The Friend Publications Limited

Active00604838 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
20 May 1958 (68 years)
Previously known as
Friend Publications Limited(the) (until 30 March 2019)
Industry
Publishing of newspapers (58130)
Other publishing activities (58190)
Directors
Wren Argent
Accounts type
Total exemption full
Region
Greater London
Address
Friends House
173 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BJ

Filing status

Accounts due
31 March 2027
Last accounts
30 June 2025
Conf. stmt due
1 December 2026
Last conf. stmt
17 November 2025

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
0
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
1

Officers 8 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Argent, Wren
Director · Appointed 4 December 2025
British
Born November 2001
Director · Appointed 28 March 2025
British
Born April 1952 (74)
Director · Appointed 28 March 2025
Also at Barrow Cadbury Fund Limited(the), The Barrow Cadbury Trust
British
Born February 1957 (69)
Director · Appointed 28 March 2025
Also at Friends House (London) Hospitality Limited, The Norfolk Initiative Steiner School · more companies
British,American
Born October 1958 (68)
Heald, David James
Director · Appointed 20 September 2024
Welsh
Born June 1972 (54)
Ashton, Robert George
Director · Appointed 14 September 2023
British
Born August 1955 (71)
Director · Appointed 14 September 2023
Also at Harlech and Ardudwy Leisure
British
Born February 1953 (73)
Reid, Alastair Hugh
Director · Appointed 1 January 2020
British
Born October 1950 (76)
Officer history (74 former)
4 December 2025
Appointed Argent, Wren as Director
28 March 2025
Resigned Burch, Elisabeth Helen as Director
28 March 2025
Appointed Bunney, David Joseph as Director
28 March 2025
Appointed Cadbury, Erica Rachel as Director
28 March 2025
Appointed Parker, Katharine Lucy as Director
28 March 2025
Resigned Barlow, Janet Evelyn as Secretary
28 March 2025
Resigned Barlow, Janet Evelyn as Director
20 September 2024
Appointed Heald, David James as Director
7 December 2023
Resigned Windle, Barbara Jean as Director
14 September 2023
Resigned Kennedy, Peter Alexander as Director
14 September 2023
Appointed Hughes, Martin James as Director
14 September 2023
Appointed Ashton, Robert George as Director
27 January 2023
Resigned Marsh, Colin Victor as Director
31 December 2022
Resigned Crouch, Chaundra Marie as Director
16 June 2022
Resigned Mahandru, Sanjive Kumar as Director
28 April 2022
Resigned Greenhow, Ingrid Elisabeth, Dr as Director
9 December 2021
Resigned Huff, Maria Bernadette as Director
31 October 2020
Resigned Jeorrett, Paul as Director
1 January 2020
Appointed Reid, Alastair Hugh as Director
31 December 2019
Resigned Horsfall, Sandra as Director
5 December 2019
Resigned Hewitson, Gerald as Director
5 December 2019
Resigned Rouse, Timothy Adam as Director
6 June 2019
Appointed Marsh, Colin Victor as Director
6 June 2019
Appointed Mahandru, Sanjive Kumar as Director
7 March 2019
Appointed Kennedy, Peter Alexander as Director
7 March 2019
Appointed Greenhow, Ingrid Elisabeth, Dr as Director
29 November 2018
Appointed Huff, Maria Bernadette as Director
29 November 2018
Resigned Buchanan, Nancy Hester as Secretary
29 November 2018
Resigned Finley, Hugo Francis Lockhart as Director
29 November 2018
Resigned Ferguson, Valerie Linda as Director
29 November 2018
Resigned Buchanan, Nancy Hester as Director
29 November 2018
Resigned Summers, Richard James as Director
29 November 2018
Appointed Barlow, Janet Evelyn as Secretary
6 September 2018
Appointed Windle, Barbara Jean as Director
7 June 2018
Resigned Gholap, Rajit as Director
7 June 2018
Appointed Burch, Elisabeth Helen as Director
7 June 2018
Resigned Durham, Geoffrey Clifford as Director
1 March 2018
Appointed Crouch, Chaundra Marie as Director
18 February 2018
Resigned Waddilove, Gillian Mary as Director
31 December 2017
Resigned Sims, Nicholas Alan as Director
7 December 2017
Resigned Mccarthy, Rosamund Mary Irene as Director
7 December 2017
Appointed Barlow, Janet Evelyn as Director
8 June 2017
Appointed Waddilove, Gillian Mary as Director
2 March 2017
Appointed Summers, Richard James as Director
10 March 2016
Appointed Hewitson, Gerald as Director
22 February 2016
Resigned Skidmore, Gil Frances as Director
10 December 2015
Resigned Kavanagh, Jennifer Dorothy as Director
12 March 2015
Appointed Mccarthy, Rosamund Mary Irene as Director
12 March 2015
Appointed Gholap, Rajit as Director
4 December 2014
Resigned Barden, Ronald as Director
6 March 2014
Appointed Jeorrett, Paul as Director
6 March 2014
Appointed Rouse, Timothy Adam as Director
31 December 2013
Resigned Drewery, John Oliver as Director
5 December 2013
Resigned Scott, Janet Rosemary as Director
5 December 2013
Resigned Riddell, Rebecca Maria as Director
5 September 2013
Appointed Horsfall, Sandra as Director
7 March 2013
Appointed Ferguson, Valerie Linda as Director
6 December 2012
Resigned Melling, John Malcolm as Director
13 September 2012
Appointed Finley, Hugo Francis Lockhart as Director
13 September 2012
Resigned Coffey, Ruth Christine Maud as Director
7 June 2012
Resigned Redpath, Kevin Malcolm as Director
29 March 2012
Resigned Olver, David as Secretary
29 March 2012
Appointed Buchanan, Nancy Hester as Secretary
