Company
Herts & Essex Newspapers Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 23
- Ricky Allan 2012-2012 View profile
- Aileen Valerie Brown 2010-2012 View profile
- Colin Grant 2010-2012 View profile
- Lisa Jane Gordon 2009-2013 View profile
- Janet Smith 2009-2012 View profile
- Andrew James Finch 2007-2009 View profile
- Graham William Ayres 2006-2012 View profile
- Paul Anthony Thompson 2006-2009 View profile
- Richard George Carey 2004-2007 View profile
- David Sidney Fordham 2000-2012 View profile
- Right Honourable Robert Peter Richard Iliffe 1996-2015 View profile
- Graham Herbert 1994-1999 View profile
- James Patrick Bradley 1993-1999 View profile
- Derek Reginald Double 1993 View profile
- John Lewis Holland 1999 View profile
- Trevor Jesse Wells 2005 View profile
- Timothy Denis Morris 1996 View profile
- John Robert Prichard 1994 View profile
- Ian Miller Richard 2003 View profile
- Stuart John Francis Slade 2009-2012 View profile
- Paul David Brunt 1999-2002 View profile
- Gary Thomas Matthews 1996-2006 View profile
- Nigel Peter Hillyard 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 21/10/1968
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.
- Iliffe News and Media Limited
75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Herts & Essex Newspapers Limited
is controlled by Iliffe News and Media Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Iliffe News and Media Limited
is controlled by Yattendon Group PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Yattendon Group PLC.
80 other companies in this group
- MDL Development Company Number 2 Limited
- Hythe Marina Village Limited
- Acorn Magazines Limited
- MDL Boat Sales Limited
- Your Leek Paper Limited
- Hawburythorn ONE Limited
- Marina Developments Limited
- Hamble Point Marina Limited
- Dean & Dyball (Plymouth) Limited
- MMV Apartment Management Company NO.3 Limited
- Troon Marina Limited
- Sparkes Yacht Harbour Limited
- Hythe Marina Limited
- Torquay Yacht Harbours Limited
- The Yattendon Brewing Company LTD
- The Black Country Bugle Limited
- MDL Developments Overseas Limited
- MDL Developments Limited
- Hawburythorn Three Limited
- Hartridge Investments Limited
- MMV Apartment Management Company NO.2 Limited
- Windsor Marina Limited
- Penton Hook Marinas Limited
- Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Estate Agents
- Burton Daily Mail LTD
- Lockset Limited
- Ocean Village Resorts Limited
- Hawburythorn TWO Limited
- Cambridge Crier Limited
- Brixham Yacht Harbour Limited
- Yattendon Holdings PLC
- Sparkes Boatyard Company Limited
- Bray Marina Limited
- Ocean Village Marina (Apartment) Management Company NO.6 Limited
- Ocean Village Marina Management Company Limited
- Q.A.B. Limited
- Hawburythorn Five Limited
- MMV Apartment Management Company NO.4 Limited
- Iliffe News and Media Limited
- MDL Commercial Services Limited
- Yattendon Estates Limited
- Local Sunday Newspapers (North) Limited
- MDL Marina Consultancy Limited
- Penton Hook Holdings Limited
- Bedfordshire on Sunday Limited
- MDL Leisure Limited
- Nuneaton & District Newspapers Limited
- YG Developments Limited
- LSN Media Limited
- Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire Property Advertiser Limited
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.
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
- Honourable Edward Richard Iliffe Director · appointed 2009
- Stephen Paul Sadler Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Honourable Edward Richard Iliffe Director · appointed 2009
- Stephen Paul Sadler Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Honourable Edward Richard Iliffe Director · appointed 2009
- Stephen Paul Sadler Director · appointed 2013
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
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
- 00940896
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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