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Retail sale of books in specialised stores · London

Waterstones Booksellers

Waterstones Booksellers Limited

ActiveCompany only68 years on the register

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Retail sale of books in specialised stores”.

Headline figures

No figures yet.

This company's accounts are on file with Companies House, but we haven't extracted them yet. Once we do, its net assets, cash, reserves and any disclosed profit will appear here.

Timeline

Checked 2026-11-02

  1. Ownership
    Change of details for Mr Paul Elliot Singer as a person with significant control on 1 July 2026
  2. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 3 May 2025
  3. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 27 April 2024
  4. Charges
    Satisfaction of charge 006100950029 in full
  5. Charges
    Registration of charge 006100950030, created on 9 September 2024
  6. Ownership
    Change of details for Mr Paul Elliot Singer as a person with significant control on 21 June 2024
  7. Shares
    Statement by Directors
  8. Filing
    Resolutions (and 3 more like it since 21 February 2012)
  9. Shares
    Statement of capital on 22 April 2024 · GBP 710.14000
  10. Notice
    Solvency Statement dated 19/04/24
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Karen Deborah Ashworth as a director on 16 April 2024
  12. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 29 April 2023
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Emma Louise Hillyard as a director on 16 January 2024
    2. Directors
      Director's details changed for Ms Kate Skipper on 15 December 2023
    3. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 30 April 2022
    4. Directors
      Appointment of Fiona Johnston as a secretary on 5 December 2022
    5. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Emma Louise Hillyard as a director on 14 June 2022
    6. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Jane Molloy as a director on 14 June 2022
    7. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Elisabeth Sullivan as a secretary on 10 June 2022
    8. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 24 April 2021
    9. Directors
      Appointment of Elisabeth Sullivan as a secretary on 31 December 2021
    10. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Laila Aslam as a secretary on 31 December 2021
    11. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 25 April 2020
    12. Ownership
      Notification of Paul Elliot Singer as a person with significant control on 1 June 2018
    13. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Laila Aslam as a secretary on 1 July 2020
    14. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Alison Campbell as a secretary on 1 June 2020
    15. Directors
      Appointment of Kate Skipper as a director on 11 February 2020
    16. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Paul Best as a director on 11 February 2020
    17. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 27 April 2019
    18. Charges
      Registration of charge 006100950029, created on 18 December 2019
    19. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 28 April 2018
    20. Directors
      Second filing for the appointment of Paul Best as a director
    21. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Paul Best as a director on 18 September 2018
    22. Ownership
      Notification of Book Retail Bidco Limited as a person with significant control on 1 June 2018
    23. Ownership
      Cessation of Waterstones Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 1 June 2018
    24. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 006100950028 in full
    25. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 006100950027 in full
    26. Charges
      Satisfaction of charge 006100950026 in full

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Waterstones Booksellers do?

Private limited company registered in London, classed under “Retail sale of books in specialised stores”.

›How much turnover does Waterstones Booksellers make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Waterstones Booksellers profitable?

Waterstones Booksellers's profit isn't public: small companies may file without a profit and loss account.

›Who runs and owns Waterstones Booksellers?

Its directors are Fiona Johnston, Karen Deborah Ashworth, Achilles James Daunt, Kate Skipper. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is Waterstones Booksellers based?

Its registered office is 203-206 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9HD, in London.

›When was Waterstones Booksellers founded?

Waterstones Booksellers Limited was incorporated on 22 August 1958.

›Is Waterstones Booksellers still trading?

The register lists Waterstones Booksellers Limited as active.

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