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Company · Leeds Liquidation

WL Realisations (2023) Limited

Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 49

  1. Deborah Anne Rabey 2023-2023 Director View profile
  2. Benjamin Victor Exall 2023-2023 Director View profile
  3. David Roger Murphy 2023-2023 Director View profile
  4. Amanda Jones 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. James William Dorling 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Karen Dawn Mackay 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Jerome Christophe Saint-Marc 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Christian Robert Philip Ward 2020-2022 Director View profile
  9. Alison Edlar Hands 2019-2023 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Jeffrey Moore 2019-2020 Director View profile
  11. Kate Price 2019-2023 Director View profile
  12. Andrew John Green 2019-2020 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Knowles 2019-2022 Director View profile
  14. Duncan Craig Mcgregor 2018-2020 Director View profile
  15. Katharine Jayne Poulter 2018-2018 Director View profile
  16. John Anthony Houghton 2017-2018 Director View profile
  17. Sean Robert Emmett 2016-2018 Director View profile
  18. Mark Jason Hale 2015-2022 Director View profile
  19. Catherine Helen Fox 2015-2019 Director View profile
  20. Ian Edward Ayling 2015-2018 Director View profile
  21. Robin Benjamin Lassiter 2015-2017 Director View profile
  22. Francois Mark Adams 2015-2017 Director View profile
  23. Aidan Joseph Connolly 2015-2018 Director View profile
  24. Sean Peter Toal 2014-2019 Director View profile
  25. Robin James Terrell 2012-2013 Director View profile
  26. Stephen Howard Sinclair 2011-2015 Director View profile
  27. Ian Anthony Ellis 2008-2015 Director View profile
  28. Stuart Robert Mitchell 2006-2012 Director View profile
  29. John Ellis Jackson 2006-2011 Director View profile
  30. James Scott Browning 2006-2007 Director View profile
  31. Karin Louise Swann 2004-2014 Director View profile
  32. Lisa Joanne Wilkinson 2004-2018 Director View profile
  33. Kenneth Alan Glover 1996-2004 Director View profile
  34. Barbara Ellison Wilkinson 1995-2006 Director View profile
  35. Brian Kenneth Fairhurst 1993 Director View profile
  36. Paul Joseph Wheatley 2001 Director View profile
  37. Alan Frederick Ledsham 1998 Director View profile
  38. James Kemsey Wilkinson 1997 Director View profile
  39. Gordon Robert Shirlaw Brown 2007 Director View profile
  40. Graham Dennis Goodchild 1996 Director View profile
  41. Anthony Harwick Wilkinson 2006 Director View profile
  42. Sonia Fennell 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  43. Joanna Margaret Cotton 2020-2020 Secretary View profile
  44. Claire Phillips 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  45. Alison Mary Edgerton 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  46. Ian Anthony Ellis 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  47. Ian Anthony Ellis 2010-2012 Secretary View profile
  48. Ian Robert White 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  49. Paul Testo 2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Incorporated
13/02/1941
Registered office
Leeds
Previous names
Wilko Limited (until 06/11/2023)
Wilko Retail Limited (until 21/04/2021)
Wilkinson Hardware Stores,Limited (until 11/06/2014)

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

Group

  1. WL Realisations (2023) Limited is controlled by Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited is controlled by Christopher Frederick Dawson
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-05-16 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Christopher Frederick Dawson.

33 other companies in this group

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.

Grants received

2 grants · £174,471 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £174,471 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £132,4712022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £42,0002021-04-01
Board analysis

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.

3 directors on the board

6y median 6.4y
average tenure
8.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Retail and trade 5Professional services 3Business services 1Dormant 1Other services 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00365335
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
08/04/2024
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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