Company
Book Retail Bidco Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Raymond HedbergDirector · since 2025
- Kate SkipperDirector · since 2025
- Karen Deborah AshworthDirector · since 2025
- Gordon Matthew SingerDirector · since 2021
- Achilles James DauntDirector · since 2018
- Edouard Joseph Larnaudie De FerrandDirector · since 2018
- Paul BestDirector · since 2018
- Fiona JohnstonSecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 6
- Christopher Daniel Mucha 2018-2023 View profile
- Marina Groenberg 2018-2019 View profile
- Aleksis Razmuss 2018-2025 View profile
- Elisabeth Sullivan 2021-2022 View profile
- Laila Aslam 2020-2021 View profile
- Alison Campbell 2018-2020 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 29/03/2018
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Book Retail Midco Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-07-23 - Book Retail Midco Limited ceased 2018-04-26
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-04-13 - Possible match - 2 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 2 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
- Possible match - 2 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 2 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Book Retail Bidco Limited
is controlled by Paul Elliott Singer
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence (firm) · notified 2018-03-29, ceased 2018-04-13 · source: Companies House PSC register
The individual named as ultimate controller on the PSC register for this chain is a known formation agent or data-quality flag, not a confirmed beneficial owner - not shown as fact.
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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.
7 directors on the board
- Paul Best Director · appointed 2018
- Kate Skipper Director · appointed 2025
- Edouard Joseph Larnaudie De Ferrand Director · appointed 2018
- Gordon Matthew Singer Director · appointed 2021
- Raymond Hedberg Director · appointed 2025
- Achilles James Daunt Director · appointed 2018
- Karen Deborah Ashworth Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Best Director · appointed 2018
- Edouard Joseph Larnaudie De Ferrand Director · appointed 2018
- Achilles James Daunt Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (7)
- Paul Best Director · appointed 2018
- Kate Skipper Director · appointed 2025
- Edouard Joseph Larnaudie De Ferrand Director · appointed 2018
- Gordon Matthew Singer Director · appointed 2021
- Raymond Hedberg Director · appointed 2025
- Achilles James Daunt Director · appointed 2018
- Karen Deborah Ashworth Director · appointed 2025
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11284041
- 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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