# Greeting Card House Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02520752](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02520752)
- **Status:** Active - Proposal to Strike off
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 11 Jul 1990
- **Registered office:** GREETING CARD HOUSE LIMITED, DAWSON LANE, BRADFORD, BD4 6HN
- **Nature of business:** [70100](/sic/70100) Activities of head offices
- **Corporate group:** [Hallmark Cards (Holdings) Limited](/group/2779) (49 companies)


## Previous names

- Macsel Greetings Limited (until 13 Mar 1996)
- Flaxcase Limited (until 8 Mar 1996)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIRD, Alan John | secretary | - | 30 Apr 1992 |
| HOOPER, Clayton | director | - | 15 Jan 1993 |
| MORTON, Keith | director | - | 7 Mar 1996 |
| SMURTHWAITE, John | director | - | 7 Mar 1996 |
| WILLCOCK, Nigel | director | - | 7 Mar 1996 |
| TURNBULL, Richard | director | - | 7 Mar 1996 |
| WILLCOCK, Nigel | secretary | 30 Apr 1992 | 7 Mar 1996 |
| KING, Albert Aubrey Benjamin | secretary | 7 Mar 1996 | 28 Jun 1996 |
| ASKEW, Robert John Irving | director | - | 23 Sep 1996 |
| HALE, Donald | secretary | 28 Jun 1996 | 6 Oct 1997 |
| JOHNSON, David Anthony | director | 29 Mar 1996 | 6 Oct 1997 |
| TAYLER, John Phillip | secretary | 6 Oct 1997 | 23 Apr 1999 |
| SHARP, Matthew Simon | director | 6 Oct 1997 | 30 Sep 1999 |
| BURTON, Michael Trevor | director | 30 Sep 1999 | 30 Sep 2002 |
| FARMERY, Anna Louise | director | 30 Sep 2002 | 17 Mar 2006 |
| BROWN, Keith Neville | director | 23 Sep 1996 | 17 Mar 2006 |
| CLEMONS, Brian Patrick | director | 30 Nov 2005 | 31 Dec 2006 |
| RICHEY, Martha Maxine | director | 5 Dec 2006 | 31 Dec 2011 |
| STUART, Ian Iveson | director | 30 Nov 2005 | 31 Dec 2011 |
| SHIELS, Anne | director | 31 Dec 2011 | 24 Dec 2015 |
| GARDINER, Patricia Mary | secretary | 23 Apr 1999 | 1 Jun 2017 |
| BUSBY, Timothy Mark | director | 1 Jun 2012 | 1 Nov 2017 |
| NAJIB, Homera | secretary | 1 Jun 2017 | 1 Oct 2018 |
| WRIGHT, Steven Paul | director | 31 Dec 2011 | 1 Jan 2019 |
| SINGH, Ricky Roop | director | 1 Nov 2017 | 1 Jul 2019 |
| DEL PRETE, Amanda Louise | director | 10 Dec 2018 | 30 Nov 2021 |
| CRITCHLOW, Matthew James | director | 30 Nov 2021 | 3 Jun 2022 |
| ROLT, Thomas David | director | 22 Jul 2022 | 1 Mar 2023 |
| KARAVIS, Graeme Lewis | director | 18 Apr 2023 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| FRANEY, John Malcolm | director | 1 Jul 2019 | 31 May 2026 |
| HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth | director | 22 Jul 2022 |  |
| DIXSON, Phillipa Jane | secretary | 1 Oct 2018 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallery Studios Limited | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Greeting Card House Limited → [Gallery Studios Limited](/company/02126105) → [Hallmark Cards PLC](/company/03414540) → [Hallmark Cards UK](/company/01213043) → [Hallmark Cards (Holdings) Limited](/company/02087658)



## Controls

- [Flaxcase Limited](/company/01100544) (01100544)



## Directors' other companies

- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Joseph Arnold & Co Limited](/company/01218159)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Image Arts Limited](/company/00767728)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Matador Paper Mills Limited](/company/00395465)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Plaintalk Limited](/company/01708369)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Liberta Imex Limited](/company/00385461)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Selective Print Limited](/company/01233510)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Unique Images Limited](/company/00720918)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Wilson Bros.greeting Cards Limited](/company/00874950)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Wilson Bros.limited](/company/00437481)
- [HAUPT, Hannah Elizabeth](/person/5446752) - director at [Hambledon Studios Limited](/company/00602400)