Harpercollins Publishers Limited
Company SC027389 Active
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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.
5 directors on the board
- Brian Murray Director · appointed 2008
- Kathryn Susanna Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Dowson-Collins, Simon Richard Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2014
- Daniel Arthur Schwartz Director · appointed 2023
- Alford, David Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2016
8.7y median 9.6y
average tenure
18.1y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Brian Murray Director · appointed 2008
- Dowson-Collins, Simon Richard Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2014
- Alford, David Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Brian Murray Director · appointed 2008
- Kathryn Susanna Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Dowson-Collins, Simon Richard Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2014
- Daniel Arthur Schwartz Director · appointed 2023
- Alford, David Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2016
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also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Redmayne, Charles George Mariner, Mr. Director · appointed 2013 · 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.
Professional services 60Tech and media 17Dormant 3
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Harlequin (UK) Limited 3 shared directors
- George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Limited 3 shared directors
- Thorsons Publishing Group Limited 3 shared directors
- William Collins International Limited 3 shared directors
- Mills & Boon Limited 3 shared directors
- Farshore Books LTD 3 shared directors
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | SC027389 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 29/11/1949 |
| Address | 1 ROBROYSTON GATE, ROBROYSTON, GLASGOW, G33 1JN |
| Accounts next due | 31/03/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/06/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
58110 - Book publishing82990 - Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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.
- William Collins Holdings Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-09-01
Owns 23 companies multi-entity operator, one site iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Leckie & Leckie Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-07-21 - Dolphin Book Club Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-08-07 - Pollokshields Printing Services, Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-08-09 - William Collins International Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-09-01 - William Collins Sons & Company Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-09-01 - Bookarmy LTD
significant influence · notified 2016-09-29 - Collins Bartholomew Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-11-07 - Marshall Pickering Holdings Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - Fourth Estate Limited
significant influence · notified 2016-12-29 - Harpercollins Publishers Pension Trustee Company Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-01-05 - Toptrack Learning LTD
significant influence · notified 2017-02-24 - Harlequin Enterprises UK Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-04-21 - Harlequin (UK) Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-04-21 - Thorsons Publishing Group Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-04-26 - Letts Educational Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-05-22 - Cobuild Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-05-26 - Unwin Hyman Limited
significant influence · notified 2017-05-30 - Farshore Books LTD
significant influence · notified 2021-10-07 - Pavilion & Portico Books Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-12-01 - Pavilion Books Company Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-01-17 - Belitha Press Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2022-01-17 - Barrington Stoke Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-04-03 - News Corporate Services UK Limited ceased 2021-11-19
significant influence · notified 2016-08-21
Officers (34)
- Kathryn Susanna Kelly Director · appointed 2025
- Daniel Arthur Schwartz Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Dowson-Collins Secretary · appointed 2016
- Alford, David Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2016
- Dowson-Collins, Simon Richard Peter, Mr. Director · appointed 2014
- Brian Murray Director · appointed 2008
Show 28 former officers
- Redmayne, Charles George Mariner, Mr. Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
- Simon Martin Johnson Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
- Keith Howard Percival Mullock Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2012
- Janet Ann Gervasio Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2023
- John Andrew Main Baillie Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2006
- Patric George Stephen Duffy Secretary · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
- Victoria Barnsley Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2013
- Edmund Alexander Kielbasiewicz Secretary · appointed 2000 · resigned 2016
- Leslie Thomas Richard Higgins Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2000
- Adrian Charles Laing Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
- Jane Friedman Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2008
- Glenn D'Agnes Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2008
- Anthea Disney Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Andrew Stephen Bower Knight Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1996
- Edward Bell Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2000
- David Devoe Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 2013
- Neil Topham Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1996
- David Oliver Houston Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1998
- Peter Anthony Winslow Director · appointed 1990 · resigned 1994
- Terence James Kitson Director · appointed 1990 · resigned 1991
- Douglas Ernest Slowman Secretary · appointed 1989 · resigned 1999
- Pickering, Edward Davies, Sir Director · resigned 2003
- George Craig Director · resigned 1996
- Andrew Towart Craig Fyfe Secretary · resigned 1990
- Keith Rupert Murdoch Director · resigned 2023
- Sonia Land Director · resigned 1990
- John Calder Mcalpine Director · resigned 1993
- Peter Walter Stehrenberger Director · resigned 1991
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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