Rank Overseas Holdings: version 1
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# Rank Overseas Holdings <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Rank Overseas Holdings
disambiguation: Rank Group holding company at Maidenhead, company number 00412917, incorporated in 1946
summary: Holding company of The Rank Group at Maidenhead, incorporated in 1946, and shareholder of Rank Nemo (DGMS) Limited until December 2016.
legal_name: Rank Overseas Holdings Limited
registered_address: Tor, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 8BN, United Kingdom
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:00412917
founded: 1946-06-17
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/rank-leisure-holdings | | | | | sourced | ^ch-orh-psc | Registered shareholder on the Companies House PSC register: Rank Leisure Holdings Limited, company number 01841255, with 75% or more of the shares and the right to appoint or remove directors, notified 6 April 2016 |
| parent_org | company/the-rank-group-plc | | | | | derived | ^ch-n25-psc | Top of the chain on the Companies House PSC registers, which run from this company through Rank Leisure Holdings Limited and Rank Nemo (Twenty-Five) Limited to The Rank Group Plc |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Rank Overseas Holdings Limited | legal | en | 1986-12-02 | |
| RANK OVERSEAS HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | legal | en | 1946-06-17 | 1986-12-02 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | -------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ch-orh | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00412917 | Companies House: RANK OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED (overview) (00412917) | 2026-09-23 | Companies House | registry | | 00412917 | Company number, status, incorporation date, previous name, registered office, SIC code | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | |
| ch-nemo-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04496386/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control of RANK NEMO (DGMS) LIMITED (04496386) | 2026-09-20 | Companies House | registry | | 04496386 | Rank (U.K.) Holdings Limited, registration number 02681940, notified 16 December 2016; Rank Overseas Holdings Limited, registration number 00412917, notified 6 April 2016 and ceased 16 December 2016 | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | |
| ch-orh-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00412917/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control of RANK OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED (00412917) | 2026-09-23 | Companies House | registry | | 00412917 | Rank Leisure Holdings Limited, registration number 01841255, notified 6 April 2016; ownership of shares 75% or more; right to appoint or remove directors | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | |
| ch-n25-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04521994/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control of RANK NEMO (TWENTY-FIVE) LIMITED (04521994) | 2026-09-23 | Companies House | registry | | 04521994 | The Rank Group Plc, registration number 03140769, notified 6 April 2016; ownership of shares and of voting rights 75% or more; right to appoint or remove directors | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | |
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## About <!--about-->
Rank Overseas Holdings Limited is an active holding company of The Rank Group, registered with Companies House under number 00412917 at Tor, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead, with head-office activities as its nature of business. It was incorporated on 17 June 1946 as RANK OVERSEAS HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY and took its present name on 2 December 1986.[^ch-orh] On the PSC register it was the shareholder of Rank Nemo (DGMS) Limited from 6 April 2016 until 16 December 2016, when Rank (U.K.) Holdings Limited took its place,[^ch-nemo-psc] and its own shareholder is Rank Leisure Holdings Limited, with 75% or more of the shares.[^ch-orh-psc]
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