Dorling Kindersley Limited
Company 01177822 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
9.8y median 9.9y
average tenure
15.2y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
0 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
1
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.
Tech and media 15Finance 5Education 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- Hugo's Language Books Limited 3 shared directors
- Dorling Kindersley Vision Limited 3 shared directors
- Funfax Limited 3 shared directors
- Canelo Digital Publishing Limited 2 shared directors
- Hera Books LTD 2 shared directors
- Read - the Reading Agency 1 shared director
Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 01177822 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 18/07/1974 |
| Address | 20 VAUXHALL BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON, SW1V 2SA |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
58110 - Book publishing
Ownership - persons with significant control (1)
- Penguin Random House Limited
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
Officers (50)
- Robert James Squire Gates Director · appointed 2022
- Paul Nicholas Kelly Director · appointed 2016
- Sinead Mary Martin Secretary · appointed 2016
- Shaun David Hodgkinson Director · appointed 2011
Show 46 former officers
- Rebecca Jane Smart Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Daniel Peter Shepherd Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- Alexandra Stephanie Allan Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Stephen Todd Twilliger Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2016
- Sally Kate Miranda Johnson Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
- Peter Field Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- John William Duhigg Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
- Michael John Symons Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- John Crowther Makinson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- Andrew John Phillips Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Genevieve Helen Shore Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Gary Lee June Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
- Brian James Landers Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
- Susan Elizabeth Taylor Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- Helena Caroline Peacock Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2016
- Andrew Keeney Rosenheim Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2001
- Charles Richard Power Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
- Anthony David Forbes Watson Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- Christopher John Davis Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- Andrew Peter Welham Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- Richard James Devas Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Alan James Fort Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Annette Ellen John Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Philip Roxburgh Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Colette Marie Nugent Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- David Holmes Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Angela Mansell Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- James Thomas Middlehurst Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- David Arnold Taylor Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Barry Neville Roberts Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- David Oliver Houston Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Philip John Denvir Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- Katharine Marie Shah Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
- Katharine Mary Jackson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Anita Therese Fulton Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Clive Robert Pemberton Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Madeleine Barbara Day Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
- Kathryn Marya Fox Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2002
- Dorothea Barsby Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- Michael John Worthington Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
- Peter Richard Gill Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
- Linda Mary Blackman Secretary · resigned 1996
- Richard Charles Dutton Harman Director · resigned 1993
- Peter David Kindersley Director · resigned 2000
- Rodney James Hare Director · resigned 1998
- Giles Peter Christian Cunningham Director · resigned 1995
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