# Francotel Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [03078874](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03078874)
- **Status:** Active - Proposal to Strike off
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 6 Jul 1995
- **Registered office:** PLATINUM HOUSE, ST. MARKS HILL, SURBITON, KT6 4BH
- **Nature of business:** [96090](/sic/96090) Other service activities n.e.c., [99999](/sic/99999) Dormant Company
- **Corporate group:** [Travelopia Group Holdings Limited](/group/15736) (27 companies)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 6 Jul 1995 | 6 Jul 1995 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | corporate-nominee-secretary | 6 Jul 1995 | 6 Jul 1995 |
| STRUBE, Conrad Reginald Percival | secretary | 6 Jul 1995 | 21 Mar 1996 |
| STRUBE, Conrad Reginald Percival | director | 6 Jul 1995 | 30 May 1997 |
| BOLE, Marianne | director | 6 Jul 1995 | 30 May 1997 |
| BOWDEN, John | director | 30 May 1997 | 30 Sep 1997 |
| MOIR, Lance Stuart | director | 30 May 1997 | 31 Jul 1998 |
| STARLING, Rebecca Jean Godwin | secretary | 21 Mar 1996 | 5 Apr 2001 |
| HOWELL, David | director | 5 Jan 1998 | 3 May 2001 |
| MCLEOD, Stuart | director | 31 Oct 2000 | 15 Mar 2002 |
| DANIEL, Richard William | director | 31 Aug 2001 | 11 Jun 2004 |
| VINCENT, Lorna Jayne | director | 11 Jun 2004 | 22 Sep 2006 |
| HAINES, Charlotte Lucy | director | 22 Sep 2006 | 15 Oct 2007 |
| BLASTLAND, Dermot | director | 30 Sep 1997 | 15 Oct 2007 |
| PRIOR, Mathew Roger | director | 15 Mar 2002 | 1 Aug 2008 |
| WATSON, Karen Mary | director | 15 Oct 2007 | 1 Jan 2009 |
| WILLIAMS, Paul | director | 15 May 2009 | 15 Nov 2011 |
| FINLAY, Ian Stuart | director | 22 Sep 2006 | 2 Aug 2012 |
| MEE, Darren | director | 22 Sep 2006 | 31 Jan 2013 |
| WALTER, Joyce | director | 15 Oct 2007 | 18 Dec 2015 |
| WALTER, Joyce | secretary | 5 Apr 2001 | 18 Dec 2015 |
| FIRST CHOICE HOLIDAYS & FLIGHTS LIMITED | corporate-director | 30 May 1997 | 27 Mar 2017 |
| BRANN, Stephen John | director | 30 Nov 2015 | 26 May 2017 |
| RUST, Neil Kenneth | director | 27 Mar 2017 | 1 Jun 2023 |
| ROBINSON, Bryn Glyndwr | director | 27 Mar 2017 | 15 Jan 2024 |
| TWYNAM, Richard Cecil William | director | 15 Jan 2024 | 1 Apr 2025 |
| FRANKS, Christine Andrea | director | 1 Apr 2025 | 24 Nov 2025 |
| UPTON, John Andrew | director | 24 Nov 2025 |  |
| CHAN, Hua Hui | director | 1 Jun 2023 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ski Bound 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

Francotel Limited → [Ski Bound Limited](/company/01873956) → [Experiential Student Travel Group Limited](/company/12548936) → [Travelopia Adventure Limited](/company/01893401) → [Travelopia Group Holdings Limited](/company/10604770)




## Directors' other companies

- [CHAN, Hua Hui](/person/5647639) - director at [Ttss Transportation Limited](/company/04053188)
- [CHAN, Hua Hui](/person/5647639) - director at [CHS Tour Services Ltd](/company/03488873)
- [UPTON, John Andrew](/person/5647634) - director at [Ttss Transportation Limited](/company/04053188)
- [UPTON, John Andrew](/person/5647634) - director at [Experiential Student Travel Group Limited](/company/12548936)
- [UPTON, John Andrew](/person/5647634) - director at [CHS Tour Services Ltd](/company/03488873)



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