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O.C. Whittaker & Sons Limited
O.C. Whittaker & Sons Limited is an active UK company (number 00553531), incorporated 1955, with 3 current directors including Thomas Edward Whittaker and John Owen Whittaker. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
Raising of dairy cattle
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Raising of dairy cattle
- Incorporated
- 19/08/1955
- Registered office
- London
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.
- John Owen Whittaker
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Thomas Edward Whittaker
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2023-05-30 - confirmed: also a director of this company - William Henry Whittaker ceased 2023-05-30
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- O.C. Whittaker & Sons Limited
is controlled by John Owen Whittaker
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by John Owen Whittaker.
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
- £180,633
- Total assets
- £197,552
- Cash
- £15,537
- Employees
- 0.03
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
7 grants · £60,908 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 · £60,908 (7 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- 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.
3 directors on the board
- John Owen Whittaker Director · appointed 2020
- Thomas Edward Whittaker Director · appointed 2023
- William Henry Whittaker Director · appointed 1997
Directors past 6 years
- John Owen Whittaker Director · appointed 2020
- William Henry Whittaker Director · appointed 1997
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- John Owen Whittaker Director · appointed 2020
- Thomas Edward Whittaker Director · appointed 2023
- William Henry Whittaker Director · appointed 1997
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
- 00553531
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/05/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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