Company · Colchester
Argent Meat Traders Limited
Production of meat and poultry meat products
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 19
- John Oldcorn 2018-2021 View profile
- Philip Sacks 2002-2003 View profile
- Roy Martin Anderson 1999-2001 View profile
- Michael John Musk 1998-2001 View profile
- Andrew Pennington Havard Hunter 1997-2010 View profile
- Kevin O'Sullivan 1996-2000 View profile
- Peter Edwin Pearce 1995-1999 View profile
- Andrew William Johnson 1992 View profile
- Robert Taylor 1995 View profile
- David Andrew Holding 1995 View profile
- Michel Norman Buswell 1995 View profile
- Gerald Francis Wensley 2016 View profile
- Douglas Campbell Morris 2002 View profile
- John Harwood 2000 View profile
- Andrew John Barnes 2001-2019 View profile
- Peter Frederick Morgan 1997-2002 View profile
- Myron Rybczak 1997-2002 View profile
- Barry James Mehew 1995-1997 View profile
- Anthony James Monks 1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Incorporated
- 29/07/1941
- Registered office
- Colchester
- Previous names
- Fairfax Meadow Limited (until 16/02/2009)
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.
- A D Food Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-04-16 - Argent Holdings Limited ceased 2025-04-16
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-01
Group
- Argent Meat Traders Limited
is controlled by A D Food Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-04-16 · source: Companies House PSC register - A D Food Holdings Limited
is controlled by Argent Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Argent Holdings Limited
is controlled by Argent Group Europe Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Argent Group Europe Limited
is controlled by Argent Foods Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Argent Foods Limited
is controlled by Fletcher BAY Group Limited
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Fletcher BAY Group Limited.
35 other companies in this group
- The Orchard Fruit Company Limited
- FM Hatton Group Limited
- Tendercut Properties Limited
- Berryworld Limited
- Argent Holdings Limited
- Argent BY-Products Group Limited
- Hatton Street Property Partners Limited
- 16306088
- Argent Europe Limited
- A D Food Holdings Limited
- Barker & Hird (PP) Limited
- Berryworld Group Holdings Limited
- 16803012
- Berryworld US Holdings Limited
- SC009957
- FM (Derby) Limited
- Argent Berry Group Limited
- 01519742
- Belwood Foods Limited
- 10732731
- Peter Fairfax Limited
- Poupart Imports Limited
- 10447077
- Poupart Holdings Limited
- Argent Desserts Limited
- Argent Foods Group Limited
- Strong & Fisher Pensions and Retirement Scheme Trustees Limited
- 15455936
- Argent Group Europe Limited
- TM (Eastleigh) Limited
- Argent Foods Limited
- Barker & Hird Limited
- Traiteur Properties (KT) Limited
- King & Prince Seafood (Europe) Limited
- Fletcher BAY Group 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.
2 directors on the board
- James Fallowfield-Smith Director · appointed 2021
- David John Gray Director · appointed 1997
Directors past 6 years
- David John Gray Director · appointed 1997
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- James Fallowfield-Smith Director · appointed 2021
- David John Gray Director · appointed 1997
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00368420
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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