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Company · Bury St. Edmunds

Wooden Books Limited

Book publishing

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 4

  1. Stephen Michael Parsons 2014-2016 Director View profile
  2. Christopher John Thomson 1996-1996 Director View profile
  3. Anthony Denis Brandt 1996-2014 Secretary View profile
  4. David John Metcalf 1996-1996 Nominee-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Book publishing
Incorporated
03/05/1996
Registered office
Bury St. Edmunds

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. Wooden Books Limited is controlled by John Southcliffe Martineau
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-04-24 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Southcliffe Martineau.

2 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
£49,259
Total assets
£82,280
Employees
0.02
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.

1 directors on the board

30.2y median 30.2y
average tenure
30.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

0
left in the last 12 months

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
03194465
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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