Company
Baker & Finnemore Limited
Baker & Finnemore Limited is an active UK company (number 00116591), incorporated 1911, with 2 current directors, James Paul Hart and Dietrich Leifert. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 17
- Ian James Styles 2014-2018 View profile
- Paul Adrian Watkins-Burke 2014-2026 View profile
- David Gregory Wilkinson 2014-2020 View profile
- David Grainge Harrison 2012-2015 View profile
- Richard Arthur Adams 2012-2015 View profile
- John Clark 2006-2012 View profile
- Paul Williams Yates 2006-2012 View profile
- Andrew Roberts 2002-2006 View profile
- Elisabeth Barnwell 2002-2006 View profile
- Kenneth Walter Cox 2000-2003 View profile
- John Thomas Chambers 1994 View profile
- John Barnwell 2006 View profile
- Joan Lesley Matthews 2013-2026 View profile
- Richard Arthur Adams 2012-2013 View profile
- Ian Packer 2006-2012 View profile
- Derek Harry Sharp 2005-2012 View profile
- Norman John Duckworth 2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/07/1911
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Paul Adrian Watkins-Burke ceased 2023-08-06
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Sommer ceased 2023-08-21
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - David Gregory Wilkinson ceased 2020-03-27
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Ian James Styles ceased 2018-06-30
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Dietrich Leifert ceased 2024-10-30
significant influence · notified 2023-08-21
Group
- Baker & Finnemore Limited
is controlled by Paul Adrian Watkins-Burke
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-08-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Paul Adrian Watkins-Burke.
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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- Dietrich Leifert Director · appointed 2024
- James Paul Hart Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Dietrich Leifert Director · appointed 2024
- James Paul Hart Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Adrian Watkins-Burke Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00116591
- 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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