Company
Design for Catering Limited
Design for Catering Limited is an active UK company (number 00875556), incorporated 1966, with 2 current directors, Duncan Noel Reid and Edward Spencer Miles Bircham. 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 4
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/03/1966
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Edward Spencer Miles Bircham
25-50% shares · notified 2026-03-31 - Duncan Noel Reid
25-50% shares · notified 2026-03-31 - Andrew Paul Humble ceased 2018-08-28
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors, significant influence · notified 2016-04-30 - Stephen Mark Arnold ceased 2026-03-31
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-30 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Design for Catering Limited
is controlled by Edward Spencer Miles Bircham
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2026-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Edward Spencer Miles Bircham.
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
- £1,478,314
- Cash
- £971,318
- Employees
- 13
- 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.
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
- Duncan Noel Reid Director · appointed 2026
- Edward Spencer Miles Bircham Director · appointed 2014
Directors past 6 years
- Edward Spencer Miles Bircham Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Duncan Noel Reid Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Edward Spencer Miles Bircham Director · appointed 2014
Left in the last 12 months
- Stephen Mark Arnold Director · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00875556
- 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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