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The Fine Bedding Company LTD

The Fine Bedding Company LTD is an active UK company (number 01298570), incorporated 1977, with 6 current directors including Matthew Karl Joseph Freier and Miles Alexander Hatton. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 27

  1. Laura Joan Keay 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Deborah Carryer 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Phillippa Margaret Barraclough 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jennifer Laura Harding 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Sally Christine Tinney 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Glynis Anne Holliday-Smith 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Gavin John Perkins 2019-2023 Director View profile
  8. Heide Marie Normanton 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Glyn Adrian Mcqueen 2019-2025 Director View profile
  10. Christopher Paul Rushby 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Nicholas William Dean 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Fiona Armstrong 2015-2017 Director View profile
  13. Piran Mitchell 2013-2015 Director View profile
  14. Emma Louise Heald 2013-2013 Director View profile
  15. Alastair Coulter 2013-2016 Director View profile
  16. Tonu Vaus 2011-2012 Director View profile
  17. Derek John Read 2011-2015 Director View profile
  18. Paul Stuart Crossley 2006-2007 Director View profile
  19. Michael Richard Ponberth 2006-2006 Director View profile
  20. Janek Haud 2004-2006 Director View profile
  21. Susan Clare Briegal 2002-2005 Director View profile
  22. Alison Jane Marrs 1996-2002 Director View profile
  23. Anthony Appleton 1992 Director View profile
  24. Mervyn Paul Beevers 1995 Director View profile
  25. Peter Stewart Wagstaff 2013 Director View profile
  26. Matthew Jonathon Enright 2010-2013 Secretary View profile
  27. Michael George Crichton 2009 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/02/1977

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

  • Robert Paul Black
    25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% voting (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Margaret Roper Black ceased 2022-07-14
    25-50% shares (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Claire Frances Watkin ceased 2016-04-06
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. The Fine Bedding Company LTD is controlled by Robert Paul Black
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares (trust), 25-50% voting (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Robert Paul Black.

1 other company 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
£10,684,139
Total assets
£2,036,740
Cash
£2,552,304
Employees
1.76
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
-£1,041,908

Filed as Group accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

6 directors on the board

10.1y median 8.8y
average tenure
21.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Manufacturing 2Professional services 1

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

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01298570
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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