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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 19

  1. Michael Isaac Franklin 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Deepa Mardolka 2021-2024 Director View profile
  3. Julian Stanley 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Kate Mcfarlan 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Ursula Ann Mackenzie 2017-2024 Director View profile
  6. Frances Ann Ford 2016-2024 Director View profile
  7. John Dyer 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Nicholas Philip Viner 2013-2024 Director View profile
  9. Daniel Crewe 2012-2014 Director View profile
  10. Diana Paola Broccardo 2010-2020 Director View profile
  11. Cecily Julia Engle 2007-2024 Director View profile
  12. George Nicholas Perren 2003-2016 Director View profile
  13. Katherine Griffin 1997-2010 Director View profile
  14. Dr Suzanne Henrietta Franks 1996-2013 Director View profile
  15. David Sorrell Gordon 1996-2022 Director View profile
  16. Norman Albert Jessel Franklin 1996-2012 Director View profile
  17. Oliver Duncan Stanley 1996-2018 Director View profile
  18. Clare Grist Taylor 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  19. Stephen Patrick Brough 1996-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
31/10/1995

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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. Profile Books Limited is controlled by Oliver Duncan Stanley
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-04-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Oliver Duncan Stanley.

5 other companies 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
£9,752,470
Total assets
£10,529,517
Cash
£5,207,822
Employees
64
Turnover
£21,500,982
Profit/loss
£2,285,492

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

4 directors on the board

9.2y median 2.4y
average tenure
30.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

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 7Finance 4Business services 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
03120147
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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