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The Friend Publications Limited

Publishing of newspapers

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

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Previous officers 68

  1. Colin Victor Marsh 2019-2023 Director View profile
  2. Sanjive Kumar Mahandru 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Peter Alexander Kennedy 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Dr Ingrid Elisabeth Greenhow 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Maria Bernadette Huff 2018-2021 Director View profile
  6. Barbara Jean Windle 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Elisabeth Helen Burch 2018-2025 Director View profile
  8. Chaundra Marie Crouch 2018-2022 Director View profile
  9. Gillian Mary Waddilove 2017-2018 Director View profile
  10. Richard James Summers 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Gerald Hewitson 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Rosamund Mary Irene Mccarthy 2015-2017 Director View profile
  13. Rajit Gholap 2015-2018 Director View profile
  14. Timothy Adam Rouse 2014-2019 Director View profile
  15. Paul Jeorrett 2014-2020 Director View profile
  16. Sandra Horsfall 2013-2019 Director View profile
  17. Valerie Linda Ferguson 2013-2018 Director View profile
  18. Hugo Francis Lockhart Finley 2012-2018 Director View profile
  19. Ronald Barden 2012-2014 Director View profile
  20. Nicholas Alan Sims 2012-2017 Director View profile
  21. Gil Frances Skidmore 2012-2016 Director View profile
  22. Ruth Christine Maud Coffey 2011-2012 Director View profile
  23. Geoffrey Clifford Durham 2011-2018 Director View profile
  24. Rebecca Maria Riddell 2010-2013 Director View profile
  25. Jennifer Dorothy Kavanagh 2010-2015 Director View profile
  26. Helen Rachel Cadbury 2009-2011 Director View profile
  27. Craig Jason Barnett 2009-2009 Director View profile
  28. Kevin Malcolm Redpath 2009-2012 Director View profile
  29. Jonathan Spencer 2007-2010 Director View profile
  30. John Oliver Drewery 2007-2013 Director View profile
  31. Mary Elizabeth Roe 2007-2012 Director View profile
  32. Elizabeth Anne Cave 2007-2009 Director View profile
  33. John Malcolm Melling 2006-2012 Director View profile
  34. Janet Rosemary Scott 2006-2013 Director View profile
  35. Arthur David Olver 2005-2007 Director View profile
  36. Elizabeth Frances Carolyn Whitehouse 2005-2011 Director View profile
  37. Rosemary Jane Hartill 2004-2010 Director View profile
  38. Joyce Taylor 2004-2005 Director View profile
  39. Thomas William Penny 2002-2007 Director View profile
  40. Catrin Hilary Davies 2001-2002 Director View profile
  41. Fiona Jane Burtt 2000-2006 Director View profile
  42. Cressida Jane Miles 1998-2007 Director View profile
  43. Nicholas Dudley Murdoch Mcgeorge 1998-2008 Director View profile
  44. Kathleen Avril Marley Worrall 1998-2006 Director View profile
  45. Susan Vipont Hartshorne 1995-2005 Director View profile
  46. Peter Brian Rogers Stark 1995-2001 Director View profile
  47. Anna Maria Barlow 1995-2003 Director View profile
  48. Deborah Jane Rowlands 1993-2001 Director View profile
  49. David Gordon Woolgrove 1993-2001 Director View profile
  50. David Frank Darton 1992-2003 Director View profile
  51. Christopher John Stokes 1997 Director View profile
  52. Rowena Kathryn Loverance 1998 Director View profile
  53. Burnell Martin 2001 Director View profile
  54. Roger Bowman Sturge 2001 Director View profile
  55. Carol Elizabeth Gardiner 2000 Director View profile
  56. Donald Jones 1991 Director View profile
  57. Andreas Peter Paul Honigmann 1995 Director View profile
  58. Sir Geoffrey Masterman Wilson 1993 Director View profile
  59. Michael Hotham Rowntree 1994 Director View profile
  60. Muriel Isabel Evans 1995 Director View profile
  61. Charles Henry Kohler 1992 Director View profile
  62. Aubrey Derwent Ellis 1996 Director View profile
  63. Janet Sewell 2000 Director View profile
  64. Janet Evelyn Barlow 2017-2025 Secretary View profile
  65. Nancy Hester Buchanan 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  66. David Olver 2007-2012 Secretary View profile
  67. Donald James Robertson 1999-2007 Secretary View profile
  68. George Bunney 2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Publishing of newspapers; Other publishing activities
Incorporated
20/05/1958
Registered office
London
Also a registered charity
The Friend Publications Limited
Previous names
The Friend Publications Limited (until 30/03/2019)

Financials

Employees
0.05
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

2.3y median 1.6y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Construction 1Education 1Hospitality 1Tech and media 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00604838
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/03/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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