Company · Kendal
John Farrer & Company (Kendal) Limited
Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Paul Garry Whitlow 2024-2025 View profile
- Robert Nicholls Unsworth 2024-2024 View profile
- Jason Robert Ausher 2023-2024 View profile
- Brian Macey Soltis 2023-2024 View profile
- Simon Charles Walsh 2019-2021 View profile
- Matthew James Vernon 2019-2021 View profile
- Claire Duffy 2018-2023 View profile
- Shane Perkey 2018-2023 View profile
- York Richard 2018-2025 View profile
- Steven Kitching 2018-2022 View profile
- Kathryn Lisa Walsh 2013-2018 View profile
- Victoria Gail Powell 2012-2018 View profile
- Richard Arnold Powell 2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
- Incorporated
- 17/03/1982
- Registered office
- Kendal
Ownership
Owned by (5) 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.
- Victoria Gail Powell ceased 2018-05-01
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Kathryn Lisa Walsh ceased 2018-05-01
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Simon Charles Walsh ceased 2018-05-01
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Pangea Metal Sculptures LTD
75-100% shares · notified 2025-10-30 - Aimia Foods Limited ceased 2025-10-30
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-05-01
Group
- John Farrer & Company (Kendal) Limited
is controlled by Victoria Gail Powell
Evidence
ceased 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-05-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Victoria Gail Powell.
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.
1 directors on the board
- Ian Mcdonald Unsworth Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Garry Whitlow Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- York Richard Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
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
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01622765
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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