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Waterstones Overseas Limited

Company 02133199 Active

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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.

4
directors on the board
6.9y median 5.1y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
2
directors past 6 years
0 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
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.

Dormant 24Professional services 13Retail and trade 6Finance 4

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.

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number02133199
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated20/05/1987
Address203-206 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 9HD
Accounts next due31/01/2027
Accounts last made up03/05/2025

Industry (SIC)

74990 - Non-trading company

Ownership - persons with significant control (2)

  • Waterstones Booksellers Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr Paul Elliot Singer American
    right to appoint and remove directors right to appoint and remove directors as firm

Officers (35)

  • Ashworth, Karen Deborah Director · appointed 2024
  • Skipper, Kate Director · appointed 2024
  • Johnston, Fiona Secretary · appointed 2022
  • Collins, Alexander Director · appointed 2018
  • Daunt, Achilles James Director · appointed 2011
  • 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
  • Campbell, Alison Former Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Molloy, Jane Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2022
  • Manning, Richard Denley John Former Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
  • Miles, Martin Former Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
  • Giffin, Michael William Former Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2011
  • Marriner, Elaine Former Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
  • Myers, Dominic Peter Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
  • Giles, Alan James Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2006
  • Bright, Neil Irvine Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • Johnson, Gerald Thomas Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • Hitchcock, Michael Paul Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
  • Adams, David Alexander Robertson Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Kong, Rebecca Marion Baird Former Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Knighton, Edward Myles Former Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2004
  • Thornton, Christopher John Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
  • Warner, Stephen John Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Lloyd, Neil Anthony Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2000
  • Joly, Charles Rupert Redvers Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Stone, Anthony Patrick Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Fane, Mark William Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2006
  • Chapman, Perry Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Barnes, Graham Leslie Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Ellis-Jones, Michael John Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Allen, Susan Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Heneage, James Arthur Former Director · resigned 2006
  • Cheney, Peter Michael Former Director · resigned 1992
  • Dunne, Philip Martin Former Secretary · resigned 2006

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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