# Portals Group Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00164544](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00164544)
- **Status:** Liquidation
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 26 Feb 1920
- **Registered office:** C/O GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP 11TH FLOOR, LANDMARK ST PETER'S SQUARE, 1 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 4PB
- **Nature of business:** [64209](/sic/64209) Activities of other holding companies n.e.c., [74990](/sic/74990) Non-trading company
- **Corporate group:** [ACR Bidco Limited](/group/14147) (20 companies)


## Previous names

- Portals Group PLC (until 21 Mar 2003)
- Portals Holdings PLC (until 21 May 1991)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILES, Henry Michael Pearson | director | - | 7 Feb 1995 |
| OWEN, Gordon Michael William | director | - | 7 Feb 1995 |
| LLOYD, John Eliot Fraser | director | - | 8 Feb 1995 |
| MCBRIDE, John Kristian Lars | director | 13 May 1993 | 8 Feb 1995 |
| CONWAY, Arthur Philip | director | - | 9 Feb 1995 |
| BURY, Lindsay Claude Neils | director | - | 20 Feb 1995 |
| SHEFFIELD, John Julian Lionel George | director | - | 22 Feb 1995 |
| MORLEY, Michael Harlow Fenton | director | - | 8 Mar 1995 |
| LEE, Roger Gordon | secretary | - | 28 Apr 1995 |
| FLUKER, Christine Louise | secretary | 7 Feb 1995 | 1 Aug 1995 |
| DOCKRELL, Carol Ann | secretary | 7 Feb 1995 | 1 Aug 1995 |
| COPE, John Arthur | director | 9 Sep 1992 | 10 Oct 1995 |
| CULLEN, Leslie Gray | director | 7 Feb 1995 | 28 Feb 1996 |
| MARSHALL, John Jeremy Seymour | director | 7 Feb 1995 | 12 Dec 1996 |
| FLUKER, Christine Louise | director | 23 Dec 1997 | 31 Mar 1999 |
| FLUKER, Christine Louise | secretary | 7 Nov 1996 | 31 Mar 1999 |
| FIELD, Sally Ann | secretary | 7 Feb 1995 | 31 Mar 1999 |
| FIELD, Sally Ann | director | 7 Feb 1995 | 31 Mar 1999 |
| LAING, Richard George | director | 29 Feb 1996 | 1 Aug 1999 |
| HOLLINGWORTH, Paul Robert | director | 1 Aug 1999 | 30 Jun 2002 |
| FINNETT, David Walter | director | 30 Jun 2002 | 1 Mar 2003 |
| MCGOWAN, Robert Graeme | director | 30 Jun 2002 | 10 Sep 2004 |
| DASANI, Shatish Damodar | director | 10 Sep 2004 | 1 Jul 2008 |
| KING, Stephen Anthony, Mr | director | 1 Mar 2003 | 31 Mar 2009 |
| HERMANS, Jean-Francois | director | 26 Sep 2002 | 31 Mar 2009 |
| FLUKER, Christine Louise | director | 1 Apr 1999 | 31 Mar 2009 |
| WEBB, Simon Charles | director | 31 Mar 2009 | 1 Jun 2010 |
| CHILD, Colin Charles | director | 1 Jun 2010 | 10 Aug 2015 |
| SODHA, Jitesh Himatlal | director | 10 Aug 2015 | 19 Mar 2018 |
| HERMANS, Jean-Francois | secretary | 1 Apr 1999 | 19 Dec 2019 |
| PEPPIATT, Edward Hugh Davidson | director | 31 Mar 2009 | 27 Jan 2020 |
| ROCHE, Lesley Sharon | director | 16 Mar 2017 | 10 Jul 2020 |
| KHER, Chandrika Kumari | secretary | 9 Jan 2020 | 17 Sep 2020 |
| HYDE, Jane Celia | director | 24 Jan 2020 | 27 Jul 2022 |
| HARDING, David Robert | director | 6 May 2020 | 28 Jul 2023 |
| ANDREWS, Charles James | director | 28 Jul 2023 | 8 Aug 2023 |
| BELLHOUSE, Robin Christian | director | 25 Jul 2022 | 29 Sep 2023 |
| MESSENT, Jon | director | 8 Aug 2023 | 7 Jul 2025 |
| HICKMAN, Dominic Richard Bernard | director | 7 Jul 2025 |  |
| DOUGLAS, Neil | director | 29 Sep 2023 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| De La Rue Investments Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Portals Group Limited → [DE La Rue Investments Limited](/company/02527386) → [DE La Rue Holdings Limited](/company/00058025) → [DLR (No.1) Limited](/company/05466948) → [DLR (No.2) Limited](/company/06554391) → [DE La Rue Limited](/company/03834125)



## Controls

- [Portals Holdings Limited](/company/01305413) (01305413)



## Directors' other companies

- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DE La Rue Healthcare Trustee Limited](/company/05087229)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DE La Rue Holdings Limited](/company/00058025)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DE La Rue Overseas Limited](/company/00355881)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DLR (No.2) Limited](/company/06554391)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DLR (No.1) Limited](/company/05466948)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [Portals Property Limited](/company/00656722)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DE La Rue International Limited.](/company/00720284)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DE La Rue Finance Limited](/company/06465548)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [Harrison & Sons,limited](/company/00168827)
- [DOUGLAS, Neil](/person/5412324) - director at [DE La Rue Investments Limited](/company/02527386)



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