Company
Rapid Business Services Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- Alan Egerton Forbes Herd 2005-2011 View profile
- Debbie Howe 2005-2022 View profile
- Andrew John Sime 2002-2002 View profile
- Lee Patrick O'Meara 1998-2001 View profile
- Benjamin Strothard Crawford 1995-1996 View profile
- Elaine Hallett 1993-2010 View profile
- Michael Sam Milner 1993-1994 View profile
- Stephen Carey 1994 View profile
- Paul Edwin Garneys 2004-2005 View profile
- Judith Anne Gillies 2003-2003 View profile
- John Hugh Whelan 1996-2000 View profile
- Jean Barbara Warden 1992-1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/01/1986
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- James Richard Hallett
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Shelley Gutteridge
25-50% shares · notified 2022-03-16 - Brian Richard Hallett
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2025-06-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Rapid Business Services Limited
is controlled by James Richard Hallett
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by James Richard Hallett.
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Financials
- Net assets
- £7,392
- Total assets
- £25,003
- Cash
- £16,390
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. 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.
1 directors on the board
- James Richard Hallett Director · appointed 2008
Directors past 6 years
- James Richard Hallett Director · appointed 2008
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
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01981936
- 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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