WH Smith 1955 Limited
Company 00549069 Active
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- WH Smith Pension Trustees Limited 1 shared director
- The SQL Workshop Limited 1 shared director
- W H Smith Retirement Savings Plan Limited 1 shared director
- WH Smith Hospitals Holdings Limited 1 shared director
- WH Smith Hospitals Limited 1 shared director
- WH Smith PLC 1 shared director
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Company details
| Number | 00549069 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 12/05/1955 |
| Address | WINDMILL HILL BUSINESS PARK, WHITEHILL WAY, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN5 6PB |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/08/2025 |
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Ownership - persons with significant control (2)
- Wh Smith Group Limited
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors - Wh Smith Retail Holdings Limited ceased 2024
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
Officers (16)
- Maxwell Leslie James Izzard Director · appointed 2024
- Ian Houghton Secretary · appointed 1996
Show 14 former officers
- Carl David Cowling Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Stephen Martin Clarke Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
- Robert James Moorhead Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2024
- Alan James Stewart Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
- Kathryn Elizabeth Swann Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2013
- Richard Gordon Handover Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
- John Anthony Warren Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- Keith Hamill Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2000
- Colin Anthony White Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2006
- Gerard Maxwell Hughes Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
- Susan Helen Bull Secretary · resigned 1996
- Philip Alan Stevens Director · resigned 1994
- Richard Chisholm Thorpe Director · resigned 1996
- Rule, Christopher Stanley, Mr. Director · resigned 1998
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