Penguin Books Limited
Company 00861590 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.
4 directors on the board
- Nihar Malaviya Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Daryl Weldon Director · appointed 2010
- Robert Angus Waddington Director · appointed 2017
- Mark William Gardiner Director · appointed 2014
10.5y median 10.9y
average tenure
16.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Thomas Daryl Weldon Director · appointed 2010
- Robert Angus Waddington Director · appointed 2017
- Mark William Gardiner Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Nihar Malaviya Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Daryl Weldon Director · appointed 2010
- Robert Angus Waddington Director · appointed 2017
- Mark William Gardiner Director · appointed 2014
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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.
Professional services 76Tech and media 37Property 27Transport 2Business 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
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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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- Flaname 2 Limited 3 shared directors
- Flaname 8 Limited 3 shared directors
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Company details
| Number | 00861590 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 15/10/1965 |
| Address | ONE EMBASSY GARDENS, 8 VIADUCT GARDENS, LONDON, SW11 7BW |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
58110 - Book publishing
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.
- Penguin Random House Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 11 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Michael Joseph Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Allen Lane the Penguin Press Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Penguin Pension Trustee Limited
75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Hamish Hamilton Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Frederick Warne & CO Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Ladybird Books Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Snowman Enterprises Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Ventura Publishing Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Children's Character Books Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Puffin Rock Feature Film Limited
25-50% shares · notified 2020-06-04 - Rough Guides Limited(the) ceased 2017-11-01
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Officers (56)
- Nihar Malaviya Director · appointed 2023
- Robert Angus Waddington Director · appointed 2017
- Sinead Mary Martin Secretary · appointed 2016
- Mark William Gardiner Director · appointed 2014
- Thomas Daryl Weldon Director · appointed 2010
Show 51 former officers
- Markus Franz-Joseph Dohle Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
- Suzanne Margaret Brennan Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2014
- Michael John Symons Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
- Peter Field Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2012
- Genevieve Helen Shore Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Brian James Landers Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- John Crowther Makinson Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2016
- Peter David Bowron Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- David Andrew Wan Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2002
- Charles Richard Power Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
- Susan Elizabeth Taylor Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
- Michael Geoffrey Herridge Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
- Helena Caroline Peacock Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2016
- Nicholas Charles Kirkland Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- John Richard Cowser Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Andrew Keeney Rosenheim Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
- Juliet Annan Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2005
- Helen Jean Sutherland Fraser Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2009
- Peter Haley Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Michael Lynton Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Laurence James Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
- Duncan John Campbell-Smith Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Alastair David Rolfe Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Frances Supple Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
- Philippa Jean Milnes-Smith Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
- Max Nicholas Adam Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
- Kevin Michael Bristow Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
- Andrew Peter Welham Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2006
- Patrick John Mccarthy Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
- Anthony David Forbes Watson Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2005
- Laura Elizabeth Bamford Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1994
- Roger Grenville Quinton Clarke Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
- Susan Watt Director · resigned 1998
- Patrick Burgon John Hutchinson Director · resigned 1995
- Clare Frances Alexander Director · resigned 1997
- Anthony Stephen Lacey Director · resigned 2005
- Sally Margaret Doris Floyer Director · resigned 2008
- Trevor David Glover Director · resigned 1995
- Brenda Johnson Director · resigned 1995
- Peter Thomas Staheyeff Carson Director · resigned 1997
- Elizabeth Margaret Attenborough Director · resigned 1995
- Andrew Cecil Franklin Director · resigned 1995
- Rosalie Mavis Wilson Barker Director · resigned 1995
- Cecily Julia Engle Secretary · resigned 2001
- Stephen Derek Hall Director · resigned 1998
- John Henry Rolfe Director · resigned 1997
- Nigel John Williams Director · resigned 1995
- John James Peck Director · resigned 1993
- John Walter Webster Director · resigned 1996
- Jonathan Roy Ramon Yglesias Director · resigned 1997
- Peter Michael Mayer Director · resigned 1996
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