S.H.Ward & Company,limited

Active00047013 Private limited company

Incorporated: 27 February 1896 (130 years)
Industry: Non-trading company (74990)
Directors: Reshma Padmanabhan Mathilakath
Whitbread Directors 1 Limited
Whitbread Directors 2 Limited
Owned by: Whitbread Hotel Company Limited
Accounts type: Dormant
Region: East of England
Address: Whitbread Court
Houghton Hall Business Park
Porz Avenue, Dunstable
LU5 5XE

Filing status

Accounts due: 1 December 2027
Last accounts: 26 February 2026
Conf. stmt due: 14 February 2027
Last conf. stmt: 31 January 2026

Officers 4 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 5 June 2026

Also at Whitbread (Condor) Holdings Limited, Premier Inn Limited, Threlfalls (Liverpool & Birkenhead) Limited · more companies

Indian

Born October 1988 (38)

Whitbread Secretaries Limited

Corporate Secretary · Appointed 4 May 2004

Also at Threlfalls (Liverpool & Birkenhead) Limited, Brewers Fayre Limited, Delamont Freres Limited · more companies

Whitbread Directors 1 Limited

Corporate Director · Appointed 4 May 2004

Also at Threlfalls (Liverpool & Birkenhead) Limited, Brewers Fayre Limited, Delamont Freres Limited · more companies

Whitbread Directors 2 Limited

Corporate Director · Appointed 4 May 2004

Also at Threlfalls (Liverpool & Birkenhead) Limited, Brewers Fayre Limited, Delamont Freres Limited · more companies

Officer history (23 former)

5 June 2026

Resigned Lowry, Daren Clive as Director

5 June 2026

Appointed Mathilakath, Reshma Padmanabhan as Director

13 August 2010

Appointed Lowry, Daren Clive as Director

4 May 2004

Resigned Fairhurst, Russell William as Director

4 May 2004

Appointed Whitbread Secretaries Limited as Corporate Secretary

4 May 2004

Appointed Whitbread Directors 1 Limited as Corporate Director

4 May 2004

Appointed Whitbread Directors 2 Limited as Corporate Director

4 May 2004

Resigned Lowry, Daren Clive as Secretary

4 May 2004

Resigned Wilkins, Christopher James as Director

4 May 2004

Resigned Weeks, Stuart William as Secretary

4 May 2004

Resigned Barratt, Simon Charles as Director

30 January 2004

Resigned Thorpe, Elizabeth Anne as Secretary

30 January 2004

Appointed Lowry, Daren Clive as Secretary

2 February 2003

Appointed Weeks, Stuart William as Secretary

22 January 2003

Appointed Fairhurst, Russell William as Director

25 September 2002

Resigned Buxton Smith, Maria Rita as Secretary

26 May 2000

Appointed Buxton Smith, Maria Rita as Secretary

26 May 2000

Appointed Thorpe, Elizabeth Anne as Secretary

26 May 2000

Resigned Hodgson, Mark Ian as Secretary

22 February 2000

Resigned Walker, Timothy Graham as Director

22 February 2000

Appointed Barratt, Simon Charles as Director

22 February 2000

Appointed Wilkins, Christopher James as Director

22 February 2000

Resigned Storey, Christopher James as Director

5 July 1999

Appointed Hodgson, Mark Ian as Secretary

5 July 1999

Resigned Storey, Christopher James as Secretary

10 June 1999

Resigned Nicholson, Frank as Director

9 June 1999

Appointed Walker, Timothy Graham as Director

8 February 1999

Resigned Gossage, Neal Trevor as Director

18 September 1996

Appointed Gossage, Neal Trevor as Director

1 May 1996

Resigned Walker, Timothy Graham as Director

11 October 1993

Appointed Nicholson, Frank as Director

25 February 1993

Appointed Storey, Christopher James as Director

25 February 1993

Resigned Nicholson, Paul Douglas, Sir as Director

6 August 1992

Appointed Storey, Christopher James as Secretary

6 August 1992

Resigned Arnold, Barry as Secretary

6 August 1992

Resigned Arnold, Barry as Director

6 August 1992

Resigned Rhodes, Basil Edward, Sir as Director

6 August 1992

Resigned Wides, Russell Vaughan as Director

6 August 1992

Resigned Wilson, John Stuart as Director

6 August 1992

Resigned Wright, Geoffrey Michael as Director

6 August 1992

Resigned Young, Frederick John Timothy as Director

6 August 1992

Appointed Walker, Timothy Graham as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Whitbread Hotel Company Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Limited By Shares

Reg. no. 00224163

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To
3 November 2026	Accounts for a dormant company	26 February 2026
18 June 2026	Termination of appointment of a director
17 June 2026	Appointment of a director
13 February 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	31 January 2026
29 September 2025	Accounts for a dormant company	27 February 2025