AO WORLD PLC
Company details
- Registered name
- AO WORLD PLC
- Company number
- 05525751
- Registered office
- Unit 5a The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD
- Company type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated on
- 2 August 2005
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 21 years
- Previous names
- AO WORLD LIMITED (to 17 Feb 2014) · DRL HOLDINGS LIMITED (to 17 Feb 2014)
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 — Activities of head offices · 74990 — Non-trading company non trading
- Accounts — next due
- 30 Sept 2026
- Accounts — last made up to
- 31 Mar 2025
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 14 Aug 2027
- Confirmation statement — last
- 31 Jul 2026
Officers
9 active · 16 resigned
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Connections
Serving officers
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/09/2025 | Director appointed | — | TOMKINS, Sophie Alice |
| 27/09/2023 | Director resigned | CASSONI, Maria Luisa | — |
| 05/04/2023 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 01/11/2022 | Director appointed | — | VENNING, Sarah Louise |
| 01/10/2022 | Director appointed | — | PRITCHARD, Peter Paul |
| 31/01/2022 | Director resigned | DEPLAZES DE ANDRADE DELGADO, Luisa | — |
| 06/04/2020 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 06/04/2020 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 24/09/2019 | Director resigned | DE ROJAS, Jacqueline | — |
| 17/07/2019 | Director resigned | MCBRIDE, Brian James | — |
| 31/01/2019 | Director resigned | CAUNCE, Stephen James | — |
| 01/01/2019 | Director appointed | — | DEPLAZES DE ANDRADE DELGADO, Luisa |
| 24/07/2018 | Director appointed | — | MCCABE, Shaun |
| 23/11/2017 | Director appointed | — | DE ROJAS, Jacqueline |
| 16/02/2017 | Director resigned | LAMPRECHT, Rudolf Josef | — |
| 21/07/2016 | Director resigned | ROSE, Richard Sidney | — |
| 01/07/2016 | Director appointed | — | COOPER, Geoffrey Ian |
| 27/05/2016 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 01/08/2015 | Director appointed | — | HIGGINS, Jonathan Mark Stephen |
| 21/07/2015 | Director resigned | HOLROYD, William | — |
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Charges
0 outstanding · 6 satisfied
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Trade marks
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About AO WORLD PLC (05525751)
AO WORLD PLC is a public limited company incorporated on 2 August 2005 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number 05525751. Its registered office is at Unit 5a The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, BL6 4SD. The recorded nature of business is activities of head offices (SIC 70100). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 31 March 2025. 25 active officers are on record . This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House , last refreshed 8 September 2026.
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