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Birketts Directors Limited

Company 02458515 Active

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Board DNA

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14
directors on the board
13.1y median 12.1y
average tenure
27.9y
longest tenure
10
directors past 6 years
0 vs 12 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Dormant 12Professional services 6Business services 3Construction 1Education 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Property 1

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Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Company details

Number02458515
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated11/01/1990
AddressPROVIDENCE HOUSE, 141-145 PRINCES STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP1 1QJ
Accounts next due31/12/2026
Accounts last made up31/03/2025

Industry (SIC)

99999 - Dormant Company

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)

  • Birketts Llp
    ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
  • Mr James St John Austin ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%
  • Mr Mark Edward Gipson ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%

Officers (35)

  • Curle, Nicola Jayne Director · appointed 2024
  • Spear, Lorna Natalie Director · appointed 2023
  • Tubb, Andrew Stewart Director · appointed 2022
  • Hoxley, Christopher Michael Director · appointed 2021
  • Allen, James Alexander Director · appointed 2017
  • Ruiz, Rafael Jonathan Director · appointed 2015
  • Jones, Adam Mark Director · appointed 2015
  • Fletcher, Lottie Sarah Jane Director · appointed 2013
  • Dinwiddy, James Maynard Director · appointed 2008
  • Burt, Nicholas James Director · appointed 2007
  • Schwer, Christopher Peter Director · appointed 2007
  • Allan, Gregory Sanderson Director · appointed 2007
  • Seagers, Adrian Charles Director · appointed 2005
  • Gipson, Mark Edward Director · appointed 1998
  • Hill, Lynne Mairi Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
  • Burnett, Nicholas John Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2020
  • Payne, Richard James Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
  • Thompson, Nigel Howard Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2022
  • Wood, Andrew David Knoyle Former Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2018
  • Henry, Mark Andrew Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2022
  • Finnegan, Leah Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2018
  • Siggers, Thomas Charles Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
  • Muskett, Nathan James Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2014
  • Sleight, Paul Thomas Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
  • Matthews, Paul Nigel Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Hazlewood, Geoffrey Alan Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2006
  • Austin, James St John Former Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2025
  • Mackinnon, Alasdair John, Sol Former Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
  • Macdonald, Jane Victoria Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2002
  • Cotton, James Douglas Beaumont Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2007
  • Hughes, Paul Roland Former Secretary · resigned 1996
  • George, Philip William Former Director · resigned 1995
  • Hall, James Stewart Former Director · resigned 2025
  • Bristol, Jeremy Former Director · resigned 2008
  • Whybrow, Joan Annette Former Director · resigned 2008

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

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