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Rough Guides Limited(the)

Company 01969090 Active

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Board DNA

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1
directors on the board
8.7y median 8.7y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
0 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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Tech and media 1

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  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

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Company details

Number01969090
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated05/12/1985
AddressC/O APA PUBLICATIONS (UK) LTD, 7 BELL YARD, LONDON, WC2A 2JR
Accounts next due31/08/2027
Accounts last made up30/11/2025

Industry (SIC)

58110 - Book publishing

Ownership - persons with significant control (2)

  • Mr Rene Frey Swiss
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Penguin Books Limited ceased
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (23)

  • Frey, Rene Director · appointed 2017
  • Kelly, Paul Nicholas Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Hodgkinson, Shaun David Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Martin, Sinead Mary Former Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Allan, Alexandra Stephanie Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Shepherd, Daniel Peter Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
  • Twilliger, Stephen Todd Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2016
  • Field, Peter Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
  • Duhigg, John William Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
  • Johnson, Sally Kate Miranda Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
  • Makinson, John Crowther Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2010
  • Landers, Brian James Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Power, Charles Richard Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Peacock, Helena Caroline Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2016
  • Welham, Andrew Peter Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
  • Clarke, Roger Grenville Quinton Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
  • Forbes Watson, Anthony David Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2005
  • Engle, Cecily Julia Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2002
  • Hall, Stephen Derek Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Hillen, Susanne Mary Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Dunford, Martin Kenneth Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Ellingham, Charles Henry Mark Former Director · resigned 2002
  • Fisher, John Michael Former Secretary · resigned 2002

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