The Darlington Farmers Auction Mart Company Limited
Company 00212585 Active
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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.
6 directors on the board
- Richard Bell Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Anthony Catterall Director · appointed 2020
- Dorothy Lorna Macdonald Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Philip Gilhespy Director · appointed 2019
- Peter Anthony Guy Monkhouse Director · appointed 2019
- Richard William Gilson Director · appointed 2024
4.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Simon Anthony Catterall Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Philip Gilhespy Director · appointed 2019
- Peter Anthony Guy Monkhouse Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Richard Bell Director · appointed 2023
- Dorothy Lorna Macdonald Director · appointed 2026
- Richard William Gilson Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Simon Anthony Catterall Director · appointed 2020
- Michael Philip Gilhespy Director · appointed 2019
- Peter Anthony Guy Monkhouse Director · appointed 2019
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Scott Macfarlane Ferrie Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- Mark Peter Dent Director · appointed 2019 · 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.
Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1Property 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Ponteland Auction Mart Company Limited(the) 1 shared director
- ST. Augustine's Parish Club Limited 1 shared director
- T H Vickers Limited 1 shared director
- P&D Commercials Limited 1 shared director
- Peter Monkhouse Haulage LLP 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00212585 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 20/03/1926 |
| Address | THE DARLINGTON FARMERS AUCTION MART CO LTD HUMBLETON PARK, WEST AUCKLAND ROAD, DARLINGTON, COUNTY DURHAM, DL2 2XX |
| Accounts next due | 30/09/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/12/2024 |
Industry (SIC)
01629 - Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Owns 2 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- D J Developments (North East) Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2017-11-09 - 08276529 ceased 2019-11-15
75-100% shares · notified 2016-11-01
Officers (37)
- Dorothy Lorna Macdonald Director · appointed 2026
- Richard William Gilson Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Bell Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Anthony Catterall Director · appointed 2020
- Peter Anthony Guy Monkhouse Director · appointed 2019
- Michael Philip Gilhespy Director · appointed 2019
Show 31 former officers
- Paul Leslie Gentry Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Gerard Ti Lentilo Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Phillip Coates Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- John Paul Pulford Allison Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Scott Macfarlane Ferrie Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
- James Jonathon Allison Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
- Mark Peter Dent Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
- Eric Blacklock Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
- Trevor David Johnson Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
- Jon Andrew Grieves Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
- Richard Heseltine Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
- Andrew James Armstrong Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
- John Anthony Ward Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2019
- William Norman Wardman Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
- James Edward Beadle Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2019
- Stephen Robert Aitken Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2012
- Andrew Richard Gibson Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
- Katie Durham Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
- Michael David Jewitt Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
- Jeffrey Sunter Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2017
- Phillip Hogarth Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
- Denys Smith Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
- Denys Richardson Smith Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
- Geoffrey Walton Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
- John Matthew Walton Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2014
- Michael Ernest Broad Director · resigned 2017
- James Eric Beadle Director · resigned 1999
- William George Barker Director · resigned 1994
- Paul Carter Secretary · resigned 1999
- Arthur Stanley Corner Director · resigned 2008
- John Alastair Earle Director · resigned 2004
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