Company
The Institute of Vehicle Recovery
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Justine Louise AyresDirector · since 2026
- John Francis CouplandDirector · since 2025
- John James GatwardDirector · since 2020
- Stephen Derek HollandDirector · since 2020
- Kieran Peter RiceDirector · since 2011
- Christopher John HoareDirector · since 2009
- John Martin ColdwellDirector · since 2009
- Mark Anthony HartellDirector · since 2006
- Nicholas John OvendenDirector · since 1997
- Geoffrey William GatwardSecretary
Previous officers 29
- Paul Forder 2018-2022 View profile
- Andrew Tidbury 2018-2024 View profile
- Nigel David Kilburn 2018-2020 View profile
- Stephen James Vipond 2015-2024 View profile
- Mark Andrew Mcallister 2012-2015 View profile
- Michael George Goodley 2009-2016 View profile
- Keith James Lowey 2007-2016 View profile
- Guy Edwards Morgan 2007-2009 View profile
- James David Sparrow 2007-2016 View profile
- Sean Curtis 2002-2007 View profile
- Terence Crampton 2002-2007 View profile
- Roger Dawson 2002-2007 View profile
- Stephen John Luckhurst 2002-2006 View profile
- Malcolm Donald Hobbs 2001-2017 View profile
- Thomas James Johnson 2000-2012 View profile
- Alan David Morgan 2000-2003 View profile
- Roy Douglas Jones 1999-2006 View profile
- Anthony Gibson 1999-2000 View profile
- John Robert Vickery 1997-2000 View profile
- Stephen Kirton 1996-2002 View profile
- Robert William Percy 1996-1999 View profile
- Brian Drury 1996 View profile
- Thomas Ash 1994 View profile
- Colin Leslie Jefferys 1997 View profile
- Darrell Henry Mansfield 1996 View profile
- Michael John Boniface 1998 View profile
- John William Sparrow 2000 View profile
- Colin Bernard Neville Parlett 2009 View profile
- Peter James Martin 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/08/1984
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Institute of Vehicle Recovery on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
3 other companies in this group
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £369,089
- Total assets
- £8,801
- Cash
- £303,826
- Employees
- 10
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
9 directors on the board
- Justine Louise Ayres Director · appointed 2026
- Christopher John Hoare Director · appointed 2009
- John Martin Coldwell Director · appointed 2009
- Mark Anthony Hartell Director · appointed 2006
- John James Gatward Director · appointed 2020
- Stephen Derek Holland Director · appointed 2020
- Nicholas John Ovenden Director · appointed 1997
- Kieran Peter Rice Director · appointed 2011
- John Francis Coupland Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher John Hoare Director · appointed 2009
- John Martin Coldwell Director · appointed 2009
- Mark Anthony Hartell Director · appointed 2006
- Nicholas John Ovenden Director · appointed 1997
- Kieran Peter Rice Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- John Martin Coldwell Director · appointed 2009
- Stephen Derek Holland Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (7)
- Justine Louise Ayres Director · appointed 2026
- Christopher John Hoare Director · appointed 2009
- Mark Anthony Hartell Director · appointed 2006
- John James Gatward Director · appointed 2020
- Nicholas John Ovenden Director · appointed 1997
- Kieran Peter Rice Director · appointed 2011
- John Francis Coupland Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01841644
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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