Company
Shephard Press LTD
Shephard Press LTD is an active UK company (number 01517026), incorporated 1980, with 5 current directors including Peter Stanley Rawlins and David Hurst. 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 16
- Nicholas Martin Prest 2007-2020 View profile
- Andrew Drwiega 2007-2008 View profile
- Herve Bavazzano 2007-2007 View profile
- Iain Blackhall 2003-2007 View profile
- Terence Michael Connor 2001-2007 View profile
- Stephen Charles Paul Drye 1998-2004 View profile
- Paul Douglas Jackson 1997-2001 View profile
- Benjamin William Scutt Drew 1997-2001 View profile
- John Richard Woolley 1997-2003 View profile
- Florence Dagg 2001 View profile
- John Beechcroft Hamer 1995 View profile
- Ann Elizabeth Haigh 1998 View profile
- Alexander Roy Giles 2007-2012 View profile
- Jane Monica Shephard 2004-2007 View profile
- Alexander David Shephard 1996-2007 View profile
- Margaret Stagg 1993-1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 11/09/1980
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.
- Darren Richard Lake
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-07-29
Group
- Shephard Press LTD
is controlled by Darren Richard Lake
Evidence
active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2020-07-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Darren Richard Lake.
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
- -£285,199
- Total assets
- -£166,524
- Cash
- £138,071
- Employees
- 0.24
- 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.
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
- Tony Mark Skinner Director · appointed 2015
- Peter Stanley Rawlins Director · appointed 2020
- David Hurst Director · appointed 2020
- Matthew Smith Director · appointed 2020
- Darren Richard Lake Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- Tony Mark Skinner Director · appointed 2015
- Peter Stanley Rawlins Director · appointed 2020
- David Hurst Director · appointed 2020
- Matthew Smith Director · appointed 2020
- Darren Richard Lake Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Tony Mark Skinner Director · appointed 2015
- David Hurst Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Peter Stanley Rawlins Director · appointed 2020
- Matthew Smith Director · appointed 2020
- Darren Richard Lake Director · appointed 2012
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.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01517026
- 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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