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Clicking the links on parent entities or officers, and offspring entities or managed companies will put them in focus and show upstream or downstream connections. In general, ascendant entities can be found by moving toward upstream, and descendant entities are by toward downstream. In this way, progenitor entities such as grandparent companies (parents of parent), sibling companies (children of parent), partner companies (parents of child), and progeny entities such as grandchild companies (children of child) can be found easily.

Parent entities and officers
Active 4
  • 1
    Redmayne, Charles George Mariner, Mr.
    Company Director born in August 1966
    Individual (28 offsprings)
    Officer
    2020-04-30 ~ now
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 2
    Alford, David Peter, Mr.
    Company Director born in May 1971
    Individual (28 offsprings)
    Officer
    2020-04-30 ~ now
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 3
    Dowson-collins, Simon Richard Peter, Mr.
    Company Director born in November 1963
    Individual (31 offsprings)
    Officer
    2020-04-30 ~ now
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Dowson-collins, Simon, Mr.
    Individual (31 offsprings)
    Officer
    2020-04-30 ~ now
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 4
    HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS LIMITED - 2015-09-29
    WILLIAM COLLINS LIMITED - 1990-02-01
    103, Westerhill Road, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow, Scotland
    Active Corporate (6 parents, 22 offsprings)
    Person with significant control
    2021-10-07 ~ now
    PE - Has significant influence or controlCIF 0
Ceased 52
  • 1
    Philbin, John Nicholas
    Finance Director born in March 1950
    Individual
    Officer
    1996-07-15 ~ 1998-04-27
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 2
    Dewan, Rosemary Clare
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    1995-07-11 ~ 1998-04-27
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 3
    Riley, David Ian
    Publishing Director born in October 1960
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    2002-03-31 ~ 2013-11-30
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 4
    Weir, James William Hartland
    Accountant born in June 1965
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    2008-11-06 ~ 2013-10-13
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Weir, James William Hartland
    Accountant
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    2008-11-06 ~ 2013-08-10
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 5
    Bulow, Ulrik
    Company Director born in February 1954
    Individual
    Officer
    1998-04-27 ~ 1998-05-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 6
    Findlay, Ian Ritchie
    Director born in April 1945
    Individual
    Officer
    1998-04-27 ~ 2000-12-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 7
    Buss, Anna Louise
    Finance Director born in April 1983
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    2018-01-01 ~ 2020-04-30
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 8
    Mcfarlane, Susannah
    Publisher born in July 1965
    Individual
    Officer
    2000-09-01 ~ 2002-09-12
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 9
    Pocock, Douglas
    Sales Director born in February 1967
    Individual
    Officer
    2002-03-31 ~ 2008-01-01
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 10
    Cheeseman, Peter Ernest
    Commercial Director born in March 1942
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1995-07-11
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Cheeseman, Peter Ernest
    Individual
    Officer
    1995-03-20 ~ 1995-07-11
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 11
    Hamlyn, Paul Bertrand Wolfgang, Lord
    Publisher born in February 1926
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1997-06-12
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 12
    Saur, Klaus Gerhard
    Publisher born in July 1941
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1992-03-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 13
    Lough, Sarah Rosemary
    Finance Dir born in April 1959
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    1995-07-11 ~ 1996-01-17
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 14
    Hunt, Christopher Eric
    Finance Director born in July 1961
    Individual
    Officer
    1995-07-11 ~ 1996-09-13
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 15
    Radcliffe, Willoughby Mark St John
    Company Secretary born in April 1946
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    ~ 1995-03-20
