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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 41

  1. Michael Seal 2007–2019 Director View profile
  2. Philip Leslie Peters 2007–2025 Director View profile
  3. Mark Newton-Jones 2007–2013 Director View profile
  4. David Wallace Kershaw 2007–2025 Director View profile
  5. Aidan Stuart Barclay 2007–2025 Director View profile
  6. Howard Myles Barclay 2007–2025 Director View profile
  7. Rigel Kent Mowatt 2007–2009 Director View profile
  8. Littlewoods Company Director Limited 2007–2007 Corporate-director View profile
  9. Mair Barnes 2002–2002 Director View profile
  10. Sylvia Gillian Bailey 2002–2002 Director View profile
  11. Alistair Kenneth Mcgeorge 2000–2005 Director View profile
  12. Mr Alan White 1999–2002 Director View profile
  13. Paul Sprague 1999–2000 Director View profile
  14. Michael Grabiner 1998–2002 Director View profile
  15. Susan Elizabeth Murray 1998–2002 Director View profile
  16. Michael Patrick Wynne 1998–2000 Director View profile
  17. John Michael Barry Gibson 1997–2001 Director View profile
  18. Alice Elizabeth Perkins 1997–2000 Director View profile
  19. John Reid Martyn 1996–2002 Director View profile
  20. David Martin Simons 1996–2006 Director View profile
  21. James Hood Ross 1996–2002 Director View profile
  22. John Colin Thwaite 1993–1996 Director View profile
  23. Honourable James Gunnar Suenson-Taylor 1993–2002 Director View profile
  24. James Webster Michie 1993–2000 Director View profile
  25. Derek Edward Cook 1993–1999 Director View profile
  26. Janatha Stubbs 1991–1992 Director View profile
  27. Malcolm Alexander Davidson 1993 Director View profile
  28. Leonard Waling Van Geest 1996 Director View profile
  29. Sir John Moores 1993 Director View profile
  30. Sir Desmond Henry Pitcher 1995 Director View profile
  31. John Dering Nettleton 2002 Director View profile
  32. Sir Peter Moores 1993 Director View profile
  33. Prodip Sankar Guha 1994 Director View profile
  34. Barry Gordon Dale 1995 Director View profile
  35. William Huntley 1997 Director View profile
  36. John Moores 1996 Director View profile
  37. Lady Betty Grantchester 1997 Director View profile
  38. Shop Direct Secretarial Services LTD 2003–2016 Corporate-secretary View profile
  39. John Neil Ogilvie 2000–2003 Secretary View profile
  40. Paul William Rew 1996–2000 Secretary View profile
  41. Mark Julian Burnett Hogarth 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/01/1932

Ownership

Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • The Very Group Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, 75-100% voting (firm) · notified 2025-05-20
  • LW Investments Limited ceased 2025-05-20
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-10-27
  • LW Finance Limited ceased 2025-05-20
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-20

Group

  1. Littlewoods Limited is controlled by The Very Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, 75-100% voting (firm) · notified 2025-05-20 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. The Very Group Limited is controlled by VGL Finco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. VGL Finco Limited is controlled by VGL Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-08 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. VGL Midco Limited is controlled by Bird Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-11-07 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Bird Bidco Limited is controlled by Oakwood Corporate Nominees 2024 Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-07-11, ceased 2025-10-21 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Oakwood Corporate Nominees 2024 Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

0.7y median 0.7y
average tenure
0.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Business services 3Professional services 2Retail and trade 2Finance 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00262152
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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