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S.A.Brain & Company,Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 27

  1. Nigel Timothy Cooke 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Andrew Winning 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Jonathan Bridge 2018-2025 Director View profile
  4. Alistair William Darby 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Peter John Wilson 2015-2019 Director View profile
  6. Alistair Grant Arkley 2014-2019 Director View profile
  7. Richard Peter Davies 2004-2013 Director View profile
  8. David Peter Bonney 2003-2018 Director View profile
  9. Philip Henry Lay 2002-2014 Director View profile
  10. Martin Stuart Reed 2002-2019 Director View profile
  11. John Scott Waddington 2001-2018 Director View profile
  12. James Kerr 2000-2005 Director View profile
  13. Philip Robert Moore 1997-1997 Director View profile
  14. Richard Barry Cunningham 1997-2001 Director View profile
  15. Michael Anthony John Salter 1997-2001 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Antony Parr 1996-2002 Director View profile
  17. Oliver Nugent Breay 1996 Director View profile
  18. Christopher Michael Brain 2009 Director View profile
  19. William Escott Rhys 1998 Director View profile
  20. Malcolm Edward James 2003 Director View profile
  21. John Wilfred Glazzard 2001 Director View profile
  22. Nicole Trebilcock 2021-2025 Secretary View profile
  23. Hannah Patricia Heath 2019-2021 Secretary View profile
  24. Charles Nicholas Brain 2006-2021 Secretary View profile
  25. Katherine Drysdale 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  26. James Shepherd Barrett 1997-2002 Secretary View profile
  27. Richard Clive May-Hill 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
12/04/1897

Ownership

Owned by (6) 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.

  • Alistair Grant Arkley ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • John Frederick William Rhys ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Martin Stuart Reed ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • John Scott Waddington ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Peter John Wilson ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • David Peter Bonney ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. S.A.Brain & Company,Limited is controlled by Alistair Grant Arkley
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Alistair Grant Arkley.

4 other companies in this group

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
£4,478,000
Total assets
£7,683,000
Cash
£938,000
Employees
31,000
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£396,000

Filed as Group accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

4 directors on the board

2.9y median 3.2y
average tenure
3.9y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Dormant 21Property 2Education 1Professional services 1

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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00052099
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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