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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 17

  1. Peter Joseph Nugent 2017-2024 Director View profile
  2. Julian Michael Thorne 2017-2022 Director View profile
  3. Timothy Bryan Preston 2014-2023 Director View profile
  4. Andrew Charles Patterson 2014-2014 Director View profile
  5. Simon David William Watson Biltcliffe 2013-2017 Director View profile
  6. Georgina Henry 2013-2014 Director View profile
  7. Martin David Vincent Randall 2012-2014 Director View profile
  8. Luke Oliver Johnson 2012-2014 Director View profile
  9. Juliet Gardiner 2011-2014 Director View profile
  10. Gordon Marsden 2011-2014 Director View profile
  11. Jerome Kuehl 2014 Director View profile
  12. Hugh Arthur Stephenson 2014 Director View profile
  13. Stacy Marking 1997 Director View profile
  14. John Bernard Haysom Jackson 2014 Director View profile
  15. Andrew Charles Patterson 2010-2022 Secretary View profile
  16. Prema Thakur 1995-2010 Secretary View profile
  17. Susan Meriel Hammond Jones 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/04/1981

Ownership

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.

Group

  1. History Today Limited is controlled by History Today Publishing Limited
    Evidence
    active appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. History Today Publishing Limited is controlled by Hugh Arthur Stephenson
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-06-01, ceased 2022-02-03 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Hugh Arthur Stephenson.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£311,088
Total assets
£311,088
Cash
£863,059
Employees
8
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).

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.

6 directors on the board

2.8y median 2.8y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (6)

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 7Business services 1Other services 1Professional services 1Transport 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01556332
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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