Company
Barons Automotive Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 24
- Philip Southwick 2023-2025 View profile
- Mark Leeder 2023-2026 View profile
- Daryl Kenningham 2022-2024 View profile
- Mark Bridgland 2022-2023 View profile
- Roberto Rodrigues Ferreira 2020-2022 View profile
- Darren Guiver 2017-2019 View profile
- Ian Robert Twinley 2015-2016 View profile
- Darryl Michael Burman 2014-2023 View profile
- Earl Julius Hesterberg 2014-2022 View profile
- John Rickel 2014-2020 View profile
- Niall Hugh Reginald Hooper 2008-2014 View profile
- Frank Douglas Lord 2007-2014 View profile
- Paul Francis Slattery 2007-2014 View profile
- John Alan Thompson 2003-2007 View profile
- Brian Edwin Woods 1998-2007 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Toogood 1996-2001 View profile
- Julian Lance Bourne 1996-2003 View profile
- Roland Eric Gregory Cresser 1995 View profile
- Clifton John Claude Ibbett 1992 View profile
- Darryl Burman 2014-2023 View profile
- Mark Thompson 2003-2014 View profile
- John Charles Ibbett 1997-2014 View profile
- Andrew Stephen Lake 1994-1997 View profile
- Brenda Plumbly 1994 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 31/01/1983
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 Automotive UK Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2020-12-31 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Barons Automotive Limited
is controlled by Group 1 Automotive UK Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2020-12-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Group 1 Automotive UK Limited.
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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.
3 directors on the board
- Gillian Hobson Director · appointed 2023
- Daniel James Mchenry Director · appointed 2014
- Farheen Ahmad Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Daniel James Mchenry Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Gillian Hobson Director · appointed 2023
- Daniel James Mchenry Director · appointed 2014
- Farheen Ahmad Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Mark Leeder Director · appointed 2023 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01695666
- 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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