Company · Gateshead
Albert Farnell Limited
Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 25
- Steve Ferry 2014-2018 View profile
- Jatinder Singh Aujla 2014-2021 View profile
- Michael Sherwin 2013-2019 View profile
- Samantha Louise Warburton 2007-2013 View profile
- Tony Guest 2007-2013 View profile
- Michael Austin 2007-2013 View profile
- Steven Russell Silver 2003-2007 View profile
- Martyn James Wates 2003-2007 View profile
- Stephen Noel Johnson 2003-2006 View profile
- Jack Leeson 2001-2003 View profile
- Thomas Wood 2000-2001 View profile
- Albert Edward Drake 2000-2003 View profile
- Peter Vincent Marks 2000-2007 View profile
- Stephen Henry 1997-2000 View profile
- David Lister 1994-2000 View profile
- Harry Mooring 1994-1994 View profile
- Roger Nunns 1994-2000 View profile
- Pamela Anne Farnell 2000 View profile
- Albert David Farnell 2000 View profile
- Ian Jeffrey Farnell 2000 View profile
- Karen Anderson 2013-2019 View profile
- Stephen Parry 2010-2011 View profile
- Caroline Jane Sellers 2010-2013 View profile
- Katherine Elizabeth Eldridge 2008-2010 View profile
- Philip Robert Jones 2003-2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles; Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
- Incorporated
- 15/12/1944
- Registered office
- Gateshead
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Vertu Motors PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Albert Farnell Limited
is controlled by Vertu Motors PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Vertu Motors PLC.
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- Bristol Street (NO.2) Limited
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- Merifield Properties Limited
- Vertu Motors (Continental) Limited
- Vertu Motors (Property 2) Limited
- Dobies (Carlisle) Limited
- Vertu Motors CAR Limited
- Vertu Motors Property 2 Holdings Limited
- Vertu Accident Repair Limited
- SHG Holdings Limited
- South Hereford Garages Trade Parts LLP
- KC Mobility Solutions Limited
- Vertu Motors (Knaresborough) Limited
- BSH Pension Trustee Limited
- The Taxi Centre Limited
- Vertu Motors (Pity ME) Limited
- Vertu Motors (Finance) Limited
- Vertu Motors (VMC) Limited
- Power Bulbs Online Limited
- Vertu Motors (Durham) Limited
- Easy Vehicle Finance Limited
- Aceparts Limited
- Vertu Motors Third Limited
- WHY PAY More for Cars Limited
- Vertu Motors (Property) Limited
- Gordon Lamb Holdings Limited
- Peter Blake (Clumber) Limited
- South Hereford Garages Limited
- Typocar Limited
- Motor Nation Cars Limited
- Gordon Lamb Group Limited
- Tyne Tees Finance Limited
- Vertu Motors (AMC) Limited
- Vertu Motors (Chingford) Limited
- Bristol Street Fifth Investments Limited
- Bristol Street Limited
- Blake Holdings Limited
- Vertu Motors (TMC) Limited
- Dunfermline Autocentre Limited
- Hillendale Group Limited
- Gordon Lamb Limited
- Widnes CAR Centre (1994) Limited
- Sigma Holdings 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.
3 directors on the board
- Leonardo Caruso Director · appointed 2021
- David Paul Crane Director · appointed 2013
- Karen Anderson Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- David Paul Crane Director · appointed 2013
- Karen Anderson Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Leonardo Caruso Director · appointed 2021
- David Paul Crane Director · appointed 2013
- Karen Anderson Director · appointed 2013
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
- 00391896
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/11/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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