countries (hreflang)

Registration

Companies House registration: Registered as DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
VAT number: 102 8389 80

Companies House register

Company found in official company register: Yes
Registered company name: DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED
Company status: active
Company age: 52 years
Registered address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA, England
Accounts overdue: No
Confirmation statement overdue: No
Insolvency history: No
Registered office in dispute: No
Filing history consistent: Yes
Registered to do: 58110 Book publishing
Previous names: DORLING KINDERSLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED (27 Jun 1985 to 2 Apr 1991)
DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED (18 Jul 1974 to 27 Jun 1985)
Company type: Private limited company

Size and borrowing

Accounts filed: Full accountsThe most detailed kind a company files.
Secured loans (charges): 0No secured loans outstanding at Companies House.

From Wikipedia

Type (Wikipedia): private company limited by shares
Industry: publishing
Founded: 1974

SourcesCompanies House Wikipedia

Domain registrationIts website address was registered 32 years ago

Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else

Domain age: 32 years
Domain transfer lock enabled: Yes

Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy

Company contact email is available
Company contact phone number is available

HTTPS enabled: Yes
Contact phone number found: +44 1206 255678
Contact page found: Contact page
Sources agreeing on postcode: 2

What its pages say

Quoted word for word from dk.com.

Phone support: “Our phone lines are open: Monday to Friday: 9am – 5pm GMT” Contact page
In their own words: “DK is a global publisher of internationally bestselling authors and illustrators across fiction, non-fiction, adult and children’s publishing. We have been pioneering ways to bring knowledge and adventure to people around the world for over 50 years. We believe knowledge has the power to spark curiosity, connect cultures, and drive positive change around the world.” About page
Who you're buying from: “We are registered in England and Wales under company number 01177822 and have our registered office at 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA .” Terms page

SourcesHomepage About page Contact page Privacy page Terms page Privacy policy and cookies

Reputation and track record

Customer reviews2 reviews on Trustpilot

Platform	Rating	Reviews
Trustpilot	Unknown	2
SmartCustomer	Not found
G2	Not found
Capterra	Not found
Reviews.io	Not found
Feefo	Not found
Trustindex	Not found
Google	Not checked

App StoreIts app, DK Visual Dictionary (2017), is on Apple's App Store, rated 1.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, counted in the reviews total.

App: DK Visual Dictionary (2017)
App Store page: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/dk-visual-dictionary-2017/id1192278999
App Store rating: 1.6 out of 5
App Store ratings: 13

Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months

Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
It is among the 200,000 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)

Monthly visitor data

Popularity among Chrome users: top 500,000 sites
First known user traffic: Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24: 24
Traffic pattern: sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months: none
Rank drop in the last 12 months: none

Cloudflare Radar

Popularity across the internet: top 200,000 sites

Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page

Wikipedia page: yes

SourcesWikipedia

Social presenceIt is on 2 social media platforms (Facebook and Instagram)

Platform	Profile	Audience
Facebook	Profile	Unknown
Instagram	Profile	Unknown
X	Not found
LinkedIn	Not found
YouTube	Not found
TikTok	Not found

Social platforms with discovered profiles: facebook, instagram

What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy saysWe found this business stores and uses your data

Shares your data with other companies.: “5.1 In connection with the purposes and on the lawful grounds described above, we may share your personal information with third parties.”
May send your data to other countries.: “8.1 In some cases we will share your personal data outside of the UK.”
May make automated decisions or build a profile about you.: “9.8.1 You have the right to be informed about the existence of any automated decision making and profiling of your personal data, and where appropriate, be provided with meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing that affects you.”
Says you can ask it to delete your data.: “9.3.1 You may ask us to erase personal data if you do not believe that we need to continue processing it including storing it (you may have heard of this right described as the “right to be forgotten”).”

SourceIts privacy policy Its other privacy page

Tracking tools on its homepageGoogle Tag Manager and Hotjar

Named in its homepage's code when we read it. Others may load later, so this list may not be complete.

Google Tag Manager: Loads other tracking tools, which may not be listed here.
Hotjar: Records how you move, scroll and click on the page.

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.