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Guinness World Records Limited
- Incorporated
- 30 November 1954 (71 years)
- Industry
- Book publishing (58110)
- Owned by
- Accounts type
- Audit exemption subsidiary
- Region
- Greater London
- Address
- Ground Floor Carthusian Court12 Carthusian StreetLondonEC1M 6EB
Website & contact details
- Website
Filing status
- Accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Last accounts
- 31 December 2025
- Conf. stmt due
- 31 December 2026
- Last conf. stmt
- 17 December 2025
Charges
- Total
- 6
- Outstanding
- 1
- Part satisfied
- 0
- Satisfied
- 5
Officers 4 active
Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.
Knight, Matthew Euan James
Secretary · Appointed 2 June 2023
Director · Appointed 6 May 2014
Also at Ripley Entertainment Limited (proposed for strike-off), Gwruk Acquisition Corp Limited, GWR (Branch Operations) Limited
British
Born November 1965
Director · Appointed 26 June 2012
Also at Ripley Entertainment Limited (proposed for strike-off), Gwruk Acquisition Corp Limited, GWR (Branch Operations) Limited
Canadian
Born April 1979 (47)
Director · Appointed 3 June 2008
Also at Ripley Entertainment Limited (proposed for strike-off), Gwruk Acquisition Corp Limited, GWR (Branch Operations) Limited
British
Born November 1961
Officer history (52 former)
2 June 2023
Appointed Knight, Matthew Euan James as Secretary
1 June 2023
Resigned Marshall, Raymond John as Secretary
20 November 2019
Appointed Marshall, Raymond John as Secretary
20 November 2019
Resigned Loughran, Catherine Frances as Secretary
2 March 2018
Resigned Tsang, Terence as Secretary
2 March 2018
Appointed Loughran, Catherine Frances as Secretary
5 April 2016
Appointed Tsang, Terence as Secretary
5 April 2016
6 May 2014
6 May 2014
26 June 2012
26 June 2012
3 June 2008
3 June 2008
14 February 2008
14 February 2008
14 February 2008
14 February 2008
14 February 2008
19 January 2007
19 January 2007
31 March 2006
31 March 2006
30 November 2005
22 August 2005
22 August 2005
22 August 2005
29 July 2005
29 July 2005
30 June 2005
26 May 2005
21 October 2004
4 May 2004
4 May 2004
3 September 2002
3 September 2002
3 September 2002
3 September 2002
3 September 2002
3 September 2002
26 October 2001
26 October 2001
30 July 2001
27 July 2001
Resigned Kennedy, Lisa Chrisine as Director
27 July 2001
Resigned Nathan, Wendy as Director
27 July 2001
27 July 2001
27 July 2001
Resigned Castello Cortes, Ian as Director
27 July 2001
27 July 2001
27 July 2001
27 July 2001
Resigned Papamichael, Michael Constantine as Director
30 March 2001
Resigned Feldman, Michael Jeffrey as Director
1 February 2001
1 February 2001
Resigned Fennell, Andrew John as Director
31 January 2001
30 November 2000
15 November 2000
Appointed Kennedy, Lisa Chrisine as Director
15 November 2000
Appointed Papamichael, Michael Constantine as Director
15 November 2000
Appointed Castello Cortes, Ian as Director
1 November 2000
20 April 2000
Appointed Nathan, Wendy as Director
20 April 2000
Appointed Feldman, Michael Jeffrey as Director
20 April 2000
Appointed Fennell, Andrew John as Director
20 April 2000
25 February 2000
Resigned Castello-Cortes, Ian Anthony as Director
20 December 1999
Resigned Boddie, Simon as Director
11 October 1999
11 October 1999
21 June 1999
Appointed Boddie, Simon as Director
16 April 1999
Resigned Raja-Brown, Sarah Frances as Director
7 December 1998
1 October 1998
6 May 1998
1 May 1998
30 April 1998
1 January 1998
1 January 1998
1 January 1998
1 January 1998
Appointed Castello-Cortes, Ian Anthony as Director
27 November 1997
1 January 1997
9 October 1996
Resigned Matthews, Peter John as Director
7 October 1996
28 June 1996
30 April 1996
Resigned Morris, Adrian Robert as Director
22 January 1996
Appointed Raja-Brown, Sarah Frances as Director
22 January 1996
1 December 1994
3 November 1994
11 February 1994
Resigned Cohen, Mark Julian as Director
6 April 1993
6 April 1993
26 March 1993
Resigned Crofton, Ian Donough as Director
23 December 1992
Resigned Mcfarlan, Donald Richmond Mcqueen as Director
5 June 1992
Ownership 1 active
People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register
Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Limited By Shares
Reg. no. 06503311
Group structure 4 companies
Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register
Guinness World Records Limited This company Owns 75–100% of shares
GWR (Branch Operations) Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Filings
Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House
| Date | Description | Made Up To | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 October 2026 | Other filing | |||
| 16 October 2026 | Other filing | |||
| 16 October 2026 | Accounts filing | |||
| 16 October 2026 | Audit exemption subsidiary accounts | 31 December 2025 | ||
| 29 December 2025 | Confirmation statement with no updates | 17 December 2025 |
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