Skip to content
Governance Register
Sign inFind yourself
Find yourselfSign in
Search How it works For organisations For professionals

Edition

United Kingdom (current)IrelandUnited StatesNew ZealandCanadaAustraliaScotlandNorthern Ireland

Company

The Rough Guides Limited

The Rough Guides Limited is an active UK company (number 01969090), incorporated 1985, with 1 current director, Rene Frey. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

How am I connected?
More
View network map Report an issue

Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources

Network

The large node is The Rough Guides Limited. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.

Who leads it

Previous officers 22

  1. Paul Nicholas Kelly 2016-2017 Director View profile
  2. Shaun David Hodgkinson 2016-2017 Director View profile
  3. Alexandra Stephanie Allan 2016-2017 Director View profile
  4. Daniel Peter Shepherd 2015-2016 Director View profile
  5. Stephen Todd Twilliger 2011-2016 Director View profile
  6. Peter Field 2010-2012 Director View profile
  7. John William Duhigg 2010-2016 Director View profile
  8. Sally Kate Miranda Johnson 2009-2011 Director View profile
  9. John Crowther Makinson 2005-2010 Director View profile
  10. Brian James Landers 2003-2009 Director View profile
  11. Charles Richard Power 2002-2003 Director View profile
  12. Helena Caroline Peacock 2002-2016 Director View profile
  13. Andrew Peter Welham 1999-2002 Director View profile
  14. Roger Grenville Quinton Clarke 1998-1999 Director View profile
  15. Anthony David Forbes Watson 1996-2005 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Derek Hall 1996-1998 Director View profile
  17. Susanne Mary Hillen 2002 Director View profile
  18. Martin Kenneth Dunford 2002 Director View profile
  19. Charles Henry Mark Ellingham 2002 Director View profile
  20. Sinead Mary Martin 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  21. Cecily Julia Engle 1996-2002 Secretary View profile
  22. John Michael Fisher 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works

About

Incorporated
05/12/1985

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

  • Rene Frey
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-11-01
  • Penguin Books Limited ceased 2017-11-01
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. The Rough Guides Limited is controlled by Rene Frey
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-11-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Rene Frey.

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
£0
Total assets
£0
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-11-30. 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.

1 directors on the board

8.9y median 8.9y
average tenure
8.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
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 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

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

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01969090
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data