Company · Co Durham
The Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers Auction Mart Company Limited
Other service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Ruth Elizabeth Bell 2015-2025 View profile
- Maurice Cyprian Rutter 2005-2015 View profile
- William Chapman Bramham 2003-2012 View profile
- Brian Medd 2002-2015 View profile
- John Keith Metcalf 1992-2010 View profile
- Leonard Cooper 2005 View profile
- Walter Wallis 1995 View profile
- Sydney James Allison 1996 View profile
- Trevor John Weatherell Dixon 2023 View profile
- John George Dent 1993 View profile
- Chris Oliver 2006 View profile
- William Boardman Peat 1992 View profile
- Fred Stephenson 1992 View profile
- Gordon Turnbull 2003-2025 View profile
- Hazel Joan Jackson 1999-2003 View profile
- David George Willson 1997-1999 View profile
- Freda Mary Longstaff 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 12/05/1890
- Registered office
- Co Durham
Ownership
Owned by (8) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Angus George Bell
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - Ruth Elizabeth Bell
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - Gordon Turnbull ceased 2021-01-28
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Ian Snowdon Cowan ceased 2021-01-28
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - William Keith Dent ceased 2021-01-28
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - Trevor John Weatherell Dixon ceased 2021-01-28
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - Keith Ettey ceased 2021-01-28
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - John Francis Hutchinson ceased 2021-01-28
significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- The Barnard Castle and Teesdale Farmers Auction Mart Company Limited
is controlled by Angus George Bell
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2016-12-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Angus George Bell.
Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Financials
- Net assets
- £739,623
- Total assets
- £744,897
- Cash
- £504,912
- Employees
- 37
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
6 directors on the board
- Ian Snowdon Cowan Director · appointed 2012
- William Keith Dent Director
- Keith Ettey Director · appointed 2016
- John Francis Hutchinson Director · appointed 2010
- Philip John Dixon Director · appointed 2023
- Angus George Bell Director · appointed 2001
Directors past 6 years
- Ian Snowdon Cowan Director · appointed 2012
- Keith Ettey Director · appointed 2016
- John Francis Hutchinson Director · appointed 2010
- Angus George Bell Director · appointed 2001
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Ian Snowdon Cowan Director · appointed 2012
- William Keith Dent Director
- John Francis Hutchinson Director · appointed 2010
- Philip John Dixon Director · appointed 2023
- Angus George Bell Director · appointed 2001
Portfolio (1)
- Keith Ettey Director · appointed 2016
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Ruth Elizabeth Bell Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00031438
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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