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Solway Foods Limited

Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables

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

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Previous officers 47

  1. Keith Richard Packer 2018-2023 Director View profile
  2. Craig Ashley Tomkinson 2018-2024 Director View profile
  3. Ronald Klaas Otto Kers 2018-2023 Director View profile
  4. Richard Peter Simpson 2017-2020 Director View profile
  5. Martyn Paul Fletcher 2017-2018 Director View profile
  6. April Preston 2015-2016 Director View profile
  7. Ian John Toal 2015-2016 Director View profile
  8. Colin David Smith 2014-2017 Director View profile
  9. John Alexander Dunsford 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Lochlain John Feeley 2014-2015 Director View profile
  11. Stephen Paul Leadbeater 2014-2017 Director View profile
  12. Christopher Walker 2013-2014 Director View profile
  13. Simon James Penny Wookey 2013-2018 Director View profile
  14. Tolla Joanne Curle 2012-2014 Director View profile
  15. David Steven Morgan 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Saeeda Naz Amin 2011-2015 Director View profile
  17. Graham Keith Hunter 2011-2011 Director View profile
  18. Veepul Patel 2010-2025 Director View profile
  19. Huan Quayle 2010-2012 Director View profile
  20. Simon Edward Herrick 2010-2011 Director View profile
  21. Clare De Arostegui 2009-2011 Director View profile
  22. Linda Jane Hall 2008-2010 Director View profile
  23. Gary Urmston 2007-2009 Director View profile
  24. Stefan Barden 2007-2010 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Edward Brooker 2007-2007 Director View profile
  26. Jonathan Craig Lill 2007-2008 Director View profile
  27. Stephen Henderson 2006-2014 Director View profile
  28. Alexander Jonathan Stewart 2003-2003 Director View profile
  29. Michael Sean Christie 2003-2004 Director View profile
  30. Peter Harold Hartshorn 2003-2004 Director View profile
  31. Ronald James Legg 2002-2003 Director View profile
  32. Ian Eric Newton 2001-2004 Director View profile
  33. Matthew Thomas Gribbin 2000-2006 Director View profile
  34. Kuldip Singh Kular 1999-2013 Director View profile
  35. Vivienne Ruth Mary Perkins 1999-2002 Director View profile
  36. Nicholas Scott Ellison 1996-2006 Director View profile
  37. Ivor Clive Atkinson 1994-2001 Director View profile
  38. Patrick George Ridgwell 1994-2003 Director View profile
  39. Neil Graham Adnitt 2000 Director View profile
  40. John Norman Bladon 1999 Director View profile
  41. George Terry Pryce 1994 Director View profile
  42. Joseph Gibson Wade Sprott 2000 Director View profile
  43. Huan Quayle 2012-2012 Secretary View profile
  44. Carol Williams 2005-2012 Secretary View profile
  45. Julian Nicholas Wild 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  46. Christopher Owen Thomas 1994-2004 Secretary View profile
  47. John Wolfenden Bennett 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables; Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Incorporated
05/11/1987
Registered office
Wakefield

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. Solway Foods Limited is controlled by Solway Foods Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Solway Foods Holdings Limited is controlled by Northern Foods Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Northern Foods Limited is controlled by BH Acquisitions Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. BH Acquisitions Limited is controlled by Boparan Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Boparan Holdings Limited is controlled by Boparan Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Boparan Midco Limited is controlled by Ranjit Singh Boparan
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-01-13 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ranjit Singh Boparan.

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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

5.6y median 1.4y
average tenure
14.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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 17Professional services 16Finance 12Agriculture 3Other services 3Business services 2Retail and trade 1Transport 1

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
02189139
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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