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Tesco Stores Limited

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

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Previous officers 67

  1. Matthew Campbell Barnes 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Dr Jason Mark Tarry 2018-2024 Director View profile
  3. Charles Wilson 2018-2018 Director View profile
  4. Matthew Samuel Davies 2016-2018 Director View profile
  5. David John Lewis 2014-2020 Director View profile
  6. Alan James Stewart 2014-2021 Director View profile
  7. Steven Andrew Rigby 2014-2024 Director View profile
  8. Christopher Bryan Bush 2013-2014 Director View profile
  9. Adrian Charles Morris 2013-2024 Director View profile
  10. Michael James Iddon 2012-2013 Director View profile
  11. Laurence Patrick Mcilwee 2009-2014 Director View profile
  12. Lucy Jeanne Neville-Rolfe 2004-2013 Director View profile
  13. John Anthony Bailey 2000-2003 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Thomas Higginson 1997-2012 Director View profile
  15. Noel Robbins 1996-2003 Director View profile
  16. Richard William Peter Brasher 1996-2012 Director View profile
  17. Michael Robert Risk 1996-2008 Director View profile
  18. Anne-Louise Allen 1995-1998 Director View profile
  19. Robert Howell 1995-2004 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Hammett 1995-2003 Director View profile
  21. Philip Andrew Clarke 1995-2014 Director View profile
  22. Paul Vincent Mercer 1995-2003 Director View profile
  23. Gordon Fryett 1995-2013 Director View profile
  24. Colin George Smith 1995-2006 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Lawrence Ager 1995-2006 Director View profile
  26. Simon Uwins 1995-2008 Director View profile
  27. Steven Peter Glew 1994-1999 Director View profile
  28. Dorothy Francis Elizabeth Elliott 1993-1996 Director View profile
  29. Victor Woolf Benjamin 1993-1996 Director View profile
  30. David James Wild 1992-2003 Director View profile
  31. Paul Bateman 2000 Director View profile
  32. Sir Terence Patrick Leahy 2011 Director View profile
  33. Anthony John Elmer 2000 Director View profile
  34. Derek Tattersall 2000 Director View profile
  35. Lord Ian Charter Maclaurin 1997 Director View profile
  36. Colin James Goodfellow 1994 Director View profile
  37. Bharat Jashbai Patel 1993 Director View profile
  38. John Michael Wemms 2000 Director View profile
  39. John Gildersleeve 2004 Director View profile
  40. Rowley Stuart Ager 2004 Director View profile
  41. Clive Longley 1994 Director View profile
  42. David Edward Reid 2003 Director View profile
  43. Dennis Charles Tuffin 1994 Director View profile
  44. Alfred David Malpas 1997 Director View profile
  45. Joseph Pyne Colyer 1992 Director View profile
  46. John Michael Smith 1994 Director View profile
  47. Kenneth William Blackburn 1996 Director View profile
  48. Keith Michael Brandon 2000 Director View profile
  49. Pugh, Richard Forrest, Doctor 1995 Director View profile
  50. Graham Booth 2003 Director View profile
  51. Brian Richard Williams 1994 Director View profile
  52. Timothy John Rollit Mason 2012 Director View profile
  53. David Thomas Potts 2011 Director View profile
  54. Lesley James 1999 Director View profile
  55. Michael Darnell 1994 Director View profile
  56. Alan Irving Besbrode 1994 Director View profile
  57. Michael Raycraft 2003 Director View profile
  58. Bashir Ahmed 1992 Director View profile
  59. Ian Patrick O'Reilly 2000 Director View profile
  60. Nigel Burton 1993 Director View profile
  61. John Bird 1992 Director View profile
  62. Bruce Sydney William Foreman 1995 Director View profile
  63. Sara Thomson 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  64. Robert John Welch 2016-2024 Secretary View profile
  65. Paul Anthony Moore 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  66. Jonathan Mark Lloyd 2005-2015 Secretary View profile
  67. Martin John Field 2003-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
09/05/1953

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.

Group

  1. Tesco Stores Limited is controlled by Tesco Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Tesco Holdings Limited is controlled by Tesco PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Tesco PLC.

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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

3.5y median 3.6y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Professional services 6Retail and trade 2Dormant 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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00519500
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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