Company
Lower Burytown Farms Limited
Lower Burytown Farms Limited is an active UK company (number 01478804), incorporated 1980, with 3 current directors including Samantha Thornton and Grant Barker. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 12/02/1980
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.
- Brian John Leach
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-08 - confirmed: also a director of this company - William Paul Harriman
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-08
Group
- Lower Burytown Farms Limited
is controlled by Brian John Leach
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-08 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Brian John Leach.
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
- £425,270
- Total assets
- £541,924
- Cash
- £78,496
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
2 grants · £1,040 total360Giving 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 · £1,040 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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
- Samantha Thornton Director · appointed 2013
- Grant Barker Director · appointed 2013
- George Barker Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Samantha Thornton Director · appointed 2013
- Grant Barker Director · appointed 2013
- George Barker Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Samantha Thornton Director · appointed 2013
- Grant Barker Director · appointed 2013
- George Barker Director · appointed 2013
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
- 01478804
- 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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