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Radcliffe, Willoughby Mark St John
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    ~ 1995-03-20
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 16
    Thain, Susan
    Commercial Director born in July 1965
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    2000-12-31 ~ 2003-03-12
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 17
    Shepherd, William Peter
    Publisher born in April 1946
    Individual
    Officer
    1995-02-13 ~ 1996-01-17
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 18
    Siegel, Ira
    Publisher born in September 1944
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1992-03-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 19
    Cannon, Christopher Andrew Stephen
    Accountant born in October 1980
    Individual (12 offsprings)
    Officer
    2018-11-28 ~ 2020-04-30
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 20
    Newman, Eric Jon
    Publisher born in November 1946
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1991-10-21
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 21
    Charkin, Richard Denis Paul
    Executive Director born in June 1949
    Individual (5 offsprings)
    Officer
    ~ 1996-01-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 22
    Summers, David Lewis
    Publisher born in November 1941
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1995-07-11
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 23
    Mellon, John Benedict
    Director born in November 1940
    Individual
    Officer
    1996-01-17 ~ 1998-04-27
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 24
    Moller, Carsten
    Finance Director born in June 1951
    Individual
    Officer
    2004-11-01 ~ 2008-11-06
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Moller, Carsten
    Individual
    Officer
    2005-02-18 ~ 2008-11-06
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 25
    Bovill, Michael Antony
    Company Director born in June 1942
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    1992-04-21 ~ 1994-12-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 26
    Day, Derek Allan
    Commercial Director born in May 1946
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1994-05-10
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 27
    Kennedy, Alison Joanne
    Production Director born in March 1957
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    2000-12-31 ~ 2004-12-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 28
    Main, Michael Forbes
    Director born in January 1947
    Individual
    Officer
    2000-09-01 ~ 2004-02-18
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Main, Michael Forbes
    Director
    Individual
    Officer
    2001-03-01 ~ 2004-02-18
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 29
    Jackson, David John
    Publisher born in March 1938
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1995-03-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 30
    Clayton, Ross
    Accountant born in January 1954
    Individual
    Officer
    1997-04-21 ~ 1998-04-27
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 31
    Freeman, Derek Keith
    Company Director born in June 1943
    Individual (3 offsprings)
    Officer
    ~ 1996-12-05
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 32
    Mcmenemy, Robert, Vice President
    Managing Director born in September 1960
    Individual
    Officer
    2003-10-07 ~ 2016-07-01
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 33
    Culff, Kerrie Anne
    Business Services born in November 1961
    Individual
    Officer
    2005-01-01 ~ 2011-12-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 34
    Clarke, Fiona Elaine
    Publisher born in June 1954
    Individual
    Officer
    2003-02-01 ~ 2004-06-02
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 35
    Poplak, Caroline Louise
    Publisher born in April 1970
    Individual
    Officer
    2005-01-01 ~ 2020-05-01
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 36
    Thompson, Nicolas De La Mare
    Publisher born in June 1928
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1993-06-04
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 37
    Holloran, Peter John
    Company Director born in August 1944
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    1996-12-06 ~ 1998-04-27
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 38
    Cusworth, George Robert Neville
    Director/Chief Executive born in October 1938
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1995-07-11
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 39
    Warshaw, Stephen Burford
    Director born in September 1948
    Individual (4 offsprings)
    Officer
