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Book Tokens Limited
Activities of business and employers membership organizations
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emma Louise HillyardDirector · since 2026
- Sara TalbotDirector · since 2025
- Amanda TrumanDirector · since 2023
- Philip Steven GoodsonDirector · since 2023
- Nicholas Robert BottomleyDirector · since 2020
- Kieron James SmithDirector · since 2014
- Alexander De BerryDirector · since 2008
- William PettingerDirector · since 2000
- Renata FormosoSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 39
- Lucy Hale 2019-2024 View profile
- Kate Wilson 2015-2023 View profile
- Fiona Campbell Kennedy 2013-2022 View profile
- John William Duhigg 2013-2018 View profile
- Patrick John Neale 2011-2013 View profile
- Sharon Hiller Murray 2010-2014 View profile
- Peter Fraser Tanner 2010-2026 View profile
- Thomas Charles Catton 2010-2023 View profile
- Thomas Charles Catton 2010-2010 View profile
- Alan James Giles 2007-2013 View profile
- Hazel Broadfoot 2007-2013 View profile
- Timothy Jon Trigg 2004-2010 View profile
- William Taylor Campbell Anderson 2004-2011 View profile
- Alan Douglas Clifford 2003-2006 View profile
- Catherine Ferrier 2001-2003 View profile
- Fiona Anne Murray Wood 1999-2000 View profile
- John Cormode 1998-2000 View profile
- Richard William Barker 1996-2002 View profile
- Martin Grindley 1996-2006 View profile
- Philippa Mary Harrison 1996-2014 View profile
- James Arthur Heneage 1996-2001 View profile
- Stuart Thomas Mathews 1996-2010 View profile
- Paul Joseph Scherer 1995-2002 View profile
- Timothy Edmund Godfray 1995-2019 View profile
- Jonathan Charles Pakenham Chowen 1994-1997 View profile
- Terence John Cudbird 1992-1996 View profile
- John Arthur Hitchin 1994 View profile
- Lord Julian Alexander Hardinge 2004 View profile
- Philip John Attenborough 1996 View profile
- Peter Hill Bagnall 1996 View profile
- Francis Ian Chapman 1994 View profile
- David Ainslie Thin 1996 View profile
- Nicholas Heffer 1999 View profile
- John Bryan Elsley 1994 View profile
- Maggie Kay 2018-2025 View profile
- Alison Mary Pinder 2009-2018 View profile
- John Patrick Parke 2002-2009 View profile
- William Albert Barnes 1995-1996 View profile
- June Sommerville Crowe 1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of business and employers membership organizations
- Incorporated
- 19/03/1943
- Registered office
- London
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.
- The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Book Tokens Limited
is controlled by The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The Booksellers Association of the United Kingdom & Ireland Limited.
1 other company 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.
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.
8 directors on the board
- Amanda Truman Director · appointed 2023
- Alexander De Berry Director · appointed 2008
- Nicholas Robert Bottomley Director · appointed 2020
- Emma Louise Hillyard Director · appointed 2026
- Sara Talbot Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Steven Goodson Director · appointed 2023
- Kieron James Smith Director · appointed 2014
- William Pettinger Director · appointed 2000
Directors past 6 years
- Alexander De Berry Director · appointed 2008
- Nicholas Robert Bottomley Director · appointed 2020
- Kieron James Smith Director · appointed 2014
- William Pettinger Director · appointed 2000
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Amanda Truman Director · appointed 2023
- Kieron James Smith Director · appointed 2014
Portfolio (6)
- Alexander De Berry Director · appointed 2008
- Nicholas Robert Bottomley Director · appointed 2020
- Emma Louise Hillyard Director · appointed 2026
- Sara Talbot Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Steven Goodson Director · appointed 2023
- William Pettinger Director · appointed 2000
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Peter Fraser Tanner Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 00379411
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/07/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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