Company
Grimston Trust Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 7
- Charles Jonathan Dent 1992-2017 View profile
- Simon Erroll Prior-Palmer 2017 View profile
- Lady Romayne Bryony Bockstoce 2012 View profile
- The Countess of Verulam 2007 View profile
- Lady Hermione Frances Grimston 1993 View profile
- Sarah Jeanne Sharkey 2008-2016 View profile
- David Sorby Straw 2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/03/1915
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Grimston Trust Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company 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
- £22,785,425
- Total assets
- £24,098,323
- Cash
- £80,174
- Employees
- 0.01
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- £445,660
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
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.
3 directors on the board
- Grimston, Rosanagh Viola Alexandra, Viscountess Director · appointed 2013
- Verulam, John Duncan, Earl Director
- James Walter Grimston Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Grimston, Rosanagh Viola Alexandra, Viscountess Director · appointed 2013
- James Walter Grimston Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Grimston, Rosanagh Viola Alexandra, Viscountess Director · appointed 2013
- Verulam, John Duncan, Earl Director
- James Walter Grimston Director · appointed 2011
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00139748
- 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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