TG Jones Retail Holdings Limited

ActiveAccounts overdue 00471941 Private limited company

Incorporated: 17 August 1949 (77 years)
Previously known as: WH Smith Retail Holdings Limited (until 30 June 2025)
Greenbridge Retail Limited (until 14 September 2006)
WH Smith PLC (until 30 August 2006)
Earlier: W H Smith Group PLC, W H Smith & Son (Holdings) PLC
Industry: Activities of head offices (70100)
Directors: Alex Willson
Stephen Curtis
Joseph Daniel Price
all 4 directors
Owned by: Modella Acquisition Co 8 Limited
Accounts type: Full
Region: South West
Address: Greenbridge Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 3RX

Filing status

Accounts due: 31 August 2026 (overdue)
Last accounts: 31 August 2024
Conf. stmt due: 29 May 2027
Last conf. stmt: 15 May 2026

Late accounts bring an automatic penalty and can get a company struck off.

Charges

Total: 7
Outstanding: 5
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 2

Officers 4 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Willson, Alex

Director · Appointed 17 April 2026

Also at Hobbycraft Trading Limited, TG Jones High Street Limited, Hobbycraft Superstores Limited

British

Born January 1977 (49)

Curtis, Stephen

Director · Appointed 29 June 2025

Also at Tailer Bidco Limited, TG Jones High Street Limited, Books & Stationers Limited · more companies

British

Born June 1965 (61)

Price, Joseph Daniel

Director · Appointed 29 June 2025

Also at Modella Capital Limited, Hobbycraft Group Limited, Hobbycraft Trading Limited · more companies

British

Born April 1989 (37)

Hw Directors Limited

Corporate Director · Appointed 29 June 2025

Also at NPH Red Oak Nominees Limited, TLH Group Limited, Cornfield Topco Limited · more companies

Officer history (46 former)

