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The Horticultural Trades Association

Activities of business and employers membership organizations

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Previous officers 41

  1. Timothy James Kentish Barnes 2019-2025 Director View profile
  2. Boyd John Douglas-Davies 2018-2024 Director View profile
  3. Brian Donald Fraser 2018-2025 Director View profile
  4. Matthew Bent 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Richard Michael Pyrah 2018-2020 Director View profile
  6. Simon John Fraser 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Christopher David Ramsden 2016-2018 Director View profile
  8. Hon Adam Edwin John Taylor 2016-2025 Director View profile
  9. Alexandria Christine Vick 2016-2024 Director View profile
  10. Kenneth John William White 2015-2021 Director View profile
  11. Geoff Caesar 2015-2017 Director View profile
  12. Alexander James Shepherd 2014-2020 Director View profile
  13. Adam William Wigglesworth 2014-2019 Director View profile
  14. Carol Paris 2013-2017 Director View profile
  15. Richard James Barnard 2013-2015 Director View profile
  16. Mark Desmond Thomas Pearson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  17. Peter Cook 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Robert John Hewitt 2012-2020 Director View profile
  19. Mark Gregory 2010-2012 Director View profile
  20. Adam Martin Frost 2009-2016 Director View profile
  21. Philip Charles Evason 2009-2011 Director View profile
  22. John Richard Lord 2009-2014 Director View profile
  23. Ian John Ashton 2007-2016 Director View profile
  24. David John Norman 2007-2016 Director View profile
  25. Charles John Tugman 2007-2009 Director View profile
  26. Stanley John Green 2007-2017 Director View profile
  27. Caroline Anne Elizabeth Owen 2007-2016 Director View profile
  28. Andrew John Richardson 2005-2011 Director View profile
  29. Kenneth James Crowther 2003-2009 Director View profile
  30. Timothy Peter Woodland 2001-2007 Director View profile
  31. John Christopher Little 1999-2005 Director View profile
  32. Brian Winden Pinker 1999-2007 Director View profile
  33. Dougal Ramsay George Philip 1997-2003 Director View profile
  34. John Sydney Light 1995-2001 Director View profile
  35. John Michael Richardson 1995-1999 Director View profile
  36. Douglas Allen 1993-1997 Director View profile
  37. John Fraser 1999 Director View profile
  38. John Gifford Hillier 1993 Director View profile
  39. Paul Basham 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  40. David Michael Gwyther CBE 1996-2011 Secretary View profile
  41. Alan Edward Strickland 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of business and employers membership organizations
Incorporated
12/08/1920
Registered office
Didcot

Ownership

Owned by (7) 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.

Group

  1. The Horticultural Trades Association is controlled by Frances Alison Barnes
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2024-09-25 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Frances Alison Barnes.

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
£2,218,697
Total assets
£2,803,400
Cash
£2,277,951
Employees
0.6
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£452,876

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £20,680 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £20,680 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £14,1582020-03-25
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £3,2502020-03-25
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £3,2722020-03-25
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.

13 directors on the board

3.2y median 3.3y
average tenure
6.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (6)

4
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.

Retail and trade 8Education 2Manufacturing 2Other services 2Agriculture 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
00169606
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
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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