29 February 2012
Resigned Roe, Mary Elizabeth as Director
29 February 2012
Appointed Buchanan, Nancy Hester as Director
29 February 2012
Appointed Sims, Nicholas Alan as Director
29 February 2012
Appointed Skidmore, Gil Frances as Director
29 February 2012
Appointed Barden, Ronald as Director
8 December 2011
Appointed Coffey, Ruth Christine Maud as Director
8 December 2011
8 December 2011
Resigned Cadbury, Helen Rachel as Director
8 December 2011
Resigned Olver, David as Director
8 September 2011
Appointed Durham, Geoffrey Clifford as Director
2 December 2010
Resigned Hartill, Rosemary Jane as Director
9 September 2010
Appointed Riddell, Rebecca Maria as Director
9 September 2010
Resigned Spencer, Jonathan as Director
10 June 2010
Appointed Kavanagh, Jennifer Dorothy as Director
3 December 2009
Resigned Barnett, Craig Jason as Director
3 December 2009
Resigned Cave, Elizabeth Anne as Director
4 June 2009
Appointed Cadbury, Helen Rachel as Director
5 March 2009
Appointed Barnett, Craig Jason as Director
5 March 2009
Appointed Redpath, Kevin Malcolm as Director
4 December 2008
5 December 2007
Resigned Penny, Thomas William as Director
5 December 2007
Appointed Spencer, Jonathan as Director
5 December 2007
Appointed Cave, Elizabeth Anne as Director
5 December 2007
Resigned Robertson, Donald James as Secretary
5 December 2007
Appointed Olver, David as Secretary
5 December 2007
Appointed Olver, David as Director
5 December 2007
Resigned Robertson, Donald James as Director
5 December 2007
Resigned Miles, Cressida Jane as Director
5 December 2007
Resigned Olver, Arthur David as Director
5 December 2007
Appointed Roe, Mary Elizabeth as Director
5 December 2007
Appointed Drewery, John Oliver as Director
6 December 2006
Appointed Melling, John Malcolm as Director
6 December 2006
Resigned Worrall, Kathleen Avril Marley as Director
6 December 2006
Resigned Burtt, Fiona Jane as Director
6 December 2006
Resigned Bunney, George as Director
6 December 2006
Appointed Scott, Janet Rosemary as Director
23 November 2005
23 November 2005
Appointed Burtt, Fiona Jane as Director
23 November 2005
Appointed Olver, Arthur David as Director
23 November 2005
Resigned Hartshorne, Susan Vipont as Director
31 March 2005
Resigned Burtt, Fiona Jane as Director
11 March 2005
Resigned Taylor, Joyce as Director
5 May 2004
Appointed Hartill, Rosemary Jane as Director
5 May 2004
Appointed Taylor, Joyce as Director
6 November 2003
Resigned Darton, David Frank as Director
7 May 2003
Resigned Barlow, Anna Maria as Director
6 February 2002
Appointed Penny, Thomas William as Director
6 February 2002
Resigned Davies, Catrin Hilary as Director
3 October 2001
Resigned Stark, Peter Brian Rogers as Director
30 July 2001
Resigned Woolgrove, David Gordon as Director
25 April 2001
Appointed Davies, Catrin Hilary as Director
26 January 2001
Resigned Rowlands, Deborah Jane as Director
26 January 2001
Resigned Martin, Burnell as Director
26 January 2001
Resigned Sturge, Roger Bowman as Director
3 February 2000
Appointed Burtt, Fiona Jane as Director
3 February 2000
Resigned Bunney, George as Secretary
3 February 2000
Resigned Gardiner, Carol Elizabeth as Director
3 February 2000
Appointed Robertson, Donald James as Secretary
3 February 2000
Resigned Sewell, Janet as Director
15 July 1999
Appointed Robertson, Donald James as Director
15 October 1998
Appointed Miles, Cressida Jane as Director
15 October 1998
Appointed Mcgeorge, Nicholas Dudley Murdoch as Director
16 July 1998
Appointed Worrall, Kathleen Avril Marley as Director
22 January 1998
Resigned Loverance, Rowena Kathryn as Director
17 July 1997
Resigned Stokes, Christopher John as Director
25 January 1996
Resigned Ellis, Aubrey Derwent as Director
28 July 1995
Appointed Stark, Peter Brian Rogers as Director
28 July 1995
Appointed Hartshorne, Susan Vipont as Director
26 January 1995
Resigned Evans, Muriel Isabel as Director
26 January 1995
Resigned Honigmann, Andreas Peter Paul as Director
1 January 1995
Appointed Barlow, Anna Maria as Director
27 January 1994
Resigned Rowntree, Michael Hotham as Director
29 April 1993
Appointed Rowlands, Deborah Jane as Director
21 January 1993
Resigned Wilson, Geoffrey Masterman, Sir as Director
21 January 1993
Appointed Woolgrove, David Gordon as Director
22 October 1992
Appointed Darton, David Frank as Director
23 January 1992
Resigned Kohler, Charles Henry as Director
25 April 1991
Resigned Jones, Donald as Director

Ownership 0 active

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The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Financials

Balance sheet as at 30 June 2025 · total exemption full accounts

Balance sheet detail
2025

What The Friend Publications say about themselves

“The Friend is a weekly magazine in which Friends speak to each other and to the wider world, offering their insight, ideas, news, nurture and inspiration.”

— from thefriend.org

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
30 March 2026Total exemption full accounts30 June 2025
15 December 2025Appointment of a director
15 December 2025Confirmation statement with no updates17 November 2025
2 April 2025Total exemption full accounts30 June 2024
1 April 2025Appointment of a director
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