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Ellis Bates Financial Solutions Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 19

  1. Howard Philip Barnes 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Benjamin Stephen Clapham 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Jamie Robert Alderson 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Alan Earel Cram 2019-2024 Director View profile
  5. Elizabeth Clare Mills 2018-2025 Director View profile
  6. Robert James Simpson 2017-2017 Director View profile
  7. Paul Grant Ellis 2013-2024 Director View profile
  8. Paul Ian Crapper 2013-2017 Director View profile
  9. David Laird Brigham 2008-2010 Director View profile
  10. Michael Charles Cope 2008-2025 Director View profile
  11. Raymond Ward 2001-2005 Director View profile
  12. Peter Bates 1999-2024 Director View profile
  13. Christopher Philip Hawley 1999-2004 Director View profile
  14. David Rutter 1998-2003 Director View profile
  15. John Cartwright 1998-2003 Director View profile
  16. Grahame Ramsey Dunn 1998 Director View profile
  17. John Arthur Stainsby 2002 Director View profile
  18. David Hughes 1999-2013 Secretary View profile
  19. Joan Walker 2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/08/1982

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

Group

  1. Ellis Bates Financial Solutions Limited is controlled by Ellis Bates Group LTD.
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Ellis Bates Group LTD. is controlled by Peter Bates
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-09-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Peter Bates.

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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.

2 directors on the board

1.2y median 1.2y
average tenure
1.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 51Business services 3Dormant 2Professional services 1Property 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01655955
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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