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The Arable Group Limited

Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

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

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Previous officers 53

  1. Professor Mario Jose Caccamo 2021-2026 Director View profile
  2. Tina Lorraine Barsby 2021-2021 Director View profile
  3. Robert Harle 2013-2021 Director View profile
  4. Taylor Vinters Directors Limited 2010-2013 Corporate-director View profile
  5. Jeremy Wynn Lewis 2009-2013 Director View profile
  6. Professor Peter Robert Shewry 2009-2010 Director View profile
  7. Martin Jones 2008-2010 Director View profile
  8. Dr Alastair Roland Leake 2006-2009 Director View profile
  9. Poul Jorgen Hoveson 2006-2009 Director View profile
  10. Phillip Platts 2005-2005 Director View profile
  11. Andrew David Collins 2003-2004 Director View profile
  12. Martin John Jenkins 2003-2009 Director View profile
  13. Michael Adrian William Johnson 2003-2006 Director View profile
  14. John Robert Harle 2003-2009 Director View profile
  15. Michael Julian Hasler 2003-2009 Director View profile
  16. Geoffrey James Elliott 2003-2009 Director View profile
  17. John Francis Oldfield 1997-2007 Director View profile
  18. Miflin, Benjamin John, Doctor 1995-1997 Director View profile
  19. John Sale Wallace 1995-1997 Director View profile
  20. Matthew Bradbury 1995-1997 Director View profile
  21. Robert John Salmon 1995-2008 Director View profile
  22. Christine Elizabeth Alexandra Paterson Hill 1994-2003 Director View profile
  23. Michael John Whatmoor Gamble 1993-1997 Director View profile
  24. Oliver Hugh Knowland 1992-1997 Director View profile
  25. Marie Skinner 1992-1995 Director View profile
  26. John Alistair Alston 1992-1997 Director View profile
  27. Nicholas John Steed 1997 Director View profile
  28. Edwin Harris 1997 Director View profile
  29. James Henry Orson 1997 Director View profile
  30. John Richard Forrest 2008 Director View profile
  31. Philip Edward Richardson 2006 Director View profile
  32. Francis William Perowne 1995 Director View profile
  33. Robert Edmond Buscall 1997 Director View profile
  34. John Joseph North 1996 Director View profile
  35. John Edward Cross 1996 Director View profile
  36. James Edward Alston 1997 Director View profile
  37. John Nicholas Holmes 1996 Director View profile
  38. Anthony Nicholas George Duckworth-Chad 1992 Director View profile
  39. Richard William Hill 1992 Director View profile
  40. Bruce Nigel Hinton 2003 Director View profile
  41. John Stanley Cross 1995 Director View profile
  42. Nicholas Jeremy Edgar Crane 1997 Director View profile
  43. Stephen William Bett 1993 Director View profile
  44. Robert Steven 1997 Director View profile
  45. William Roger Kidner 1996 Director View profile
  46. Dr Juno Mckee 2021-2024 Secretary View profile
  47. Stephen Clark Masson 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  48. Susan Nicola Arnold 2009-2018 Secretary View profile
  49. Michaela Elizabeth Canham 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  50. Helen Margaret Trusty 2003-2008 Secretary View profile
  51. Richard Brian Osborne 1997-2003 Secretary View profile
  52. Robert John Cook 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  53. Ralph Francis Turner 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds; Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers; Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering; Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Incorporated
12/09/1923
Registered office
Cambridge
Also a registered charity
The Arable Group Limited

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.

  • Niab.
    appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. The Arable Group Limited is controlled by Niab.
    Evidence
    active appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Niab..

6 other companies 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.

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

9.4y median 9.4y
average tenure
13.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

1
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.

Agriculture 6Business services 1Finance 1Hospitality 1Other services 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 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
00192460
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
27/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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