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Company · Ashford

ORF Limited

Dormant Company

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Martin Peter Hopcroft 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Mark John Alexander Webster 2020-2022 Director View profile
  3. Thomas Henry Cole 2004-2020 Director View profile
  4. Amir Hossein Modjarrad 1996-2004 Director View profile
  5. David Mitchell 1994-1996 Director View profile
  6. Hugh Francis Edmonds 1992-1994 Director View profile
  7. Martin John Fry 1992 Director View profile
  8. Robert Allan Oakes 1992 Director View profile
  9. John Sydney Curtis 1996 Director View profile
  10. Thelma Tilley Wilson 2005-2018 Secretary View profile
  11. Nicholas Malby Hatcher 2004-2005 Secretary View profile
  12. Michael Gordon Hurn 2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Dormant Company
Incorporated
21/12/1984
Registered office
Ashford

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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. ORF Limited is controlled by Vitl Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Vitl Limited is controlled by Thomas Henry Cole
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-05-11, ceased 2016-05-11 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Thomas Henry Cole.

4 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.

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

2y median 2y
average tenure
3.8y
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.

Manufacturing 27Finance 2Professional services 2Property 2

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
01873862
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/06/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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