THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP LIMITED

Company summary

Company number: 00954009
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 12 May 196957 years
Registered office: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
Accounts due: 30 September 2026
Confirmation statement due: 4 February 2027
Active officers: 5
Outstanding charges: 0

Sourced from Companies House, retrieved 31 August 2026 at 03:56 UTC. This is public register information, not a credit or legal assessment.

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Company type
Private limited company
Address
One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
Nature of business
Book publishing
Previous company names
RANDOM HOUSE UK LIMITED
THE RANDOM CENTURY GROUP LIMITED
RANDOM HOUSE U.K. LTD.
CHATTO, VIRAGO, BODLEY HEAD & JONATHAN CAPE LTD.
CHATTO, BODLEY HEAD & JONATHAN CAPE LIMITED

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
MARTIN, Sinead Mary ACTIVE	Secretary	30 Jun 2016				One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
GARDINER, Mark William ACTIVE	Director	03 Jul 2000		England	April 1961	One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
MALAVIYA, Nihar ACTIVE	Director	01 Jan 2023		United States	November 1974	One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
WADDINGTON, Robert Angus ACTIVE	Director	31 Jan 2017		England	April 1970	One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
WELDON, Thomas Daryl ACTIVE	Director	01 Jul 2013		England	August 1963	One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom
GARDINER, Mark William RESIGNED	Secretary	03 Jul 2000	04 Aug 2011			20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
MCCONNELL, Anthony Sudlow RESIGNED	Secretary	09 Jul 1993	03 Jul 2000			67 New River Head, 171-173 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4UN
PEACOCK, Helena Caroline RESIGNED	Secretary	20 Oct 2014	30 Jun 2016			20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
ROBERTSON, Antony Brian RESIGNED	Secretary		09 Jul 1993			19 Parkfield Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW14 8DY
SMITH, Roger Ling RESIGNED	Secretary	04 Aug 2011	20 Oct 2014			20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
BARTY-KING, Mark Baxter RESIGNED	Director	21 Jun 1999	30 Jun 2003		March 1938	46 Elms Road, London, SW4 9EX
BOWRON, Peter David RESIGNED	Director	31 Oct 2008	17 Jan 2009		October 1968	19b, Brodrick Road, London, SW17 7DX, United Kingdom
CALLIL, Carmen Therese RESIGNED	Director		21 Mar 1994		July 1938	158 Lancaster Road, London, W11 1QU
CRANE, Edmund David RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1992	England	April 1950	4 Lonsdale Road, London, W4 1ND
DAVIES, Brian John RESIGNED	Director	03 Jul 2009	30 Sep 2015	England	October 1950	20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
DOHLE, Markus Franz-Joseph RESIGNED	Director	31 May 2008	31 Dec 2022	United States	June 1968	20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
GODWIN, David John RESIGNED	Director		18 Jun 1993	England	July 1948	Dolphin Cottage, 29 Mount Pleasant, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4QY
HEMPSTEAD, Barry William RESIGNED	Director	21 Jun 1999	09 Aug 2002		January 1945	12 Kelvin Crescent, Harrow Weald, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 6DP
HUDSON, Ian Michael RESIGNED	Director	01 Aug 1997	31 Oct 2008	England	May 1963	73 Barrowgate Road, London, W4 4QS
JANSON-SMITH, Peter Patrick RESIGNED	Director	21 Jun 1999	27 Sep 2005		July 1949	24 Halsey Street, London, SW3 2PT
KING, Simon RESIGNED	Director		05 Apr 1999		November 1937	70 Lady Margaret Road, London, NW5 2NP
MASTER, Simon Harcourt RESIGNED	Director		13 Sep 2011	England	April 1944	20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
MCCONNELL, Anthony Sudlow RESIGNED	Director	07 Dec 1992	05 Apr 1999		June 1941	67 New River Head, 171-173 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4UN
MOTTRAM, John Michael RESIGNED	Director		14 Jan 1994	England	January 1941	Willand Cottage Broom Way, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9TG
OLSON, Peter RESIGNED	Director	01 Jul 1998	31 May 2008		May 1950	816 North Street, White Plains, New York 10605, Usa
REBUCK, Gail Ruth, Baroness RESIGNED	Director		01 Jul 2013	United Kingdom	February 1952	20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
ROBERTSON, Antony Brian RESIGNED	Director		09 Jul 1993		September 1956	19 Parkfield Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW14 8DY
SNYMAN, Pieter Gert Wessel RESIGNED	Director		24 Jul 1997		October 1948	Flat 1, 136 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9PY
SYMONS, Michael John RESIGNED	Director	09 Dec 2015	31 Jan 2017	England	May 1969	20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
THORPE, Amelia RESIGNED	Director		05 Apr 1999	United Kingdom	July 1961	4 Lyndhurst Square, London, SE15 5AR
VITALE, Alberto RESIGNED	Director		30 Sep 2002		December 1933	Random House Inc, 201 East 50th Street, New York Ny 10022, FOREIGN, Usa

