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Who leads it
Previous officers 14
- Lisa Jane Gordon 2007-2013 View profile
- Sonya Lorraine Richards 2006-2011 View profile
- David Sidney Fordham 2003-2018 View profile
- Dr Michael John Lawrence 1998-2014 View profile
- Ian Miller Richard 1998-2003 View profile
- Anthony Robert Morton 1993-2006 View profile
- Geoffrey Neil Battman 1994 View profile
- Simon Talbot Gray 2015 View profile
- Timothy Denis Morris 1996 View profile
- John Robert Antipoff 2000 View profile
- Sir Gordon Charles Brunton 2001 View profile
- George Alan Bremner 1999-2012 View profile
- Graham Herbert 1994-1999 View profile
- John Robert Prichard 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 18/05/1934
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Yattendon Group PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
80 other companies in this group
- MDL Development Company Number 2 Limited
- Herts & Essex Newspapers Limited
- Hythe Marina Village Limited
- Acorn Magazines Limited
- MDL Boat Sales Limited
- Your Leek Paper Limited
- Hawburythorn ONE Limited
- Marina Developments Limited
- Hamble Point Marina Limited
- Dean & Dyball (Plymouth) Limited
- MMV Apartment Management Company NO.3 Limited
- Troon Marina Limited
- Sparkes Yacht Harbour Limited
- Hythe Marina Limited
- Torquay Yacht Harbours Limited
- The Yattendon Brewing Company LTD
- The Black Country Bugle Limited
- MDL Developments Overseas Limited
- MDL Developments Limited
- Hawburythorn Three Limited
- Hartridge Investments Limited
- MMV Apartment Management Company NO.2 Limited
- Windsor Marina Limited
- Penton Hook Marinas Limited
- Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Estate Agents
- Burton Daily Mail LTD
- Lockset Limited
- Ocean Village Resorts Limited
- Hawburythorn TWO Limited
- Cambridge Crier Limited
- Brixham Yacht Harbour Limited
- Yattendon Holdings PLC
- Sparkes Boatyard Company Limited
- Bray Marina Limited
- Ocean Village Marina (Apartment) Management Company NO.6 Limited
- Ocean Village Marina Management Company Limited
- Q.A.B. Limited
- Hawburythorn Five Limited
- MMV Apartment Management Company NO.4 Limited
- Iliffe News and Media Limited
- MDL Commercial Services Limited
- Yattendon Estates Limited
- Local Sunday Newspapers (North) Limited
- MDL Marina Consultancy Limited
- Penton Hook Holdings Limited
- Bedfordshire on Sunday Limited
- MDL Leisure Limited
- Nuneaton & District Newspapers Limited
- YG Developments Limited
- LSN Media Limited
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.
5 directors on the board
- Honourable Edward Richard Iliffe Director · appointed 1998
- Stephen Paul Sadler Director · appointed 2013
- Michael Gerald Spencer Director · appointed 1992
- Francois Alexandre Austin Director · appointed 2011
- Right Honourable Robert Peter Richard Iliffe Director
Directors past 6 years
- Honourable Edward Richard Iliffe Director · appointed 1998
- Stephen Paul Sadler Director · appointed 2013
- Michael Gerald Spencer Director · appointed 1992
- Francois Alexandre Austin Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Honourable Edward Richard Iliffe Director · appointed 1998
- Stephen Paul Sadler Director · appointed 2013
- Michael Gerald Spencer Director · appointed 1992
- Francois Alexandre Austin Director · appointed 2011
- Right Honourable Robert Peter Richard Iliffe 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00288238
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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