Soho Estates

{{Short description|British property company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Soho Estates

| image = Soho foyles bookshop 1.jpg

| image_caption = The Foyles Building, 2006

| logo = Soho Estates Logo.svg

| trade_name = Soho Estates

| former_name = Whitehall Theatre Limited

| type = Private limited company

| industry = Property

| founded = {{Start date and age|1949|10|05}} in London, United Kingdom{{cite web

|url = https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00473566

|title = Soho Estates Limited

|year = 2021

|website = Companies House

|access-date = 25 March 2021

|url-status = live

|publisher = Companies House

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210325155403/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00473566

|archive-date = 25 March 2021 }}

| founder = Paul Raymond

| hq_location = 58 Wardour Street

| hq_location_city = London

| hq_location_country = United Kingdom

| area_served = Soho

| key_people = {{Unbulleted list

|Chairman: Steven Norris

| Managing Director: John James

| Director: Fawn James{{cite web

|url = https://www.sohoestates.co.uk/team

|title = Team—Soho Estates

|year = 2021

|website = Soho Estates

|access-date = 25 March 2021

|url-status = live

|publisher = Soho Estates

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210325161018/https://www.sohoestates.co.uk/team

|archive-date = 25 March 2021 }}

}}

| products = property development, property investment

| revenue = {{increase}} £34.1 million{{cite web

|url = https://418899f1-05b8-48be-b3e9-ace657dbf8d3.filesusr.com/ugd/fad55a_4b6638fadd7f4bfb8d65d3ad44dd38b7.pdf

|title = Soho Estates Limited Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2020

|last = Wood

|first = Rachel

|year = 2020

|website = Soho Estates

|location = London

|pages=7–8

|access-date = 29 March 2021

|url-status = live

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210329100523/https://418899f1-05b8-48be-b3e9-ace657dbf8d3.filesusr.com/ugd/fad55a_4b6638fadd7f4bfb8d65d3ad44dd38b7.pdf

|archive-date = 29 March 2021}}

| revenue_year = 2020

| operating_income = {{decrease}} £10.2 million

| income_year = 2020

| net_income = {{decrease}} £5.3 million

| net_income_year = 2020

| assets = {{decrease}} £818.6 million

| assets_year = 2020

| equity = {{decrease}} £653.2 million

| equity_year = 2020

| num_employees = 22

| num_employees_year = 2021

| parent = Soho Estates Holdings Limited

| website = [https://www.sohoestates.co.uk/ sohoestates.co.uk]

}}

Soho Estates is a British property company created by the entrepreneur and pornographer Paul Raymond. The holdings of Soho Estates are mainly based in Soho, a district in the West End of London.{{cite web|url=http://www.sohoestates.co.uk/Company_Profile.aspx|title=Soho Estates -Company Profile|publisher=Soho Estates|accessdate=27 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130505044017/http://www.sohoestates.co.uk/Company_Profile.aspx|archivedate=5 May 2013}} As of March 2025, the company's portfolio has an estimated value of £1.1 billion.{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Tom |date=2025-03-18 |title=Granddaughter takes over Paul Raymond’s Soho Estates empire |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/granddaughter-takes-over-paul-raymonds-soho-property-empire-twkk0z6h2 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}

Through Soho Estates Holdings Limited and parent company FIJ Holdings Limited, it is controlled by Raymond's granddaughter Fawn Ilona James and her stepfather John James.{{Cite web |last=Prynn |first=Jonathan |date=2012-04-12 |title=Fawn, 22, set to take control of Raymond empire |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/fawn-22-set-to-take-control-of-raymond-empire-6615657.html |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Standard |language=en}}

History

Projects include the Autumn 2016 demolition of the Foyles Building at 111-119 Charing Cross Road, replaced by a new building, Ilona Rose House.{{cite web|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/victorian-society-joins-call-in-clamour-against-demolition-of-old-foyles-building/10008434.article |title=Victorian Society joins call-in clamour against demolition of old Foyles building | News | Architects Journal |accessdate=2016-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921064918/https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/victorian-society-joins-call-in-clamour-against-demolition-of-old-foyles-building/10008434.article |archivedate=2016-09-21 }}{{cite web|author1=Joanna Bourke |author2=Jonathan Prynn |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/row-over-plan-to-demolish-soho-home-of-foyles-book-store-a3261786.html |title=Row over plan to demolish Soho home of Foyles book store | London | News | London Evening Standard |website=Standard.co.uk |date=2016-06-02 |accessdate=2016-08-28}}

In March 2025, it was announced that Fawn James would take over the day-to-day management of the business from April onwards.

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