Company · Hemel Hempstead
Walter John Cook and Sons Limited
Holiday centres and villages
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 6
- Iain Stuart Macmillan 2022-2025 View profile
- Andrew William Downing 2006-2022 View profile
- Stephen John Parish 2006-2023 View profile
- Mark Robert Williams 1994-2022 View profile
- David Harold Williams 1994 View profile
- Jennifer Gelately Williams 2006 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Holiday centres and villages
- Incorporated
- 28/09/1976
- Registered office
- Hemel Hempstead
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.
- Haven Leisure Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-02-18 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Walter John Cook and Sons Limited
is controlled by Haven Leisure Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-02-18 · source: Companies House PSC register - Haven Leisure Limited
is controlled by Bourne Leisure Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Bourne Leisure Limited
is controlled by Foray 989 Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Foray 989 Limited
is controlled by Bourne Leisure Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Bourne Leisure Holdings Limited
is controlled by Bard Bidco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-02-26 · source: Companies House PSC register - Bard Bidco Limited
is controlled by Bard Midco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-12-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Bard Midco Limited.
28 other companies in this group
- Evergreen Finance Limited
- B.L. (British Holidays) Limited
- Bourne Leisure Holdings Limited
- Bourne Leisure Group Limited
- J P B Leisure Limited
- Bard Bidco Limited
- Leisure Employment Services Limited
- Rockley Sands (Estates) Limited
- Berwick Holiday Centre Limited
- Bourne Leisure Limited
- Palmhall Limited
- Lakeland Holiday Park Limited
- Amtree Farm Development Limited
- Leisure Services Agency Limited
- Greenacres Holiday Park Limited
- Haven Leisure Limited
- Bourne Leisure (Hopton) Limited
- Flamborough Holidays Limited
- Haggerston Castle Limited
- Foray 989 Limited
- S L C (Bourne) Limited
- Kiln Park Estates Limited
- FAR Grange Park and Golf Club Limited
- Seton Sands Holiday Centre Limited
- Bridge Street (Nominees) Limited
- Melesey Limited
- Colaingrove Limited
- Bard Midco 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.
3 directors on the board
- Simon Palethorpe Director · appointed 2025
- Jamila Clare Dabbagh Sythes Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Charles Flaum Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Simon Palethorpe Director · appointed 2025
- Jamila Clare Dabbagh Sythes Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Charles Flaum Director · appointed 2022
Left in the last 12 months
- Iain Stuart Macmillan Director · appointed 2022 · 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.
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
- 01279150
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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