Company · Leatherhead
Wates Developments Limited
Development of building projects
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 30
- David Owen Allen 2016-2022 View profile
- Martin Geoffrey Leach 2013-2019 View profile
- Cara Louise Hewitt 2005-2007 View profile
- Timothy Andrew De Burgh Wates 2005-2023 View profile
- Judith Caroline Ashton 2005-2006 View profile
- Andrew Trace Allan Wates 2004-2006 View profile
- Timothy William Andrews 2003-2005 View profile
- Paul David Phipps 2001-2005 View profile
- Neil Andrew Dearmer 2001-2004 View profile
- Dave Duncan Struan Robertson 2000-2004 View profile
- Neville Tullah 2000-2001 View profile
- Michael Charles Plummer 1999-2000 View profile
- Colin William Hutchinson 1998-1998 View profile
- Martin Gerald Davey 1998-1999 View profile
- Jonathan Giles Macartney Wates 1998-2006 View profile
- Jonathan Peter Spencer 1994-1998 View profile
- Alan Peter Cosh 2004 View profile
- Philip Smith Lord 1995 View profile
- Yvonne Hudson Green 1995 View profile
- Paul Christopher Ronald Wates 2001 View profile
- Sir Christopher Stephen Wates 2000 View profile
- Reginald James Warren 1994 View profile
- David Alexander Bowen 2015-2018 View profile
- John Michael Jarrett 2007-2015 View profile
- Terry Ann Styant 2006-2007 View profile
- David Huw Davies 2005-2016 View profile
- Ashley Game 2000-2002 View profile
- Jonathan Charles Bennett Houlton 1998-2005 View profile
- William Graham Mackie 1994-2000 View profile
- Narinder Singh Sareen 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Development of building projects
- Incorporated
- 30/08/1947
- Registered office
- Leatherhead
- Previous names
- Wates Homes Limited (until 30/10/2007)
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.
- Wates Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Wates Developments Limited
is controlled by Wates Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Wates Group Limited
is controlled by Andrew Eugene Paul Wates
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2026-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Andrew Eugene Paul Wates.
108 other companies in this group
- Wates Interiors Limited
- Wates Residential Construction Limited
- Aspen Grove (Rumney) Residents Management Company Limited
- Wates Built Homes Limited
- Wates Financial Services Limited
- Hsdp Byron Quarter LLP
- Netzero Collective Limited
- Maple Fields (Llanrumney) Residents Management Company Limited
- Wates Group Limited
- SES (Engineering Services) Limited
- Miller Wates (Wallingford) Limited
- HWR Phase 1 Demo Stages 3 - 10 LLP
- Wates Staff Trustees Limited
- Wates (Crowborough) Limited
- Wates Limited
- Wates Homes (Warsash) Limited
- Wates Group Services Limited
- Wates Construction Limited
- Purchase Support Limited
- Wates Residential Development Limited
- City West Works Limited
- Signature Wates Residential LLP
- 1260 Family Holdings Limited
- SES Engineering (Holdings) Limited
- Wates Surrey (Holdings) Limited
- Liberate Training and Apprenticeships Academy LTD
- Wates Homes Limited
- Park Rise MAN CO Limited
- Purchase Homes LTD.
- Wates Smartspace Limited
- G.Purchase Construction Limited
- Wates Healthcare Trustee Company Limited
- Hsdp Nominee Limited
- Harrow Strategic Development Partnership LLP
- Wates Homes (Chichester) Limited
- Liberty GAS Group Limited
- Wates Residential Limited
- Wates (Walberton) Limited
- Dunsil Place Estate Management Company Limited
- Liberty Park Management Limited
- Wates Homes (Farnham Common) Limited
- Wates Lancewood Estates Limited
- HWR Nominee Limited
- Wates Property Services (Holdings) Limited
- Woodside Lands Estates Limited
- Willowbrook North Residents Management Company Limited
- Wates (WR) Limited
- Wates Maintenance Services Limited
- Butlers Crescent (Dudley) Estate Management Company Limited
- Booth Securities 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.
5 directors on the board
- David Michael Brocklebank Director · appointed 2002
- Natalie Jane Flint Director · appointed 2019
- Philip Michael Wainwright Director · appointed 2022
- Nicholas James Laugharne Director · appointed 2025
- David Alexander Bowen Director · appointed 2015
9.3y median 6.7y
average tenure
24.4y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- David Michael Brocklebank Director · appointed 2002
- Natalie Jane Flint Director · appointed 2019
- David Alexander Bowen Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- David Michael Brocklebank Director · appointed 2002
- Natalie Jane Flint Director · appointed 2019
- Philip Michael Wainwright Director · appointed 2022
- Nicholas James Laugharne Director · appointed 2025
- David Alexander Bowen Director · appointed 2015
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.
Construction 146Professional services 37Finance 14Business services 7Property 3Other services 2Manufacturing 1Utilities 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
- 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
- 00441484
- 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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