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Usborne Limited

Company 00879378 Active

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Board DNA

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3
directors on the board
16.9y median 9.3y
average tenure
32y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
0 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Dormant 73Professional services 16Property 8Agriculture 6Finance 4Manufacturing 4Retail and trade 4Business services 2

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Gaps to watch

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Company details

Number00879378
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated16/05/1966
AddressCHEVELEY PARK STUD, DUCHESS DRIVE, NEWMARKET, SUFFOLK, CB8 9DD
Accounts next due30/06/2026
Accounts last made up30/09/2024

Industry (SIC)

70100 - Activities of head offices

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Thompson Investments (London) Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100%

Officers (17)

  • Woodward, Katharine Patricia Director · appointed 2017
  • Thompson, Patricia Director · appointed 2017
  • Dant, Christopher James Secretary · appointed 1998
  • Copus, Roy Bernard Director · appointed 1994
  • Thompson, David Brian Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2020
  • Ridd, John Leslie Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2008
  • Aiken, William John, Mr. Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1998
  • King, Terence Frederick Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Endacott, Richard John Former Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1994
  • Margesson, Richard David Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 1998
  • Parkinson, Cecil Edward, the Rt Hon the Lord Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Kirkwood, David Jackson Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Harrison, Peter Harold Former Secretary · resigned 1994
  • Stephens, Noel Melville Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Adams, Michael James Former Director · resigned 1997
  • Frame, David William Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Sawyer, Derek William Former Director · resigned 1993

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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