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Company · Whitchurch

Americold Whitchurch LTD

Freight transport by road

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

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Previous officers 21

  1. Frank Van Berkel 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Earl Jay Wells 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Che Lup Yuen 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Hans Kroes 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Marc Jason Smernoff 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Snyder, JR, James Conrad 2021-2023 Director View profile
  7. Elizabeth Margaret Gildea 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Jose Carlos Rodriguez Marquez 2017-2021 Director View profile
  9. Michael David Bender 2017-2021 Director View profile
  10. Adriaan Johannes Theodoor Kaaks 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. Stephen David Simmons 2009-2017 Director View profile
  12. John Samuel Hugh Jones 2001-2017 Director View profile
  13. Peter Richard Layfield 2001-2005 Director View profile
  14. Grahman Rankin 2000-2002 Director View profile
  15. Linda Mary Grocott 1995-2019 Director View profile
  16. David Victor Grocott 1992-2019 Director View profile
  17. John Thomas Herbert Abel 1995 Director View profile
  18. Raymond Victor Grocott 1998 Director View profile
  19. Graham Martin Oakley 1999 Director View profile
  20. John Harry Nicholas Copnall 2003 Director View profile
  21. June Rose Grocott 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Freight transport by road; Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
Incorporated
13/03/1981
Registered office
Whitchurch
Previous names
Agro Merchants Whitchurch LTD (until 09/11/2021)
Grocontinental Limited (until 07/05/2019)

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.

Group

  1. Americold Whitchurch LTD is controlled by Linda Mary Grocott
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-12-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Linda Mary Grocott.

3 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.

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

2.8y median 2.9y
average tenure
3.8y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

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.

Transport 15Professional services 6Property 6

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
01550927
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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