# Waterstones Booksellers Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00610095](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00610095)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 22 Aug 1958
- **Registered office:** 203-206 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 9HD
- **Nature of business:** [47610](/sic/47610) Retail sale of books in specialised stores
- **Corporate group:** [Book Retail Midco Limited](/group/41806) (10 companies)


## Previous names

- Fine Recordings Club Limited (until 1 Jun 1997)
- Waterstone's Booksellers Limited (until 1 Mar 2012)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHWORTH, Karen Deborah | director | 16 Apr 2024 |  |
| SKIPPER, Kate | director | 11 Feb 2020 |  |
| DAUNT, Achilles James | director | 28 Jun 2011 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterstones Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 1 Jun 2018 |
| Book Retail Bidco Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 1 Jun 2018 |  |
| Mr Paul Elliot Singer | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 1 Jun 2018 |  |




## Owned by

Waterstones Booksellers Limited → [Book Retail Bidco Limited](/company/11284041) → [Book Retail Midco Limited](/company/11309674)



## Controls

- [BH Blackwell Limited](/company/03867902) (03867902)
- [Blackwell (Scotland) Limited](/company/SC225154) (SC225154)
- [Blackwell (Trustees) Limited](/company/01608922) (01608922)
- [Blackwell Limited](/company/02762961) (02762961)
- [W.heffer & Sons Limited](/company/00106348) (00106348)
- [Waterstones Barnes & Noble Limited](/company/17071369) (17071369)



## Directors' other companies

- [ASHWORTH, Karen Deborah](/person/7743344) - director at [Waterstones Overseas Limited](/company/02133199)
- [ASHWORTH, Karen Deborah](/person/7743344) - director at [Hatchards UK Limited](/company/02368576)
- [DAUNT, Achilles James](/person/7743337) - director at [Waterstones Overseas Limited](/company/02133199)
- [DAUNT, Achilles James](/person/7743337) - director at [Hatchards UK Limited](/company/02368576)
- [SKIPPER, Kate](/person/7743351) - director at [Waterstones Overseas Limited](/company/02133199)
- [SKIPPER, Kate](/person/7743351) - director at [Hatchards UK Limited](/company/02368576)



## Companies at the same address

- [BH Blackwell Limited](/company/03867902) (03867902)
- [Blackwell (Trustees) Limited](/company/01608922) (01608922)
- [Blackwell Limited](/company/02762961) (02762961)
- [Blackwell UK Limited](/company/00796591) (00796591)
- [Book Retail Bidco Limited](/company/11284041) (11284041)
- [Book Retail Midco Limited](/company/11309674) (11309674)
- [Hatchards UK Limited](/company/02368576) (02368576)
- [Ottakar's Limited](/company/02448975) (02448975)
- [Ottakar's Town Limited](/company/02465808) (02465808)
- [W.heffer & Sons Limited](/company/00106348) (00106348)