Registration number:
Company name: Hide & Co Ltd
Dates in business: 1924-1988
Type of business: Department store retailer
Type of company:
Private limited liability company
Locations:
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Kingston-upon-Thames,
Greater London,
England
Company history
Hide & Co Ltd, Department store retailers, Kingston-upon-Thames was established in 1924
as a private limited company. In 1939 Hide & Co Ltd was bought by Great Northern &
Southern Stores and Wright Brothers Ltd equally, who already owned H L Reid Ltd, Cardiff. Hide
& Co Ltd then bought these three companies, and ran them as subsidiaries. Hide & Co Ltd
continued to expand, buying independent department stores, as well as developing their Barnett-
Hutton chain of ladieswear shops.
Hide & Co Ltd was acquired in 1965 by Tootals, it was primarily for their chain of ladieswear
shops, which were combined with Tootal's other shop units to form the Van Allan chain of
ladieswear stores. When Tootals sold the Hide & Co Ltd group of department stores to House
of Fraser in 1975, the ladieswear shops which originally comprised part of the company were not
included. Hide& Co Ltd was put into liquidation in 1988.
Records held for Hide & Co Ltd:
FRAS 1789
Title: Board of director's meeting minutes
Date: 1924-1980
FRAS 1790
Title: General meeting minutes
Date: 1929-1977
FRAS 1791
Title: Executive committee meeting minutes
Date: 1965-1975
FRAS 1792
Title: The Hide Group Weekly Bulletin
Date: 29 October 1960-14 October 1961
FRAS 1807
Title: Funeral ledgers
Date: 1891-1954
FRAS 1808
Title: Registers of Directors
Date: 1958-1988
FRAS 1809
Title: Memorandums and articles of association
Date: 1894-1968
FRAS 1811
Title: Sealing records
Date: 1970-1977
FRAS 1812
Title: Commercial contracts
Date: 1972-1976
FRAS 1813
Title: Register of mortgages
Date: 1961
FRAS 1814
Title: Legal agreement concerning the purchase of RHO Hills Ltd
Date: 1965
FRAS 1815
Title: Deeds and papers relating to the mortgage of Hide & Co Ltd
Date: 1960
FRAS 1816
Title: Papers relating to the sale of Hide & Co Ltd
Date: 1975
FRAS 1817
Title: Register of Properties
Date: 1970-1975
Related People and Companies:
Corporation name:
J R Roberts Ltd
Dates of connection: 1894-1975
Connection type:
Corporation name:
RHO Hills Ltd
Dates of connection: 1962-1975
Connection type:
Corporation name:
Seccombes Ltd
Dates of connection: 1909-1975
Connection type:
Corporation name:
T R Roberts Ltd
Dates of connection: 1895-1975
Connection type:
Corporation name:
House of Fraser Plc
Dates of connection: 1975
Connection type: House of Fraser Plc bought Hide & Co Ltd and its subsidiary companies in 1975
Access points:
Retail trade
- Department stores