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Portman Settled Estates Limited

Company 01055334 Active

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Board DNA

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10
directors on the board
13.9y median 12.3y
average tenure
28.2y
longest tenure
10
directors past 6 years
1 vs 9 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Business services 29Professional services 19Property 11Agriculture 3Construction 2Other services 2Retail and trade 1

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Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Company details

Number01055334
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated22/05/1972
Address4TH FLOOR,, ONE GREAT CUMBERLAND PLACE, LONDON, W1H 7AL
Accounts next due05/01/2027
Accounts last made up05/04/2025

Industry (SIC)

68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Seymour Street Nominees Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (26)

  • Meeson, Sophie Director · appointed 2019
  • Balderson, Katherine Georgina Secretary · appointed 2018
  • Jones, Michael Director · appointed 2018
  • Knight, Thomas James Bailey Director · appointed 2018
  • Loomes, Simon Director · appointed 2017
  • Lifford, Edward James Wingfield, the Viscount Director · appointed 2014
  • Wythe, John Michael Director · appointed 2014
  • Stephen, John Holmes Director · appointed 2011
  • Ellis, Ian David Director · appointed 2006
  • Fenn-Smith, Oliver Barry Kemp Director · appointed 2006
  • Portman, Christopher Edward Berkeley Director · appointed 1998
  • Moore, William Hewitt Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Clutton, Gareth Edmund Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
  • Southern, Mark Peter Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2021
  • Athenaeum Secretaries Limited Former Corporate-secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2018
  • Seaborn, Hugh Richard Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2008
  • Geddes, Euan Michael Ross, the Lord Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
  • LAY, Richard Neville Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2014
  • Wakeford, Geoffrey Michael Montgomery, Sir Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2007
  • Smith & Williamson Limited Former Corporate-secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2003
  • Watney, John Adrian Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2013
  • Hugall, John Stratford Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Fell, John Arnold Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Hatherell, Charles Anson Grey Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Goodliff, Michael Richard Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Brock, Robert Antony Stuart Former Director · resigned 1999

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