Company
Surety Trust Limited
Surety Trust Limited is an active UK company (number 00273408), incorporated 1933, with 4 current directors including Stuart David Saunders and Thorsten Hoeffken. 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 33
- James Meakin 2025-2026 View profile
- Russell Mark Grazier 2019-2023 View profile
- Paul Gareth Woodward 2019-2025 View profile
- Paul Andrew Shanks 2018-2019 View profile
- John Frederick Oliver 2018-2023 View profile
- Julie Dawn Smith 2018-2019 View profile
- Vukkalam Rangaswami Praveen Kumar 2016-2018 View profile
- Ketan Dhirendra Merchant 2015-2016 View profile
- Angela Nicole Ottaway 2013-2018 View profile
- Stephen Geoffrey Bolton 2013-2018 View profile
- Ashley Calvert 2012-2013 View profile
- Duncan John Rowberry 2012-2013 View profile
- Thomas Geoffrey Ridout 2010-2012 View profile
- Darren Mark Hare 2009-2010 View profile
- John Nicholas Holmes 2009-2018 View profile
- Jonathan Terence Leather 2002-2015 View profile
- Christopher Leslie Richard Boobyer 2002-2004 View profile
- Richard John Mcmillan 2002-2009 View profile
- Barry Randall Lewis 2000-2002 View profile
- Denis Raymond Ablitt 2000-2002 View profile
- Barometers Limited 2000-2004 View profile
- Richard Allan Hills 2000-2002 View profile
- Craig Milliner 2000-2002 View profile
- Eric Robert Dowding 1998-2000 View profile
- Charles Paul Rowan 1996-1998 View profile
- Sarah Box 1996-1998 View profile
- Gordon Paterson Macintosh 1994-2000 View profile
- John Martin Weaving 1993-1996 View profile
- Barry Weal 2000 View profile
- Michael Francis Peter Johnson 1994 View profile
- Frank Avis Silcock 1993 View profile
- Lara Catherine Ruffell 2000-2004 View profile
- Charles Frederick Shoolbred 2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 25/02/1933
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.
- Barclays Bank PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-09-11 - Mercantile Credit Company Limited ceased 2018-09-11
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Surety Trust Limited
is controlled by Barclays Bank PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-09-11 · source: Companies House PSC register - Barclays Bank PLC
is controlled by Barclays PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Barclays PLC.
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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.
4 directors on the board
- Thorsten Hoeffken Director · appointed 2026
- Stuart David Saunders Director · appointed 2026
- Richard James Winton Director · appointed 2023
- Jaya Vohra Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Thorsten Hoeffken Director · appointed 2026
- Stuart David Saunders Director · appointed 2026
- Richard James Winton Director · appointed 2023
- Jaya Vohra Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- James Meakin Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00273408
- 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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