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West Midlands Enterprise Limited

Company 01616121 Active

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Board DNA

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5
directors on the board
27.2y median 29.8y
average tenure
30.3y
longest tenure
4
directors past 6 years
0 vs 4 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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Dormant 9Finance 6Professional services 6Arts and leisure 1Property 1

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Company details

Number01616121
StatusActive
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated22/02/1982
AddressTHE COPPERS 24 SUDBURY ROAD, YOXALL, BURTON UPON TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE, DE13 8NA
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

64209 - Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.64303 - Activities of venture and development capital companies64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Wme Group Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100%

Officers (61)

  • Daffern, Paul Director · appointed 2007
  • Booth, Ian Martyn Director · appointed 1997
  • Seabrook, Michael Richard Director · appointed 1996
  • Sayers, John Richard Charles Director · appointed 1996
  • Beardwood, Colin Robert Director
  • Scott, Ian Bennett Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Wild, Kathleen Yvonne, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
  • Eling, Steven Charles Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Kyles, Leslie William Palmer Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
  • Chater, David Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Batten, David Henry, Councillor Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Hepworth, Ralph Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
  • Thomas, William Humphrey Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Jepson, David Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
  • Harrison, Trevor John Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2003
  • Dowthwaite, Roger Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2009
  • Andrews, John Leslie Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Nielsen, Beverley Anne Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1999
  • Cooke, Colin Ivor Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 1998
  • Bailey, Adrian Edward Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2001
  • Nolan, Humphrey Nicholas Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Burton, David Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
  • Rice, John Howard Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Richards, Paul Henry Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
  • Brough, Ian James Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2009
  • Potter, Brian James Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Holl Allen, Diana Elisabeth Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Kimber, June, Councillor Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Barton, Malcolm Thomas, Councillor Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Corns, John Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Bateman, Philip Thomas Alexander Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • Kellie, Peter Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Lawrence, Roger Charles, Dr Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • Gill, Jagwant Singh Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • Douglas Maul, Brian Alistair Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Eames, James Trevor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Williams, Roseanne Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
  • Thomas, Kenneth Rowland Former Director · resigned 2008
  • Wilson, John Thomas Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Bainbridge, David Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Murphy, Phillip George, Mr. Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Hope, Alan Former Director · resigned 2019
  • Knowles, Malcolm Frederik William, Councillor Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Berry, John Dennis Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Davis, Ronald Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Hinton, David Peter Former Director · resigned 1994
  • ROY, David Colin, Councillor Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Collings, Peter Glydon Former Secretary · resigned 1997
  • Brooks, Martin John Former Director · resigned 1999
  • Allen, Frederick Charles Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Hart, Alan Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Edge, Geoffrey Former Director · resigned 2007
  • Sparks, David Hunter Former Director · resigned 2001
  • Mitchell, Fraser Former Director · resigned 2009
  • Alden, David Hugh Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Robinson, Philip Walter George Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Hill, George Edward Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Moorman, Edward Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Carpenter, Benjamin Kenneth Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Bore, Albert, Sir Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Wood, Cecil John Philip, Councillor Former Director · resigned 1995

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