Charles Farris Limited

Company 02252575 Active

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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.

directors on the board

8.7y median 7.7y

average tenure

10.6y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

1 vs 2 portfolio

first-time directors

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.

Retail and trade 4Property 3Construction 2Finance 2Business services 1Dormant 1Manufacturing 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.

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Direct Candles Limited 3 shared directors
Senex Capital Limited 2 shared directors
Fortress Whitton Limited 2 shared directors
Hayes & Finch Limited 1 shared director
Candles Provident Trust,Limited 1 shared director
Ethos Candles Limited 1 shared director

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number	02252575
Status	Active
Type	Private Limited Company
Incorporated	06/05/1988
Address	QUARRY FIELDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MERE, WARMINSTER, WILTSHIRE, BA12 6LA
Accounts next due	29/01/2027
Accounts last made up	30/04/2025

Industry (SIC)

32990 - Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (4)

Small Brown Bird Ltd
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
Mr Richard Gordon Simpson ceased 2024 British
significant influence or control significant influence or control as firm
Senex Capital Ltd ceased 2023
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors as firm significant influence or control as firm
Mrs Joanna Alice Simpson ceased 2024 British
ownership of shares 25-50%

Officers (15)

Alan James Matthews Director · appointed 2018
Timothy Charles Duggan-Rees Director · appointed 2018
Susan Gale Director · appointed 2015
Susan Gale Secretary · appointed 2007
Richard Gordon Simpson Director

Show 10 former officers

Mark Nicholas Pountain Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2016
Harriett Louise Bath Secretary · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
Malcolm John Pryme Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2005
Trifine Mary Blomfield Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
Robert Michael John Keene Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2009
Mary Joan Keene Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
James Robert Simpson Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
Gordon Stanley Simpson Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
Andrew Elliott Frey Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
Patrick Stuart Beck Secretary · resigned 1994

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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