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Dairy UK Limited

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Previous officers 110

  1. Jonathan Dixon 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Lyndon Roger Charles Edwards 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Robert Keith Craig 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Hugues Bernard Meaudre 2018-2020 Director View profile
  5. Patrick Markus Muller 2018-2020 Director View profile
  6. Afshin Amirahmadi 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Richard David Pearman 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Gabriel D'Arcy 2018-2018 Director View profile
  9. Thomas Alexander Atherton 2017-2024 Director View profile
  10. Tomas Kirstein Brammer Pietrangeli 2016-2018 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Ronald Mcinnes 2015-2018 Director View profile
  12. Garfield Mark Taylor 2015-2018 Director View profile
  13. Michael James Gallacher 2015-2017 Director View profile
  14. Arthur Richard Fearnall 2014-2019 Director View profile
  15. Peter Giotz-Carlsen 2014-2017 Director View profile
  16. Michael Gerard Hanley 2014-2023 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Simon Rodda 2013-2014 Director View profile
  18. Nigel James Byham 2013-2017 Director View profile
  19. William Gerard Keane 2013-2015 Director View profile
  20. Philip Timothy Peter Allin 2013-2014 Director View profile
  21. Ronald Klaas Otto Kers 2012-2017 Director View profile
  22. Gharry Abraham Eccles 2011-2012 Director View profile
  23. Kate Allum 2010-2015 Director View profile
  24. John William Tarleton Mustoe 2010-2010 Director View profile
  25. James Robert Neville 2009-2017 Director View profile
  26. Jane Karen Haywood 2009-2017 Director View profile
  27. Rex John Ward 2008-2013 Director View profile
  28. Martyn Kevin Wilks 2008-2010 Director View profile
  29. Bernard William Plumb 2007-2013 Director View profile
  30. Peter Lauritzen 2007-2014 Director View profile
  31. Mark Allen 2007-2017 Director View profile
  32. Stewart Charles Gilliland 2006-2010 Director View profile
  33. Andrew Thomas Cooksey 2006-2009 Director View profile
  34. Peter Humphreys 2005-2010 Director View profile
  35. Roger Malcolm Evans 2005-2010 Director View profile
  36. Andrew James Smith 2005-2015 Director View profile
  37. Rt Hon David Maurice Curry 2005-2008 Director View profile
  38. Timothy John Smith 2005-2007 Director View profile
  39. Robert Frederick Knight 2005-2006 Director View profile
  40. Leslie Knipe 2005-2009 Director View profile
  41. Frank Wesley Abbey 2004-2005 Director View profile
  42. Timothy David Dobbin 2004-2017 Director View profile
  43. Richard Colin Neil Davidson 2004-2005 Director View profile
  44. Barry John Leonard Nicholls 2004-2008 Director View profile
  45. John Duncan 2004-2005 Director View profile
  46. Andrew John Harrison 2004-2006 Director View profile
  47. Malcolm Smith 2004-2005 Director View profile
  48. Robert Tennant Wiseman 2004-2012 Director View profile
  49. John William Drummond Hall 2004-2007 Director View profile
  50. Gwynfor Alun Jones 2004-2008 Director View profile
  51. Arthur John Reeves 2004-2004 Director View profile
  52. Helen Dancey 2004-2004 Director View profile
  53. James William Highnam 2004-2004 Director View profile
  54. Peter Harold Nicholson 2004-2004 Director View profile
  55. Robert James Dickinson 2003-2004 Director View profile
  56. David Michael Lattimore 2003-2004 Director View profile
  57. Alan Hinton 2002-2004 Director View profile
  58. Paul Andrew David Aston 2002-2004 Director View profile
  59. Aubrey Adcock 2002-2003 Director View profile
  60. Barry John Hamilton 2002-2003 Director View profile
  61. Gary William Pratt 2001-2005 Director View profile
  62. Christopher Paul Goulding 2000-2004 Director View profile
  63. Kenneth Leslie Wood 1999-2004 Director View profile
  64. Michael John Sheldon 1999-2003 Director View profile
  65. Philip James Wilkinson OBE 1999-2003 Director View profile
  66. Ralph Peter Walker 1998-2004 Director View profile
  67. James Cooney 1998-2004 Director View profile
  68. James Roger Davenport 1996-1997 Director View profile
  69. Alan William Wiseman 1996-2004 Director View profile
  70. Denis Gordon John Lester 1996-1998 Director View profile
  71. Walter John Houliston 1996-2002 Director View profile
  72. John Frederick Gibson 1996-1998 Director View profile
  73. John Sydney Jesky 1995-1995 Director View profile
  74. Laurence Berry 1995-1996 Director View profile
  75. Jeremy Gage Quested 1994-1998 Director View profile
  76. Nigel Anthony Raine 1994-1998 Director View profile
  77. Graham Stewart Fish 1994-1995 Director View profile
  78. Anthony David Swallow 1994-1998 Director View profile
  79. Gordon Caleb Summerfield 1994-2000 Director View profile
  80. Colin Robert Young 1994-1998 Director View profile
  81. David William Postgate 1994-1996 Director View profile
  82. Timothy Augustine Kearns 1994-2003 Director View profile
  83. Christopher John Evans 1994-1994 Director View profile
  84. Colin Futers Hall 1994-1999 Director View profile
  85. Anthony John Ross 1993-2001 Director View profile
  86. Brian Anthony Frank Smith 1993-1994 Director View profile
  87. Clive Fitzgerald 1992-1993 Director View profile
  88. John Trevor Blackburn 1992-1993 Director View profile
  89. Edward John Poyner 1992 Director View profile
  90. Peter Glover 2002 Director View profile
  91. Ellen Mary Sale 1994 Director View profile
  92. James Michael Murphy 1996 Director View profile
  93. Robert Metcalfe 2005 Director View profile
  94. Gerald George Parker 1992 Director View profile
  95. Dennis Trevor Hughes 2002 Director View profile
  96. Frank George Bennett Blake 1994 Director View profile
  97. William James Mcmichael-Phillips 1994 Director View profile
  98. David John Rimell 2000 Director View profile
  99. Harold Edgar Waters 1996 Director View profile
  100. Hugh David Gell 1992 Director View profile
  101. Frank Barbour Thomson 1994 Director View profile
  102. John James Murphy 1994 Director View profile
  103. John Clifford 1993 Director View profile
  104. Michael James Bolderston 1992 Director View profile
  105. Kirk John Hunter 2010-2020 Secretary View profile
  106. Simon Charles Bates 1998-2010 Secretary View profile
  107. James Begg 1998-1998 Secretary View profile
  108. John Philip Price 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  109. Robert Edwin Kirk Mckeith 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  110. William Rodney Freeman 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of business and employers membership organizations
Incorporated
13/12/1985
Registered office
London

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. Dairy UK Limited is controlled by Arla Foods Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Arla Foods Limited is controlled by Arla Foods UK PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Arla Foods UK PLC is controlled by Arla Foods UK Holding Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Arla Foods UK Holding 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.

Financials

Net assets
£7,368,820
Total assets
£8,752,095
Cash
£925,623
Employees
0.14
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£607,074

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

14 directors on the board

5.8y median 4.5y
average tenure
17.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (13)

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 43Retail and trade 17Dormant 15Professional services 11Other services 9Business services 8Finance 8Agriculture 7

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
01971245
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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