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Company Liquidation

A. Elder Reed & CO. Limited

A. Elder Reed & CO. Limited is a UK company (number 00226982, status: liquidation), incorporated 1927, with 1 current director, James Lennox Reed. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Derek John Bytheway 1998-2005 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas James Charman 1995-2011 Director View profile
  3. Nigel Edward Martin Brimacombe 1993-2024 Director View profile
  4. Horace Charles Pennells 1993 Director View profile
  5. John Pickford Reed 1993 Director View profile
  6. Victor William Albert Tounsend 1993 Director View profile
  7. Martyn Legg 2007-2019 Secretary View profile
  8. Neil Wensley 2001-2007 Secretary View profile
  9. William Arthur Edward Selfe 1996-2001 Secretary View profile
  10. Corporate Secretarial Services Limited 1994-1996 Corporate-secretary View profile
  11. Anuja Karia 1994-1994 Secretary View profile
  12. John Richard Pennells 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
31/12/1927

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. A. Elder Reed & CO. Limited is controlled by James Lennox Reed
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Lennox Reed.

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.

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.

1 directors on the board

30.8y median 30.8y
average tenure
30.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00226982
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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