Company
Cranstons Quality Butchers Limited
Cranstons Quality Butchers Limited is an active UK company (number 00228917), incorporated 1928, with 5 current directors including Jane Elizabeth Silburn and Melanie Claire Wilson. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 5
- David John Law 2021-2025 View profile
- Martin John Jones 2011-2024 View profile
- Charles Edward Watt 2009-2018 View profile
- James Edmondson Cranston 1999 View profile
- Elizabeth Bowman Cranston 2007 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 19/03/1928
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.
- Philip John Cranston
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-12-28 - Roger James Cranston
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-12-28
Group
- Cranstons Quality Butchers Limited
is controlled by Philip John Cranston
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-12-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Philip John Cranston.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £6,944,504
- Total assets
- £7,238,875
- Cash
- £3,685,224
- Employees
- 224
- Turnover
- £17,570,573
- Profit/loss
- £754,671
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.
5 directors on the board
- Margaret Ruth Cranston Director · appointed 1994
- Jane Elizabeth Silburn Director · appointed 2022
- Elizabeth Sarah Cranston Director · appointed 1994
- Melanie Claire Wilson Director · appointed 2021
- Philip John Cranston Director
Directors past 6 years
- Margaret Ruth Cranston Director · appointed 1994
- Elizabeth Sarah Cranston Director · appointed 1994
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Margaret Ruth Cranston Director · appointed 1994
- Jane Elizabeth Silburn Director · appointed 2022
- Elizabeth Sarah Cranston Director · appointed 1994
- Melanie Claire Wilson Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Philip John Cranston Director
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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00228917
- Status
- Active
- 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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