Company
Birdham Shipyard LTD
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 25
- Mark Stephen Wanless 2025-2025 View profile
- Richard John Palmer 2021-2025 View profile
- Russel Sang 2021-2023 View profile
- John Sebastian Whateley 2016-2021 View profile
- Michael Braidley 2014-2022 View profile
- John Grahame Whateley 2014-2021 View profile
- Richard James Smith 2013-2022 View profile
- Gary Scott Carruthers 2009-2012 View profile
- Kenneth William Smith 2007-2008 View profile
- John Dudley Harding 2007-2014 View profile
- Brian Anthony Peters 2001-2007 View profile
- Charles Gardiner 2000-2001 View profile
- Nicholas Gardiner 2000-2001 View profile
- Timothy Kenneth Pool 1996-2001 View profile
- Victoria Bassadone 1994-2001 View profile
- Phillippa Spence 1994-2001 View profile
- Kenneth Percy Pool 1996 View profile
- Charles Peregrine Viner 1999 View profile
- Valerie Thora Gardiner 1998 View profile
- Richard James Smith 2012-2021 View profile
- Samuel John Bourne 2007-2013 View profile
- Francis John Christopher Savage 2005-2007 View profile
- Peter John Harrington Rudge 2001-2005 View profile
- Anthony David Morgan 2001-2007 View profile
- Michael Ronald Gardiner 2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 02/05/1947
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.
- Castle Marinas Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Birdham Shipyard LTD
is controlled by Castle Marinas Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Castle Marinas Limited
is controlled by John Grahame Whateley
Evidence
ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2021-12-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by John Grahame Whateley.
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- 12978605
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- Castle Marinas Limited
- 11500066
- Clarence Marina 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.
4 directors on the board
- David Paul Pearson Director · appointed 2025
- Ross Anthony Faith Director · appointed 2023
- Deborah Louise Hunt Director · appointed 2025
- Steven Michael De Polo Director · appointed 2021
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- David Paul Pearson Director · appointed 2025
- Ross Anthony Faith Director · appointed 2023
- Deborah Louise Hunt Director · appointed 2025
- Steven Michael De Polo Director · appointed 2021
Left in the last 12 months
- Richard John Palmer Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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
- 00434372
- 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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