Back to search

Wh Smith 1955 Limited

00549069

active
ltd
england wales
Companies House
Health Score
65 / 100

Some Concerns

25/30
Filing
0/30
Financial
40/40
Risk

No risk factors detected.

Details

Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, SN5 6PB
Incorporated 12/05/1955

Previously known as

Wh Smith (Holdings) Limited · until 09/07/2008
Hambleden Estates Limited · until 17/11/2000

Compliance

Last accounts

31/08/2025

audit exemption subsidiary

Next accounts due

31/05/2027

On track

Confirmation statement

Last: 15/05/2026

Due 29/05/2027

On track

Industry

70100
Activities of head offices

Officers

Mr Ian Houghton

director · Since 24/07/1996

COMPANY EXECUTIVE

BRITISH · WALES · Age 60

Also on 133 other boards

Mr Ian Houghton

secretary · Since 18/02/2000

BRITISH · WALES · Age 60

Also on 133 other boards

Mr Maxwell Leslie James Izzard

director · Since 19/11/2024

COMPANY DIRECTOR

BRITISH · ENGLAND · Age 46

Also on 13 other boards

Ian Houghton

director · Since 24/07/1996

British · Wales · Age 60

Ian Houghton

secretary · Since 18/02/2000

British

Maxwell Leslie James Izzard

director · Since 19/11/2024

British · England · Age 46

Former

Philip Alan Stevens

director · Resigned 30/09/1994

Susan Helen Bull

secretary · Resigned 24/07/1996

Richard Chisholm Thorpe

director · Resigned 24/07/1996

Christopher Stanley Rule

director · Resigned 01/08/1998

Gerard Maxwell Hughes

director · Resigned 01/08/1998

Colin Anthony White

secretary · Resigned 18/02/2000

Keith Hamill

director · Resigned 31/05/2000

Richard Gordon Handover

director · Resigned 04/11/2003

John Anthony Warren

director · Resigned 03/03/2005

Colin Anthony White

director · Resigned 01/08/2006

Alan James Stewart

director · Resigned 28/11/2008

Kathryn Elizabeth Swann

director · Resigned 30/06/2013

Stephen Martin Clarke

director · Resigned 31/10/2019

Robert James Moorhead

director · Resigned 19/11/2024

Carl David Cowling

director · Resigned 19/11/2025

Persons with Significant Control

Wh Smith Group Limited

75–100% shares
75–100% votes
Appoint directors

Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, SN5 6PB

Reg: 15367938 · The Registrar Of Companies For England And Wales · Private Limited Company

Notified 01/06/2024

Former PSCs

Wh Smith Retail Holdings Limited

Ceased 01/06/2024

Change History

statusactive
2026-07-24

Active

typeltd
2026-07-24

Private Limited Company

address line1Windmill Hill Business Park
2026-07-24

WH SMITH PLC

post townSwindon
2026-07-24

WILTSHIRE

postcodeSN5 6PB
2026-07-24

SN3 3RX

officer appointedHOUGHTON, Ian
2026-07-24
officer appointedHOUGHTON, Ian
2026-07-24
officer appointedIZZARD, Maxwell Leslie James
2026-07-24