Company
WH Smith Online Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Robert James Moorhead 2024-2024 View profile
- Carl David Cowling 2024-2025 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/02/2024
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.
- WH Smith Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-02-01
Group
- WH Smith Online Limited
is controlled by WH Smith Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-02-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - WH Smith Group Limited
is controlled by WH Smith PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-12-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by WH Smith PLC.
14 other companies in this group
- WH Smith Travel 2008 Limited
- WH Smith (Qatar) Limited
- WH Smith Group Limited
- The Websters Group Limited
- WH Smith US Group Holdings Limited
- WH Smith Travel Holdings Limited
- W H Smith Retirement Savings Plan Limited
- WH Smith Hospitals Holdings Limited
- WH Smith Hospitals Limited
- WH Smith 1955 Limited
- WH Smith US Retail Holdings Limited
- WH Smith HS Limited
- WH Smith Travel Limited
- WH Smith PLC
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.
2 directors on the board
- Ian Houghton Director · appointed 2024
- Maxwell Leslie James Izzard Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Ian Houghton Director · appointed 2024
- Maxwell Leslie James Izzard Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Carl David Cowling Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 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
- 15459126
- 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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