Company · Leeds
Surfachem Limited
Wholesale of chemical products
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 18
- William Stevens 2011-2025 View profile
- Simon Andrew Edwards 2011-2018 View profile
- Ieuan Jenkin Thomas 2007-2012 View profile
- Ashley Robert Richardson 2006-2011 View profile
- Nichole Pia Hall 2004-2011 View profile
- Philip Jonathan Sumpter 2003-2011 View profile
- Kay Polotnianka 2003-2003 View profile
- Paul Anthony Whitehead 2002-2014 View profile
- Ann Louise Haritgan 2001-2004 View profile
- Christopher Robert Dennis Lightley 1998-2003 View profile
- Michelle Jayne Briggs 1996-2012 View profile
- Phillip James Hodgetts 1996 View profile
- Utrick Ashley Alexander 2007 View profile
- Anita O'Malley 2023-2025 View profile
- Colin Boyle 2019-2023 View profile
- Gareth Brewin 2018-2019 View profile
- Simon Andrew Edwards 2012-2018 View profile
- Peter Michael Levine 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Wholesale of chemical products
- Incorporated
- 03/06/1981
- Registered office
- Leeds
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.
- Mordechai Kessler ceased 2016-04-06
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Surfachem Group Limited
75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2024-04-06
Group
- Surfachem Limited
is controlled by Mordechai Kessler
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Mordechai Kessler.
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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.
5 directors on the board
- Richard John Alan Smith Director · appointed 2012
- Fakhara Jones Director · appointed 2005
- Richard Stewart Thomson Director · appointed 2025
- Mordechai Kessler Director · appointed 2007
- Gregory Charles Barton Director · appointed 2015
Directors past 6 years
- Richard John Alan Smith Director · appointed 2012
- Fakhara Jones Director · appointed 2005
- Mordechai Kessler Director · appointed 2007
- Gregory Charles Barton Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Richard John Alan Smith Director · appointed 2012
- Fakhara Jones Director · appointed 2005
- Richard Stewart Thomson Director · appointed 2025
- Mordechai Kessler Director · appointed 2007
- Gregory Charles Barton Director · appointed 2015
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
- 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
- 01565953
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 25/01/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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