# Littlewoods Retail Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00421258](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00421258)
- **Status:** Liquidation
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 10 Oct 1946
- **Registered office:** PEARL ASSURANCE HOUSE, 319 BALLARDS LANE, FINCHLEY, N12 8LY
- **Nature of business:** [74990](/sic/74990) Non-trading company
- **Corporate group:** [Bird Bidco Limited](/group/92) (26 companies)


## Previous names

- Littlewoods Home Shopping Group Limited (until 25 Jan 1999)
- International Import & Export Company Limited(the) (until 4 Jan 1993)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORES, John, Sir | director | - | 12 Apr 1993 |
| MOORES, John | director | - | 12 Apr 1993 |
| PITCHER, Desmond Henry, Sir | director | - | 23 Jun 1993 |
| WALLACE, Alexander Joseph | director | 11 Jul 1994 | 15 Jun 1994 |
| GUHA, Prodip Sankar | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 27 Oct 1994 |
| CALLAN, Ian Philip | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 3 Mar 1995 |
| DALE, Barry Gordon | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 29 Mar 1995 |
| LANCASTER, Robert Alan | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 25 May 1995 |
| HOGARTH, Mark Julian Burnett | secretary | - | 5 Apr 1996 |
| REW, Paul William | secretary | 5 Apr 1996 | 1 May 1996 |
| MOORES, Toby Nye | director | 22 May 1995 | 31 Jan 1997 |
| HUNTLEY, William | director | - | 1 May 1997 |
| HURST, Terence James | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 15 Jan 1998 |
| MAYOH, Bryan, Doctor | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 23 Jun 1998 |
| ARMELIN, Francis Anthony | director | 12 Jun 1995 | 31 Oct 1998 |
| MARTIN, Jeffrey Stephen | director | 1 Jan 1993 | 29 Apr 1999 |
| WALLACE, Alexander Joseph | director | - | 25 Jun 1999 |
| LANCASTER, Robert Alan | director | 16 Jan 1997 | 25 Jun 1999 |
| HARVEY, Noel Sheridan | director | 11 Jul 1994 | 25 Jun 1999 |
| EDMONDS, Eric Peter | director | 25 Mar 1994 | 25 Jun 1999 |
| SCHROFF, Harold Otto | director | 25 May 1993 | 14 Aug 1999 |
| SPRAGUE, Paul | director | 25 Jun 1999 | 18 Oct 2000 |
| WYNNE, Michael Patrick | director | 23 Jun 1998 | 19 Oct 2000 |
| MICHIE, James Webster | director | 1 Jun 1993 | 3 Nov 2000 |
| BESLEY, Carole Winifred | director | 7 Dec 1995 | 30 Apr 2001 |
| GIBSON, John Michael Barry | director | 25 Jun 1999 | 23 Sep 2001 |
| WHITE, Alan | director | 25 Jun 1999 | 10 Jul 2002 |
| OGILVIE, John Neil | director | 22 Oct 2002 | 5 Dec 2002 |
| IMRIE, Euan | director | 22 Oct 2002 | 25 Nov 2003 |
| MURRAY, Susan Elizabeth | director | 25 Jun 1999 | 4 Jan 2004 |
| MCGEORGE, Alistair Kenneth | director | 15 Jan 1998 | 31 Aug 2005 |
| KERSHAW, David Wallace | director | 25 Nov 2003 | 2 Jul 2007 |
| MAKIN, Steve Richard | director | 15 Sep 2008 | 20 Jan 2012 |
| SHOP DIRECT COMPANY DIRECTOR LIMITED | corporate-director | 5 Dec 2002 | 29 Feb 2016 |
| SHOP DIRECT SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | corporate-secretary | 1 May 1996 | 29 Feb 2016 |
| PATERAS, Gregory Vincent | director | 29 Feb 2016 | 27 Oct 2016 |
| SEAL, Michael | director | 27 Oct 2016 | 7 Jun 2019 |
| PETERS, Philip Leslie | director | 27 Oct 2016 |  |
| KERSHAW, David Wallace | director | 20 Jan 2012 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littlewoods 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

Littlewoods Retail Limited → [Littlewoods Limited](/company/00262152) → [The Very Group Limited](/company/04730752) → [VGL Finco Limited](/company/13500305) → [VGL Midco Limited](/company/13500306) → [Bird Bidco Limited](/company/15538470)




## Directors' other companies

- [KERSHAW, David Wallace](/person/5740347) - director at [Business Express Network Limited](/company/00358625)
- [KERSHAW, David Wallace](/person/5740347) - director at [Littlewoods Direct Recoveries Limited](/company/03983164)
- [KERSHAW, David Wallace](/person/5740347) - director at [Littlewoods Clearance Limited](/company/00232346)
- [PETERS, Philip Leslie](/person/5781949) - llp-designated-member at [Squirrel Hire LLP](/company/OC423232)



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