Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Company 00651692 Active
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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
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2025
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
3.2y median 0.8y
average tenure
8.6y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2025
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Hilary Murray Hill Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
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.
Tech and media 38Education 1Finance 1Retail and trade 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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
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- Little, Brown Book Group Limited 2 shared directors
- The Orion Publishing Group Limited 2 shared directors
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00651692 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 07/03/1960 |
| Address | CARMELITE HOUSE, 50 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, LONDON, EC4Y 0DZ |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
58110 - Book publishing
Owned by (2) 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.
- Hachette UK Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Hachette UK (Holdings) Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 6 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Hodder & Stoughton Educational Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Quercus Publishing Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Chambers Publishing Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - NEW English Library Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Edward Arnold (Publishers) Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Quercus Editions Limited ceased 2023-09-20
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (30)
- Dylan Matthew Wright Director · appointed 2026
- Richard David Kitson Director · appointed 2025
- David Richard Shelley Director · appointed 2017
Show 27 former officers
- Hilary Murray Hill Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Elisabeth Jane Tribe Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2023
- James Hodder Williams Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2022
- Thomas Peter Webster Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- Marlene Johnson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
- Peter Charles Kenneth Roche Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- Philip John Kedgerley Walters Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
- Pierre De Cacqueray Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2026
- Stephen Leonard Robinson Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
- Michael David Buckley Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2004
- Colin Graham Campbell Fairbairn Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
- Keith Hamill Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2000
- Jon William Mortimore Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
- Martin John Neild Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
- Mary Tapissier Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
- Mark William Opzoomer Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
- Paul Murray Coley Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
- Timothy Mark Hely Hutchinson Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2017
- Philip John Attenborough Director · resigned 1993
- Brian Michael Steven Director · resigned 1997
- Anthony Malcolm Brown Secretary · resigned 2002
- Thomas George Julian Biggs-Davison Director · resigned 1993
- Richard Stileman Director · resigned 1997
- Henry Stuart Hughes Director · resigned 1994
- Patrick Michael Mckee Wright Director · resigned 1993
- Michael Francis Attenborough Director · resigned 1993
- Eric Patrick Major Director · resigned 1996
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