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Essex Flour & Grain Company,Limited

Essex Flour & Grain Company,Limited is an active UK company (number 00312678), incorporated 1936, with 2 current directors, Richard Harry Spinks and Michael John Spinks. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 15

  1. Fiona Spinks 2021-2022 Director View profile
  2. Timothy John Adam Spinks 2014-2022 Director View profile
  3. Robert John Spinks 2014-2015 Director View profile
  4. George Ian Morrison Trowbridge 2004-2005 Director View profile
  5. Robert Rogers 2003-2004 Director View profile
  6. Roger Snelling 2002-2002 Director View profile
  7. John Mcnair 2001-2004 Director View profile
  8. Arthur John Richardson Black 2001-2005 Director View profile
  9. Pamela Mary Cambridge Spinks 1993-2000 Director View profile
  10. Harry Roy Spinks 2015 Director View profile
  11. Mahesh Vaswani 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  12. Begbie Pickering & CO Limited 2007-2007 Corporate-secretary View profile
  13. Wesley John Smith 2005-2007 Secretary View profile
  14. Susan Jane Cotton 1999-2005 Secretary View profile
  15. Thomas Bernard Doyle 1998-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/04/1936

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.

  • Michael John Spinks
    50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Richard Harry Spinks
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Essex Flour & Grain Company,Limited is controlled by Michael John Spinks
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael John Spinks.

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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.

Financials

Net assets
£2,197,754
Total assets
£2,225,562
Cash
£3,804,210
Employees
2
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. 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.

2 directors on the board

0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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

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.

Finance 2Other services 1Retail and trade 1

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

  • Appointment dates missing for much of the board

Where to look Suggested search: confirming appointment dates on the public register.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00312678
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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