Company · London Liquidation
Littlewoods Direct Recoveries Limited
Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 9
- Gregory Vincent Pateras 2016-2017 View profile
- Steve Makin 2008-2012 View profile
- Shop Direct Company Director Limited 2002-2016 View profile
- Euan Imrie 2002-2002 View profile
- John Neil Ogilvie 2002-2002 View profile
- Alistair Kenneth Mcgeorge 2000-2002 View profile
- Mr Alan White 2000-2002 View profile
- John Michael Barry Gibson 2000-2001 View profile
- Shop Direct Secretarial Services LTD 2000-2016 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 28/04/2000
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Legal Direct Recoveries Limited (until 15/07/2014)
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.
- Shop Direct Finance Company Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Littlewoods Direct Recoveries Limited
is controlled by Shop Direct Finance Company Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Shop Direct Finance Company Limited
is controlled by Shop Direct Group Financial Services Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Shop Direct Group Financial Services Limited
is controlled by The Very Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - The Very Group Limited
is controlled by VGL Finco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-15 · source: Companies House PSC register - VGL Finco Limited
is controlled by VGL Midco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-07-08 · source: Companies House PSC register - VGL Midco Limited
is controlled by Bird Bidco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-11-07 · source: Companies House PSC register - Bird Bidco Limited
is controlled by Oakwood Corporate Nominees 2024 Limited
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-07-11, ceased 2025-10-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Oakwood Corporate Nominees 2024 Limited.
152 other companies in this group
- Littlewoods Warehouses Limited
- Lyceum Simba Finco Limited
- Callisto Offshore Wind Limited
- Lppi Scotland (NO.1) Limited
- Bloom Marketplace Limited
- Glil Storage 2 Limited
- Very Group Financial Services Limited
- Shop Direct Financial Services Limited
- Glil Corporate Holdings 4 Limited
- Exind Limited
- Family Album Limited
- Littlewoods Finance Company Limited
- Lewis U.K. Limited
- Rock Rail East Anglia (Holdings) 2 Limited
- Glil Storage 1 Limited
- SO307902
- Glil Corporate Holdings 2 Limited
- Woolworths Nominees Limited
- Helium Miracle 396 Limited
- Janet Frazer Limited
- Burnside Lendco Limited
- Woolworths Media Limited
- Shop Direct Secretarial Services Limited
- Woolworths Group Finance Limited
- Woolworths Holdings Limited
- Shop Direct Trustees Limited
- Cascade Infrastructure Holdings Limited
- Local Pensions Partnership Investments LTD
- Very Group International Limited
- Very Group Retail Limited
- Ursula Topco Limited
- Barings Distinct Direct Lending Holdco 1 Limited
- Woolworths Cinema Club Limited
- Shop Direct Finance Company Limited
- Catalogue Bargain Shop Limited
- Innovations Group Limited
- LW Investments Limited
- Helium Miracle 399 Limited
- Rock Rail East Anglia PLC
- Lppi PE Investments (NO.2) LP
- 05007566
- Callisto Offshore Wind Holdings Limited
- Mallard Investments LLP
- J & C Moores (Direct) Limited
- OC405908
- Glil Infrastructure LLP
- John Moores Home Shopping Service Limited
- Lyceum Simba Limited
- Littlewoods Home Shopping Finance Limited
- Woolworths Marketing Limited
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.
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
- David Wallace Kershaw Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- David Wallace Kershaw Director · appointed 2012
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.
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
- 03983164
- Status
- Liquidation
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2025
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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