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C J Thorne & CO Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Ashley Brett James Loveridge 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Alan David Skipper 2020-2022 Director View profile
  3. David Richard Thorne 1996-2020 Director View profile
  4. Violet Evelyn Thorne 1995 Director View profile
  5. Richard Charles Thorne 2020 Director View profile
  6. Robert Alexander Fowler 2020 Director View profile
  7. Janet Virgo 1996-1999 Secretary View profile
  8. Edythe Mary Thorne 2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • HDC Reconfiguration & Upgrade of Newmans Garden Car Park, Steyning Buyer: Horsham District Council Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Horsham District Council requires a contractor to conduct reconfiguration and upgrade works at Newmans Garden Car Park, Steyning, BN44 3RN. The Commencement Date for the delivery of the works is scheduled to be no later than Monday 31 Augus…

About

Incorporated
14/12/1939

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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.

Group

  1. C J Thorne & CO Limited is controlled by Richard Charles Thorne
    Evidence
    ceased 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-05-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Charles Thorne.

2 other companies 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
£778,791
Total assets
£987,846
Cash
£1,492,166
Employees
0.83
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£354,394

Filed as Full accounts.

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.

4 directors on the board

5.7y median 4.6y
average tenure
12.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

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

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00358221
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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