MARTIN, Sinead Mary ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 30 Jun 2016
Address: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom

GARDINER, Mark William ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 03 Jul 2000
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1961
Address: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom

MALAVIYA, Nihar ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 2023
Country of Residence: United States
Date of birth: November 1974
Address: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom

WADDINGTON, Robert Angus ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Jan 2017
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1970
Address: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom

WELDON, Thomas Daryl ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 2013
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1963
Address: One Embassy Gardens, 8 Viaduct Gardens, London, SW11 7BW, United Kingdom

GARDINER, Mark William RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 03 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 04 Aug 2011
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

MCCONNELL, Anthony Sudlow RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 09 Jul 1993
Resigned on: 03 Jul 2000
Address: 67 New River Head, 171-173 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4UN

PEACOCK, Helena Caroline RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2014
Resigned on: 30 Jun 2016
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

ROBERTSON, Antony Brian RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 09 Jul 1993
Address: 19 Parkfield Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW14 8DY

SMITH, Roger Ling RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 04 Aug 2011
Resigned on: 20 Oct 2014
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

BARTY-KING, Mark Baxter RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Jun 1999
Resigned on: 30 Jun 2003
Date of birth: March 1938
Address: 46 Elms Road, London, SW4 9EX

BOWRON, Peter David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Oct 2008
Resigned on: 17 Jan 2009
Date of birth: October 1968
Address: 19b, Brodrick Road, London, SW17 7DX, United Kingdom

CALLIL, Carmen Therese RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 21 Mar 1994
Date of birth: July 1938
Address: 158 Lancaster Road, London, W11 1QU

CRANE, Edmund David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1992
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1950
Address: 4 Lonsdale Road, London, W4 1ND

DAVIES, Brian John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 03 Jul 2009
Resigned on: 30 Sep 2015
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1950
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

DOHLE, Markus Franz-Joseph RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 May 2008
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2022
Country of Residence: United States
Date of birth: June 1968
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

GODWIN, David John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 18 Jun 1993
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1948
Address: Dolphin Cottage, 29 Mount Pleasant, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4QY

HEMPSTEAD, Barry William RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Jun 1999
Resigned on: 09 Aug 2002
Date of birth: January 1945
Address: 12 Kelvin Crescent, Harrow Weald, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 6DP

HUDSON, Ian Michael RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Aug 1997
Resigned on: 31 Oct 2008
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1963
Address: 73 Barrowgate Road, London, W4 4QS

JANSON-SMITH, Peter Patrick RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Jun 1999
Resigned on: 27 Sep 2005
Date of birth: July 1949
Address: 24 Halsey Street, London, SW3 2PT

KING, Simon RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 05 Apr 1999
Date of birth: November 1937
Address: 70 Lady Margaret Road, London, NW5 2NP

MASTER, Simon Harcourt RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 13 Sep 2011
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1944
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

MCCONNELL, Anthony Sudlow RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 07 Dec 1992
Resigned on: 05 Apr 1999
Date of birth: June 1941
Address: 67 New River Head, 171-173 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4UN

MOTTRAM, John Michael RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 14 Jan 1994
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1941
Address: Willand Cottage Broom Way, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 9TG

OLSON, Peter RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jul 1998
Resigned on: 31 May 2008
Date of birth: May 1950
Address: 816 North Street, White Plains, New York 10605, Usa

REBUCK, Gail Ruth, Baroness RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 01 Jul 2013
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: February 1952
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

ROBERTSON, Antony Brian RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 09 Jul 1993
Date of birth: September 1956
Address: 19 Parkfield Avenue, East Sheen, London, SW14 8DY

SNYMAN, Pieter Gert Wessel RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 24 Jul 1997
Date of birth: October 1948
Address: Flat 1, 136 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9PY

SYMONS, Michael John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Dec 2015
Resigned on: 31 Jan 2017
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1969
Address: 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA

THORPE, Amelia RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 05 Apr 1999
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1961
Address: 4 Lyndhurst Square, London, SE15 5AR

VITALE, Alberto RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 30 Sep 2002
Date of birth: December 1933
Address: Random House Inc, 201 East 50th Street, New York Ny 10022, FOREIGN, Usa

Filing history

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Charges

Created	Status	Filings
20 Dec 2007	Outstanding	Registration of a charge (395) (opens in a new tab)
23 Apr 1985	Satisfied	Statement of satisfaction of a charge in full or part (403a) (opens in a new tab)

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