Woburn Estate Company Limited
Company 01608381 Active
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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.
6
directors on the board
16.7y median 14.2y
average tenure
33y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
0 vs 6 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
1
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.
Property 27Other services 10Finance 5Retail and trade 4Agriculture 2Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 1Professional services 1
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.
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- Bedford Estates Nominees Limited 6 shared directors
- Bedford Estates Bloomsbury Limited 4 shared directors
- West Central Investments Limited 3 shared directors
- Woburn Enterprises Limited 3 shared directors
- Chelsea Wharf Management Company Limited 3 shared directors
- Bedford Estates Settlement London Limited 3 shared directors
Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 01608381 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 18/01/1982 |
| Address | THE BEDFORD OFFICE, WOBURN, MILTON KEYNES, MK17 9PQ |
| Accounts next due | 05/01/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 05/04/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Ownership - persons with significant control (12)
- The 15th Duke of Bedford Andrew Ian Henry Russell British
ownership of shares 75-100% as trust voting rights 75-100% as trust right to appoint and remove directors as trust significant influence or control as trust - Dowager Duchess of Bedford Henrietta Joan Russell British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as trust - Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.1 Ltd
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors - Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.2 Ltd
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors - Bedford Estates 1971 Settlement No.1 Ltd
significant influence or control - Bedford Estates 1971 Settlement No.2 Ltd
significant influence or control - The Honourable Charles William Cayzer ceased 2024 British
ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50% right to appoint and remove directors - Mr James Fitzroy Dean ceased 2024 British
ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50% right to appoint and remove directors - Mr Edmond Conolly Mahony ceased 2024 Irish
ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50% right to appoint and remove directors - Mr Paul Vere Lindon ceased 2024 British
ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50% right to appoint and remove directors - Mr Robert Bernard Waley-Cohen ceased 2019 English
significant influence or control - Mr Alastair Cockerham Roberts ceased 2024 British
significant influence or control
Officers (22)
- Andrew Hart Secretary · appointed 2025
- Edmund Dominic Shurmur Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Richard Elmer Director · appointed 2016
- Edmond Conolly Mahony Director · appointed 2013
- Russell, James Edward Herbrand, Lord Director · appointed 2011
- Russell Fifteenth Duke of Bedford, Andrew Ian Henry, the 15th Duke of Bedford Director · appointed 1999
- Cayzer, Charles William, the Honourable Director · appointed 1993
Show 15 former officers
- Andrew Thomas Taylor Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Paul Vere Lindon Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2024
- Boodle Hatfield Secretarial Limited Corporate-secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2007
- Boodle Hatfield Nominees Limited Corporate-director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2007
- Mark Chevalley De Rivaz Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2016
- Russell, Henry Robin Ian, Duke of Bedford Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
- John Benjamin Agnew Wallace Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
- David Brian Timothy Hyde Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 1999
- Kevin Leslie Shurrock Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2023
- Julian Anthony Worrell Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1999
- David Hamilton Fox Director · resigned 2013
- John Christopher Wright Secretary · resigned 1994
- Wolfson of Sunningdale, David, Lord Director · resigned 2013
- Sieff, David Daniel, the Honourable Sir Director · resigned 2010
- Nicholas Harold Phillips Director · resigned 1991
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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