    ~ 1993-10-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 40
    Hurcombe, Alan James David
    Cfo born in July 1968
    Individual (4 offsprings)
    Officer
    2013-08-10 ~ 2018-01-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Hurcombe, Alan James David
    Individual (4 offsprings)
    Officer
    2013-08-10 ~ 2018-01-31
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 41
    Goldsmith, Julie Anne
    Director born in October 1955
    Individual
    Officer
    2000-07-01 ~ 2003-10-07
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 42
    Laskier, Gillian Beverley Denise
    Director born in October 1957
    Individual (3 offsprings)
    Officer
    2009-07-01 ~ 2015-06-30
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Laskier, Gillian Beverley Denise
    Director
    Individual (3 offsprings)
    Officer
    2009-07-01 ~ 2009-07-01
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 43
    Irvine, Ian Alexander Noble
    Company Director born in July 1936
    Individual
    Officer
    ~ 1994-08-16
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 44
    Rasmussen, Belinda
    Sales Director born in July 1966
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    2000-12-31 ~ 2004-12-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 45
    Rampuri, Absy
    Accountant
    Individual
    Officer
    2000-12-15 ~ 2001-02-28
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 46
    Jorgensen, Christian
    Director born in November 1959
    Individual
    Officer
    1998-06-01 ~ 2001-08-31
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 47
    Cordy, Dawn Elizabeth
    Chidrens Publishing born in May 1963
    Individual
    Officer
    2005-01-01 ~ 2008-01-01
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 48
    Smith, David Andrew
    Director born in June 1952
    Individual (4795 offsprings)
    Officer
    1998-04-27 ~ 2000-12-15
    OF - Director → CIF 0
    Smith, David Andrew
    Director
    Individual (4795 offsprings)
    Officer
    1998-04-27 ~ 2000-12-15
    OF - Secretary → CIF 0
  • 49
    Kragh, Steffen
    Company Director born in July 1964
    Individual (2 offsprings)
    Officer
    1998-04-27 ~ 2020-04-30
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 50
    Armour, Mark Henry
    Accountant born in July 1954
    Individual (4 offsprings)
    Officer
    1996-02-09 ~ 1998-04-27
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 51
    Grant, Alexander Beresford
    Publisher born in April 1955
    Individual (1 offspring)
    Officer
    1995-02-13 ~ 1996-11-30
    OF - Director → CIF 0
  • 52
    EGMONT LIMITED - 1992-09-09
    EGMONT (UK) LIMITED - 1980-12-31
    EGMONT PUBLISHING LIMITED - 1980-12-31
    1, 1st Floor, 1 Nicholas Road, London, England
    Active Corporate (4 parents, 11 offsprings)
    Person with significant control
    2016-04-06 ~ 2021-09-07
    PE - Ownership of shares – 75% or moreCIF 0
parent relation
Company in focus

FARSHORE BOOKS LTD

Previous names
EGMONT BOOKS UK LIMITED - 2021-05-14
EGMONT UK LIMITED - 2020-05-05
EGMONT BOOKS LIMITED - 2005-01-18
EGMONT CHILDREN'S BOOKS LIMITED - 2001-03-30
REED INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LIMITED - 1998-05-07
THE OCTOPUS GROUP LIMITED - 1990-05-07
OPG SERVICES LIMITED - 1988-06-09
BRIMAX BOOKS LIMITED - 1987-01-23
BRIMAX AGENCIES LIMITED - 1981-12-31
Standard Industrial Classification
58110 - Book Publishing
Brief company account
Current Assets
7,095,000 GBP2023-06-30
7,095,000 GBP2022-06-30
Net Current Assets/Liabilities
7,095,000 GBP2023-06-30
7,095,000 GBP2022-06-30
Total Assets Less Current Liabilities
7,095,000 GBP2023-06-30
7,095,000 GBP2022-06-30
Net Assets/Liabilities
7,095,000 GBP2023-06-30
7,095,000 GBP2022-06-30
Equity
7,095,000 GBP2023-06-30
7,095,000 GBP2022-06-30
Average Number of Employees
02022-07-01 ~ 2023-06-30
02021-07-01 ~ 2022-06-30

  • FARSHORE BOOKS LTD
    Info
    EGMONT BOOKS UK LIMITED - 2021-05-14
    EGMONT UK LIMITED - 2020-05-05
    EGMONT BOOKS LIMITED - 2005-01-18
    EGMONT CHILDREN'S BOOKS LIMITED - 2001-03-30
    REED INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LIMITED - 1998-05-07
    THE OCTOPUS GROUP LIMITED - 1990-05-07
    OPG SERVICES LIMITED - 1988-06-09
    BRIMAX BOOKS LIMITED - 1987-01-23
    BRIMAX AGENCIES LIMITED - 1981-12-31
    Registered number 00449706
    The News Building, London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF
    Private Limited Company incorporated on 1948-02-18 (77 years 4 months). The company status is Active.
    The last date of confirmation statement was made at 2025-02-21
    CIF 0
child relation
Offspring entities and appointments
Active 0
  • Not found in our database.
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