Company
Atlantic Books Limited
Atlantic Books Limited is an active UK company (number 04038606), incorporated 2000, with 8 current directors including Drummond Moir and David Michael Woodhouse. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Drummond MoirDirector · since 2023
- David Michael WoodhouseDirector · since 2022
- Edward FaulknerDirector · since 2020
- Alice NakayamaDirector · since 2020
- John Richard Henry SprinksDirector · since 2014
- Clare Rosalind DrysdaleDirector · since 2014
- Robert John GormanDirector · since 2014
- Patrick Andrew GallagherDirector · since 2014
Previous officers 19
- Peter Charles Kenneth Roche 2023-2024 View profile
- Poppy Louise Hampson 2022-2024 View profile
- Sarah Louise Plampin 2019-2025 View profile
- Alan Miller Craig 2019-2021 View profile
- Vanessa Shirley Kerr 2019-2019 View profile
- Michael George Harpley 2018-2022 View profile
- Sara O'Keeffe 2017-2019 View profile
- Clive Victor Kintoff 2016-2021 View profile
- William Alexander Atkinson 2014-2023 View profile
- Bunmi Emillie Western 2014-2016 View profile
- Margaret Stead 2012-2016 View profile
- Karen Duffy 2012-2023 View profile
- Anthony Cheetham 2009-2011 View profile
- Ravindra Finder Mirchandani 2009-2014 View profile
- Daniel John Scott 2008-2011 View profile
- Morgan Entrekin 2006-2012 View profile
- Sigrid Maria Elisabet Rausing 2006-2008 View profile
- James Toby Mundy 2000-2014 View profile
- Guy Newton 2003-2011 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 21/07/2000
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.
- Patrick Andrew Gallagher
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Atlantic Books Limited
is controlled by Patrick Andrew Gallagher
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Patrick Andrew Gallagher.
4 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
- -£3,309,775
- Total assets
- £7,534
- Cash
- £363,103
- Employees
- 31
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Small company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.
8 directors on the board
- David Michael Woodhouse Director · appointed 2022
- Drummond Moir Director · appointed 2023
- Edward Faulkner Director · appointed 2020
- John Richard Henry Sprinks Director · appointed 2014
- Clare Rosalind Drysdale Director · appointed 2014
- Alice Nakayama Director · appointed 2020
- Robert John Gorman Director · appointed 2014
- Patrick Andrew Gallagher Director · appointed 2014
Directors past 6 years
- John Richard Henry Sprinks Director · appointed 2014
- Clare Rosalind Drysdale Director · appointed 2014
- Alice Nakayama Director · appointed 2020
- Robert John Gorman Director · appointed 2014
- Patrick Andrew Gallagher Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- David Michael Woodhouse Director · appointed 2022
- Drummond Moir Director · appointed 2023
- Edward Faulkner Director · appointed 2020
- John Richard Henry Sprinks Director · appointed 2014
- Alice Nakayama Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Clare Rosalind Drysdale Director · appointed 2014
- Robert John Gorman Director · appointed 2014
- Patrick Andrew Gallagher Director · appointed 2014
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04038606
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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