The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

W. & G. Foyle Limited

Company 00945131 Active

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Board DNA

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3
directors on the board
5.5y median 6.4y
average tenure
7.7y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
0 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Dormant 18Professional services 15Retail and trade 6Finance 4

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Company details

Number00945131
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated01/01/1969
Address203 - 206 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 9HD
Accounts next due31/01/2027
Accounts last made up03/05/2025

Industry (SIC)

99999 - Dormant Company

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)

  • Mr Paul Elliot Singer American
    right to appoint and remove directors right to appoint and remove directors as firm
  • Book Retail Bidco Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr William Richard Christopher Foyle ceased British
    ownership of shares 50-75%

Officers (27)

  • Ashworth, Karen Deborah Director · appointed 2024
  • Johnston, Fiona Secretary · appointed 2022
  • Skipper, Kate Director · appointed 2020
  • Daunt, Achilles James Director · appointed 2018
  • Hillyard, Emma Louise Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • Sullivan, Elisabeth Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
  • Aslam, Laila Former Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
  • Molloy, Jane Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
  • Best, Paul Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Campbell, Alison Former Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Foyle, Catherine Mary Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Currie, Paul Anthony Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • Aspinall, Beverley Ann Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
  • Hamilton, Sion Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2017
  • Burnett, Robert Kenneth Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2018
  • Husain, Saleem Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
  • Wordley, Vivienne Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
  • Mcginley, Michael Peter Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
  • Browne, John Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2018
  • Samuel, William Edgar Foyle Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2018
  • Foyle, Anthony George Eugene Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Boal, Francis Steven Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
  • Foyle, William Richard Mervyn Christopher Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2018
  • Dalmeny Investments LTD Former Corporate-director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2006
  • Cruickshanks, John Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Batty, Ronald Frederick Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Batty, Christina Agnes Lilian Former Secretary · resigned 1999

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