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Birketts Secretaries Limited

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

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Previous officers 25

  1. Lynne Mairi Hill 2014-2016 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas John Burnett 2011-2020 Director View profile
  3. Richard James Payne 2011-2015 Director View profile
  4. Nigel Howard Thompson 2011-2022 Director View profile
  5. Andrew David Knoyle Wood 2011-2018 Director View profile
  6. Mark Andrew Henry 2010-2022 Director View profile
  7. Leah Finnegan 2010-2018 Director View profile
  8. Virginia Vere French 2009-2015 Director View profile
  9. Thomas Charles Siggers 2006-2010 Director View profile
  10. Nathan James Muskett 2006-2014 Director View profile
  11. Paul Thomas Sleight 2004-2007 Director View profile
  12. Paul Nigel Matthews 2004-2013 Director View profile
  13. Geoffrey Alan Hazlewood 2004-2006 Director View profile
  14. Paul Robert Thomas Pearce 2000-2003 Director View profile
  15. Iain Hallifax 1997-2000 Director View profile
  16. Richard John Larner 1994-1997 Director View profile
  17. James Douglas Beaumont Cotton 1994-2007 Director View profile
  18. Walter Douglas Robinson Turner 1992-2019 Director View profile
  19. Philip William George 1995 Director View profile
  20. James Stewart Hall 2025 Director View profile
  21. Joan Annette Whybrow 2008 Director View profile
  22. James St John Austin 2004-2025 Secretary View profile
  23. Mackinnon, Alasdair John, Sol 2002-2004 Secretary View profile
  24. Jane Victoria Macdonald 1996-2002 Secretary View profile
  25. Paul Roland Hughes 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
11/01/1990

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.

  • Mark Edward Gipson ceased 2024-02-20
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
  • James St John Austin ceased 2024-02-20
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
  • Birketts LLP
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-02-20

Group

  1. Birketts Secretaries Limited is controlled by Mark Edward Gipson
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-02-20 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Mark Edward Gipson.

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
£2
Cash
£2
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Dormant company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.

13 directors on the board

14y median 12.6y
average tenure
27.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (13)

1
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.

Dormant 12Professional services 5Construction 1Education 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 1Property 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02458516
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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