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The Leyburn Livestock Auction Mart Company Limited

Agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

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

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Shaun Alfred Sowray 2014-2020 Director View profile
John Metcalfe 1996-2014 Director View profile
George Kenneth Hird 1995-2018 Director View profile
Raymond Hunter 1994-2022 Director View profile
Thomas William Atkinson 1993-2011 Director View profile
Robert William Wallis 2010 Director View profile
John Ralph Terry 1995 Director View profile
George Harper 1995 Director View profile
John Leslie Ford 1993 Director View profile
David Arthur Brown 1994 Director View profile
George Frederick Sledge 2011 Director View profile
Geoffrey Lambert 2012 Director View profile
Richard Leslie Tuer 2023 Director View profile
Derrick Banbridge Hutchinson 1996 Director View profile
Katrina Turton 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
Charmaine Fletcher 1998-2009 Secretary View profile
Paula Scott 1995-1998 Secretary View profile
Roger Percy 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Incorporated: 18/11/1918
Registered office: Leyburn

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.

Philip James Terry ceased 2019-03-12
significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-03-01

Group

The Leyburn Livestock Auction Mart Company Limited is controlled by Philip James Terry
Evidence
ceased significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-03-01, ceased 2019-03-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Philip James Terry.

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: £1,001,129
Total assets: £1,013,477
Cash: £46,910
Employees: 22
Turnover: Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

10 directors on the board

Rachael Margaret Simpson Director · appointed 2010
Norman Joseph Sunter Director · appointed 2011
Christopher Metcalfe Director · appointed 2011
John James Sunter Director · appointed 2023
Robert Dixon Director · appointed 2010
Jack Martyn Fawcett Director · appointed 2022
Stephen Geoffrey Lambert Director · appointed 2019
William Peter Dobbing Director · appointed 2012
Philip James Terry Director · appointed 1995
Granville Ernest Fairburn Director

13.7y median 15.3y

average tenure

31.3y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Rachael Margaret Simpson Director · appointed 2010
Norman Joseph Sunter Director · appointed 2011
Christopher Metcalfe Director · appointed 2011
Robert Dixon Director · appointed 2010
Stephen Geoffrey Lambert Director · appointed 2019
William Peter Dobbing Director · appointed 2012
Philip James Terry Director · appointed 1995

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

Rachael Margaret Simpson Director · appointed 2010
Norman Joseph Sunter Director · appointed 2011
John James Sunter Director · appointed 2023
Robert Dixon Director · appointed 2010
Jack Martyn Fawcett Director · appointed 2022
Stephen Geoffrey Lambert Director · appointed 2019
William Peter Dobbing Director · appointed 2012
Philip James Terry Director · appointed 1995
Granville Ernest Fairburn Director

Portfolio (1)

Christopher Metcalfe Director · appointed 2011

Also govern a charity

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.

Business 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.

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: 00151974
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 30/09/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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