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The Bentham and District Farmers' Auction Mart Company,Limited

The Bentham and District Farmers' Auction Mart Company,Limited is an active UK company (number 00076760), incorporated 1903, with 6 current directors including Simon Thomas Garth and David Crackles. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 11

  1. Frank Brennand 2005-2014 Director View profile
  2. John Bradley 2000-2015 Director View profile
  3. John Michael Dawson 1995-2012 Director View profile
  4. Kenneth Duncan 1995-2024 Director View profile
  5. Richard Turner 1994 Director View profile
  6. Keith Fairhurst 1994 Director View profile
  7. Richard Frank Towers 2006 Director View profile
  8. Edwin Wilf Hadwin 2005 Director View profile
  9. James Edward Longton 1999 Director View profile
  10. Steven Charles Brown 2010 Director View profile
  11. John Bingless Smith 2017 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
20/03/1903

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

  • Richard Turner
    25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. The Bentham and District Farmers' Auction Mart Company,Limited is controlled by Richard Turner
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Turner.

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
£4,673,915
Total assets
£5,005,196
Cash
£37,272
Employees
0.34
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£369,085

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. 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

16.7y median 19.4y
average tenure
32.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

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

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
00076760
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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