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W.Crowder & Sons Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Mark Tristam Norwood Dugdale 2014-2018 Director View profile
  2. Martin Proom Lawrence 2005-2013 Director View profile
  3. Neil Rudkin 2001-2025 Director View profile
  4. Kevin Douglas Lee 2000-2018 Director View profile
  5. Simon Ellis 2000-2013 Director View profile
  6. Norman Fletcher Nicholson 1992-2004 Director View profile
  7. William Kenneth Robert Crowder 2025 Director View profile
  8. Barbara Ruth Spurrier 2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £97,283 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Provision of tree stock for tree giveaway - AWARD Buyer: Hertfordshire County Council - Growth and Environment £97,283 2026-05-18 CPV 03121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Seeking to procure approximately 200,000 bare root tree whips of specified species composition, age/size and provenance/origin; delivery required on specified dates, in two batches, approximately 100,000 in winter 2026 and approximately 100…

About

Incorporated
04/09/1972

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

Group

  1. W.Crowder & Sons Limited is controlled by William Kenneth Robert Crowder
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-06-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by William Kenneth Robert Crowder.

2 other companies 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

Net assets
£4,558,949
Total assets
£4,941,156
Cash
£744,013
Employees
61
Turnover
£13,502,411
Profit/loss
£1,771,183

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £345,228 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £345,228 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £136,0002024-01-04
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £81,3902023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £127,8392023-04-01
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.

5 directors on the board

4.4y median 3.1y
average tenure
8.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Neil Rudkin Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2025

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.

Professional services 30Construction 23Business services 13Agriculture 11Finance 7Other services 4Tech and media 4Utilities 4

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
01069525
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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