Company
Frank Butler Farms Limited
Frank Butler Farms Limited is an active UK company (number 00554437), incorporated 1955, with 4 current directors including Joanna Louise Manners Butler and James Northcroft Butler. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 09/09/1955
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.
- James Northcroft Butler
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-05-12
Group
- Frank Butler Farms Limited
is controlled by James Northcroft Butler
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-05-12 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by James Northcroft Butler.
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
- £2,795,852
- Total assets
- £7,838,878
- Cash
- £130,559
- Employees
- 20
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
8 grants · £502,949 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 · £502,949 (8 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.
4 directors on the board
- Jane Mary Butler Director · appointed 2001
- James Northcroft Butler Director · appointed 2008
- Joanna Louise Manners Butler Director · appointed 2012
- Mark Northcroft Butler Director
Directors past 6 years
- Jane Mary Butler Director · appointed 2001
- James Northcroft Butler Director · appointed 2008
- Joanna Louise Manners Butler Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Jane Mary Butler Director · appointed 2001
- James Northcroft Butler Director · appointed 2008
- Joanna Louise Manners Butler Director · appointed 2012
- Mark Northcroft Butler Director
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00554437
- 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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