Company
Fred W Read & Sons Limited
Fred W Read & Sons Limited is an active UK company (number 00547176), incorporated 1955, with 2 current directors, Timothy Love Jones and Simon Charles Douglas Jones. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Jeannette Jones 2001-2026 View profile
- Richard Douglas Jones 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 02/04/1955
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Simon Charles Douglas Jones
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Timothy Love Jones
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Fred W Read & Sons Limited
is controlled by Simon Charles Douglas Jones
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Simon Charles Douglas Jones.
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
- £5,490,602
- Total assets
- £5,877,662
- Cash
- £1,125,988
- Employees
- 32
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-04-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
3 grants · £6,485 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £6,485 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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.
2 directors on the board
- Simon Charles Douglas Jones Director
- Timothy Love Jones Director · appointed 1998
Directors past 6 years
- Timothy Love Jones Director · appointed 1998
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Simon Charles Douglas Jones Director
- Timothy Love Jones Director · appointed 1998
Left in the last 12 months
- Jeannette Jones Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2026
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00547176
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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