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Association of Independent Crop Consultants Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mary MunroDirector · since 2026
- Ben BoothmanDirector · since 2026
- Charlotte CookDirector · since 2025
- Simon RobertsDirector · since 2024
- David BoultonDirector · since 2023
- Christopher Michael Cato NottinghamDirector · since 2023
- Matthew PatersonDirector · since 2023
- Daniel MatthewsDirector · since 2022
- Andrew George BlazeyDirector · since 2017
- Sean SparlingDirector · since 2015
- Sarah Jane Handbury CowlrickSecretary · since 1997
Previous officers 60
- George Green 2020-2026 View profile
- Penny Jane Oakes 2018-2026 View profile
- James Rimmer 2017-2021 View profile
- Rory Clark Kennedy 2017-2018 View profile
- Luke Wheeler 2017-2025 View profile
- Joss Wood 2015-2021 View profile
- Samuel Clarke 2015-2017 View profile
- Martin Anthony Eudall 2015-2015 View profile
- Robert George Hurren 2014-2018 View profile
- David Lines 2013-2021 View profile
- Ben Freer 2013-2014 View profile
- Peter Brumpton 2012-2022 View profile
- Nigel John Thorne 2011-2014 View profile
- Paul Martin Sweeney 2010-2013 View profile
- Hamish Michael Coutts 2010-2017 View profile
- Michael John Warner 2009-2017 View profile
- John Westbrook Allen 2008-2010 View profile
- Patrick John Stephenson 2008-2021 View profile
- Malcom Williams 2008-2011 View profile
- Jonathan Vaughan Wood 2007-2013 View profile
- Andrew Thomas Watson 2006-2012 View profile
- Richard Graham Martin 2006-2010 View profile
- Brian Thomas Palmer 2005-2008 View profile
- Roger Lasham 2005-2006 View profile
- Bryan Struthers Chalmers 2004-2010 View profile
- Ruth East 2004-2009 View profile
- John Warwick Watts 2004-2007 View profile
- Peter John Griffith 2004-2010 View profile
- Clifford David Sanders 2003-2003 View profile
- Andrew Mark Cotton 2003-2005 View profile
- Anthony Richard Hardwick 2002-2006 View profile
- Caroline Ann Hayes 2001-2005 View profile
- Godfrey David Nicholls 2000-2002 View profile
- Roger Charles Davis 2000-2003 View profile
- Jonathan Peter Olver 2000-2003 View profile
- Martin Dunn 1998-2002 View profile
- Andrew William Beeney 1997-2000 View profile
- Stephen John Harrison 1997-2004 View profile
- Peter John Taylor 1997-2001 View profile
- Anthony Francis Raybone 1997-2000 View profile
- Helen Rosemary Baxter 1997-2001 View profile
- John Anthony Clarke 1997-2004 View profile
- Allen Mcleod Scobie 1997-2004 View profile
- Bryce John Rham 1997-2004 View profile
- Bridget Carroll 1997-1997 View profile
- Diana Mary Nettleton 1997-1997 View profile
- James George Douglas Mackay 1996-1997 View profile
- Robert Edward Chorley 1994-1997 View profile
- Gerald Arthur Marshall 1993-1995 View profile
- Michael George Thompson 1993-2010 View profile
- Gerald Peter Banks 1993-1997 View profile
- Phillip John Tuplin 1992-1997 View profile
- Alan Jackson Bide 1992-2005 View profile
- Peter Scott 1992-1993 View profile
- Andrew David Fisher 1992 View profile
- Henry John Robert Uverman 1993 View profile
- Samuel James Franklin Smiley 1997 View profile
- Simon Senior 1997 View profile
- Simon Gervase Draper 1996 View profile
- John Neville Jones 1992 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 20/08/1981
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.
- Sean Sparling ceased 2023-01-09
significant influence · notified 2017-01-11 - Sarah Jane Handbury Cowlrick ceased 2026-03-31
significant influence, significant influence (firm) · notified 2023-01-10
Group
- Association of Independent Crop Consultants Limited
is controlled by Sean Sparling
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2017-01-11, ceased 2023-01-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Sean Sparling.
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
- £113,571
- Cash
- £175,933
- Employees
- 10
- 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
3 grants · £73,689 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 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £47,523 (2 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £26,166
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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.
10 directors on the board
- Sean Sparling Director · appointed 2015
- Charlotte Cook Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Michael Cato Nottingham Director · appointed 2023
- Matthew Paterson Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew George Blazey Director · appointed 2017
- David Boulton Director · appointed 2023
- Mary Munro Director · appointed 2026
- Simon Roberts Director · appointed 2024
- Ben Boothman Director · appointed 2026
- Daniel Matthews Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Sean Sparling Director · appointed 2015
- Andrew George Blazey Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Charlotte Cook Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Paterson Director · appointed 2023
- Mary Munro Director · appointed 2026
- Ben Boothman Director · appointed 2026
- Daniel Matthews Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (5)
- Sean Sparling Director · appointed 2015
- Christopher Michael Cato Nottingham Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew George Blazey Director · appointed 2017
- David Boulton Director · appointed 2023
- Simon Roberts Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Penny Jane Oakes Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
- George Green Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
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
- 01581564
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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