Smiths News Trading Limited
Company 00237811 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.
2 directors on the board
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
8.2y median 8.2y
average tenure
15.9y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
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also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Martin Baker Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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.
Professional services 30Retail and trade 4Business services 3Dormant 2Finance 2Tech and media 2
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.
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.
Related organisations
- Dawson Holdings Limited 2 shared directors
- Connect Limited 2 shared directors
- Martin Lavell Limited 2 shared directors
- Smiths News Instore Limited 2 shared directors
- Dawson Limited 2 shared directors
- Connect2U Limited 2 shared directors
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 00237811 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 09/03/1929 |
| Address | ROWAN HOUSE CHERRY ORCHARD NORTH, KEMBREY PARK, SWINDON, SN2 8UH |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 30/08/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
46900 - Non-specialised wholesale trade
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.
- Smiths News Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Smiths News Holdings Limited ceased 2023-03-13
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 9 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Smiths News Distribution Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Rascal Solutions Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Martin Lavell Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - FMD Limited
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Connect2U Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Dawson Media Direct Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-07-25 - Martin Lavell Limited ceased 2023-03-13
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Fresh on the GO Limited ceased 2025-10-17
25-50% shares · notified 2019-01-12 - Lucid Digital Magazines Limited ceased 2025-01-10
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-12-01
Officers (42)
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- Stuart Steven Marriner Secretary · appointed 2011
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
Show 39 former officers
- Paul Martin Baker Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
- Anthony Liam Grace Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2021
- David Gregory Bauernfeind Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
- Richard John Renwick Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2018
- Nicholas John Gresham Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
- Mark Hopwood Charlton Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2011
- Mark Richard Cashmore Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2018
- Alan John Humphrey Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
- Alan James Stewart Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2006
- Kathryn Elizabeth Swann Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2006
- Timothy Mark Hely Hutchinson Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2004
- John Anthony Warren Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
- Ian Houghton Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
- Lloyd John Wigglesworth Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
- Beverley Cliffe Hodson Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
- Keith Hamill Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
- Richard Gordon Handover Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2003
- Alan James Giles Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
- John Michael Hancock Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
- Peter Richard Bamford Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
- William Cockburn Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1997
- Simon Paul Burke Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
- Lawrence Patrick Lupo Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
- Scardino, Marjorie Morris, Dame Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
- John Martin Taylor Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
- John Carmichael Orr Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
- Stanley Holmes Honeyman Director · resigned 1992
- John Alexander Napier Director · resigned 1996
- Windlesham, David James George Hennessy, Lord Director · resigned 1995
- Smith, Philip Reginald, the Honourable Director · resigned 1996
- Peter John Charles Troughton Director · resigned 1995
- Rule, Christopher Stanley, Mr. Secretary · resigned 1998
- David John Marling Roberts Director · resigned 1996
- Edward Elliot Elson Director · resigned 1993
- Field, Malcolm David, Sir Director · resigned 1995
- Peter Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell Director · resigned 1996
- Morgan, Janet Patricia, Doctor Director · resigned 1995
- Hornby, Simon Michael, Sir Director · resigned 1994
- Charles Jeremy Mawdesley Hardie Director · resigned 1999
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