Company
South Farm Products Limited
South Farm Products Limited is an active UK company (number 00816516), incorporated 1964, with 4 current directors including Cilla Gael Wood and Benjamin Jonathan Backhouse. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th 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
- 20/08/1964
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above South Farm Products Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company 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
- Total assets
- £1,118,095
- Cash
- £157,001
- Employees
- 5
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. 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.
4 directors on the board
- John Richard Townsend Director
- Sophia Ann Backhouse Director
- Cilla Gael Wood Director · appointed 2002
- Benjamin Jonathan Backhouse Director · appointed 2002
Directors past 6 years
- Cilla Gael Wood Director · appointed 2002
- Benjamin Jonathan Backhouse Director · appointed 2002
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- John Richard Townsend Director
- Sophia Ann Backhouse Director
- Cilla Gael Wood Director · appointed 2002
- Benjamin Jonathan Backhouse Director · appointed 2002
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.
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
- 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
- 00816516
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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