15 July 2026

Resigned Adams, Jonathan as Secretary

17 April 2026

Appointed Willson, Alex as Director

16 March 2026

Resigned Toal, Sean as Director

29 June 2025

Appointed Adams, Jonathan as Secretary

29 June 2025

Appointed Toal, Sean as Director

29 June 2025

Appointed Hw Directors Limited as Corporate Director

29 June 2025

Appointed Price, Joseph Daniel as Director

29 June 2025

Resigned Izzard, Maxwell Leslie James as Director

29 June 2025

Resigned Houghton, Ian as Secretary

29 June 2025

Resigned Cowling, Carl David as Director

29 June 2025

Resigned Houghton, Ian as Director

29 June 2025

Appointed Curtis, Stephen as Director

19 November 2024

Resigned Moorhead, Robert James as Director

19 November 2024

Appointed Izzard, Maxwell Leslie James as Director

31 October 2019

Resigned Clarke, Stephen Martin as Director

19 September 2019

Appointed Cowling, Carl David as Director

6 September 2013

Appointed Clarke, Stephen Martin as Director

30 June 2013

Resigned Swann, Kathryn Elizabeth as Director

14 March 2013

Appointed Houghton, Ian as Director

28 November 2008

Appointed Moorhead, Robert James as Director

28 November 2008

Resigned Stewart, Alan James as Director

1 December 2006

Resigned Mayhew, Christopher Luke as Director

1 December 2006

Resigned Barton, Robert John Orr as Director

1 December 2006

Resigned Ellis, Michael Henry as Director

1 December 2006

Resigned Rainey, Mary Teresa as Director

1 December 2006

Resigned Walker, Robert Malcolm as Director

25 July 2005

Appointed Mayhew, Christopher Luke as Director

30 March 2005

Appointed Ellis, Michael Henry as Director

3 March 2005

Resigned Warren, John Anthony as Director

3 March 2005

Appointed Stewart, Alan James as Director

31 January 2005

Resigned Handover, Richard Gordon as Director

27 January 2005

Resigned Boyd, Walker Gordon as Director

27 January 2005

Resigned Rolfe, Andrew John as Director

1 January 2005

Appointed Walker, Robert Malcolm as Director

25 September 2004

Resigned Hely Hutchinson, Timothy Mark as Director

3 March 2004

Appointed Boyd, Walker Gordon as Director

3 March 2004

Resigned Lupo, Lawrence Patrick as Director

29 January 2004

Resigned Orr, John Carmichael as Director

2 January 2004

Resigned Hodson, Beverley Cliffe as Director

4 November 2003

Resigned Taylor, John Martin as Director

4 November 2003

Appointed Swann, Kathryn Elizabeth as Director

2 September 2003

Appointed Rolfe, Andrew John as Director

28 March 2002

Appointed Rainey, Mary Teresa as Director

17 October 2001

Resigned Wigglesworth, Lloyd John as Director

1 September 2000

Appointed Warren, John Anthony as Director

31 May 2000

Resigned Hamill, Keith as Director

30 November 1999

Appointed Barton, Robert John Orr as Director

1 November 1999

Resigned Hardie, Charles Jeremy Mawdesley as Director

7 September 1999

Appointed Taylor, John Martin as Director

6 July 1999

Appointed Hely Hutchinson, Timothy Mark as Director

24 May 1999

Resigned Scardino, Marjorie Morris, Dame as Director

25 February 1999

Resigned Hancock, John Michael as Director

1 August 1998

Resigned Rule, Christopher Stanley, Mr. as Secretary

1 August 1998

Appointed Houghton, Ian as Secretary

14 April 1998

Appointed Wigglesworth, Lloyd John as Director

31 March 1998

Resigned Taylor, John Martin as Director

27 March 1998

Resigned Giles, Alan James as Director

1 October 1997

Resigned Cockburn, William as Director

17 June 1997

Appointed Hodson, Beverley Cliffe as Director

11 April 1997

Resigned Bamford, Peter Richard as Director

1 November 1996

Resigned Burke, Simon Paul as Director

31 August 1996

Resigned Napier, John Alexander as Director

1 July 1996

Resigned Smith, Philip Reginald, The Honourable as Director

1 July 1996

Appointed Hamill, Keith as Director

27 June 1996

Resigned Roberts, David John Marling as Director

1 May 1996

Resigned Wilmot-Sitwell, Peter Sacheverell as Director

31 December 1995

Resigned Field, Malcolm, Sir as Director

1 November 1995

Appointed Handover, Richard Gordon as Director

1 November 1995

Appointed Hancock, John Michael as Director

1 November 1995

Appointed Burke, Simon Paul as Director

1 November 1995

Appointed Bamford, Peter Richard as Director

1 November 1995

Appointed Cockburn, William as Director

1 November 1995

Appointed Giles, Alan James as Director

18 October 1995

Resigned Morgan, Janet Patricia, Doctor as Director

18 October 1995

Resigned Windlesham, David James George Hennessy, Lord as Director

31 July 1995

Resigned Troughton, Peter John Charles as Director

15 November 1994

Appointed Lupo, Lawrence Patrick as Director

21 June 1994

Appointed Scardino, Marjorie Morris, Dame as Director

29 January 1994

Resigned Hornby, Simon Michael, Sir as Director

8 December 1993

Resigned Elson, Edward Elliot as Director

20 April 1993

Appointed Orr, John Carmichael as Director

20 April 1993

Appointed Taylor, John Martin as Director

21 October 1992

Resigned Honeyman, Stanley Holmes as Director

Ownership 1 active

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

Modella Acquisition Co 8 Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 29 June 2025

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Right to appoint and remove directors

Private Limited Company

Reg. no. 16201725

Holdings 2

Companies where TG Jones Retail Holdings Limited is registered as a person with significant control

TG Jones High Street Holdings Limited

Owns 75–100% of shares

Active

TG Jones Promotions Limited

Owns 75–100% of shares

Active

Former controllers (2)

29 June 2025

Ceased WH Smith HS Limited — Owns 75–100% of shares

1 June 2024

Ceased WH Smith PLC — Owns 75–100% of shares

Filings 1200

Date	Description	Made Up To	PDF
17 September 2026	Liquidation filing		—
4 August 2026	Registration of a charge
15 July 2026	Termination of appointment of a secretary
2 July 2026	Registration of a charge
28 May 2026	Confirmation statement with updates	15 May 2026