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The Cold Chain Federation

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

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Previous officers 80

  1. Claire Suzanne Ashby Walters 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Edward James Green 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Shane Patrick Brennan 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Colin Taylor 2019-2019 Director View profile
  5. Paul Anthony Jackson 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Jonathon Robert Miles 2018-2024 Director View profile
  7. David Mayne 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. Simon James Williams 2016-2019 Director View profile
  9. Peter John Gibbs 2015-2018 Director View profile
  10. Russell Andrew Cowley 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Martin Blanch 2015-2016 Director View profile
  12. Martin John Atkinson 2014-2021 Director View profile
  13. Duco Robert Gijsbert Buijze 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. David Thorley 2014-2015 Director View profile
  15. Martin Thomas Ward 2014-2019 Director View profile
  16. Raymond Vincent Campion 2014-2019 Director View profile
  17. Norman John Highnam 2014-2018 Director View profile
  18. Colin Gerald Griffiths 2014-2015 Director View profile
  19. Jeremy Andrew Green 2014-2018 Director View profile
  20. John Milne Clark 2014-2014 Director View profile
  21. Annabelle Amy Tyson 2013-2014 Director View profile
  22. Timothy Moran 2013-2023 Director View profile
  23. Graham Kenneth Christopher Eames 2013-2022 Director View profile
  24. John Edward James Henderson 2012-2013 Director View profile
  25. Nicholas Tavare 2011-2013 Director View profile
  26. Norman Alan Philip Hatcliff 2011-2013 Director View profile
  27. Maurice John Young 2011-2022 Director View profile
  28. Ian Hancock 2011-2016 Director View profile
  29. Sean Stephen Negus 2010-2014 Director View profile
  30. Martin Robert Palmer 2010-2011 Director View profile
  31. Daniel Stephen Myers 2009-2014 Director View profile
  32. Nicholas Daniel Hay 2008-2011 Director View profile
  33. Ian Desmonde 2007-2020 Director View profile
  34. Malcolm Johnstone 2006-2019 Director View profile
  35. Andrew James Jardine 2005-2011 Director View profile
  36. Ashley John Percival Sharman 2004-2006 Director View profile
  37. Christine Yvonne Modla 2004-2014 Director View profile
  38. Paul Singh 2002-2009 Director View profile
  39. Paul Stephen William Pegg 2002-2005 Director View profile
  40. Garry Tilburn 2000-2022 Director View profile
  41. Paul Christopher Byrne 1999-2003 Director View profile
  42. Peter Hamilton Mcloughlin 1998-2002 Director View profile
  43. Colin Geoffrey Miles 1998-2008 Director View profile
  44. Roger Alan Watkins 1998-2002 Director View profile
  45. Stewart Oades 1996-1997 Director View profile
  46. Richard Grahame Dugard Showell 1995-2014 Director View profile
  47. Duncan Kenneth William Watt 1995-2004 Director View profile
  48. Paul Ian Redfern 1995-1997 Director View profile
  49. David Kenneth Merriott 1995-1998 Director View profile
  50. Kenneth Oliver 1994-1995 Director View profile
  51. Martin James Gilbert 1994-1996 Director View profile
  52. John Peter Kelly 1993-2008 Director View profile
  53. Gordon Leslie Cooke 1993-1993 Director View profile
  54. Allan Mactaggart 1993-1993 Director View profile
  55. Jennifer Mary Ryan 1992-1992 Director View profile
  56. Hugh Munro Jones 1992-1993 Director View profile
  57. Michael Frederick Futter 1992-2005 Director View profile
  58. Richard Neville Wheeler 1991 Director View profile
  59. Ian Lister 1999 Director View profile
  60. Ian Paul Beever 1991 Director View profile
  61. Ernest Gerald Freeman Brown 1992 Director View profile
  62. Donald Ian Shearer 1994 Director View profile
  63. Anthony Bernard Rollason 1991 Director View profile
  64. Edward William Hall 1992 Director View profile
  65. Norman Philip Hatcliff 1991 Director View profile
  66. Geoffrey Michael Bayly 1995 Director View profile
  67. Robert Collins Brown 1991 Director View profile
  68. Michael David Baron Murton 1993 Director View profile
  69. Neville Anthony Nichols 1992 Director View profile
  70. Andrew Phillip James Dodd 1991 Director View profile
  71. David Martin Nurse 1991 Director View profile
  72. Michael Edward Stewart 1991 Director View profile
  73. Gordon Ernest Hardstaff 1991 Director View profile
  74. Graham Charles Rouse 1991 Director View profile
  75. Frederick William Davis 1991 Director View profile
  76. Michael Sloan 1991 Director View profile
  77. Shane Patrick Brennan 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  78. Christopher John Sturman 2000-2018 Secretary View profile
  79. John Hutchings 1997-2009 Secretary View profile
  80. William James Bittles 1990-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/03/1953

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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. The Cold Chain Federation is controlled by Phillip Edward Pluck
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2023-12-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Phillip Edward Pluck.

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
£390,890
Total assets
£393,759
Cash
£477,366
Employees
7
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

14 directors on the board

6.7y median 5.1y
average tenure
22.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (13)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 17Manufacturing 16Transport 16Property 7Business services 6Construction 5Professional services 3Utilities 2

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
00517554
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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