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WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED

Active Private Limited Company Incorporated 20 May 1987

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    Active.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 31 Jan 2027.

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    Next due 9 Sep 2027.

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    2 owners on file.

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    None outstanding (6 paid off).

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    Incorporated 20 May 1987 (39 years ago).

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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 2 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    203-206 PICCADILLY, LONDON, W1J 9HD

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

    • 74990 Non-trading company

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    31 Jan 2027
    Last made up to
    3 May 2025
    Type
    DORMANT

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    9 Sep 2027
    Last made up to
    26 Aug 2026

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    0
    All time
    6

  6. Names

    1. WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED current
    2. WATERSTONE'S OVERSEAS LIMITED earlier
    3. HMV OVERSEAS LIMITED earlier
    4. OTTAKAR'S LIMITED earlier

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Owners and controllers All 2, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Waterstones Booksellers Limited company Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent; Right to appoint and remove directors 6 Apr 2016 — —
Mr Paul Elliot Singer Right to appoint and remove directors; Right to appoint and remove directors as firm 1 Jun 2018 — August 1944 American · United States

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Is WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED still trading?

The register shows WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED as active.

What does WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED do?

It files the industry code 74990 (Non-trading company).

When was WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED set up?

It was incorporated on 20 May 1987.

When are WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED's accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 31 January 2027. The last accounts were made up to 3 May 2025.

When is WATERSTONES OVERSEAS LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?

By 9 September 2027.

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