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Company · Colchester

Walstead Heron Limited

Printing n.e.c.

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Previous officers 30

  1. Bruce Grant Murray 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Neil Austin Johnson 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Julian Gordon Rothwell 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Richard Charles Fookes 2010-2016 Director View profile
  5. Zoe Repman 2009-2019 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Stephen Page 2009-2010 Director View profile
  7. Lisa Faratro 2008-2009 Director View profile
  8. David Emeny 2007-2013 Director View profile
  9. Julian Andrew Phillips 2007-2009 Director View profile
  10. Stephen Brian Goodacre 2007-2009 Director View profile
  11. Lawrence Patrick Coppock 2006-2009 Director View profile
  12. Roy Ernest Kingston 2006-2025 Director View profile
  13. Paul Comer 2006-2007 Director View profile
  14. James Ian Algar 2006-2006 Director View profile
  15. Alan John Outlaw 2004-2009 Director View profile
  16. David John Brown 2000-2007 Director View profile
  17. Michael Ian Edwards 1997-2006 Director View profile
  18. John Newman 1997-2003 Director View profile
  19. Bryan Stanley Bedson 1996-2006 Director View profile
  20. Raymond John Lesnik 1993-2005 Director View profile
  21. Hugh Keith Amos 1993-2004 Director View profile
  22. Howard Spencer Jolliffe 1993-1997 Director View profile
  23. John Andrew Smith 1992-1996 Director View profile
  24. Alan Bernard Brooker 1991-1996 Director View profile
  25. Michael John Geary 1991-1992 Director View profile
  26. Trevor John Claydon 1991-1993 Director View profile
  27. Edward Richard Heron 1991-2006 Director View profile
  28. Paul George Utting 2006-2026 Secretary View profile
  29. Paul Stephen Hollebone 1996-2006 Secretary View profile
  30. Geoffrey John Peirson 1991-1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Printing n.e.c.
Incorporated
27/02/1991
Registered office
Colchester
Previous names
Wyndeham Heron Limited (until 11/12/2018)

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. Walstead Heron Limited is controlled by Walstead Press Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Walstead Press Group Limited is controlled by Walstead United Kingdom Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Walstead United Kingdom Limited is controlled by Walstead Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Walstead Group Limited is controlled by Walstead Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Walstead Holdings Limited is controlled by Rutland Partners LLP
    Evidence
    active 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Rutland Partners LLP is controlled by Nicholas David Morrill
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (LLP) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-12-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Nicholas David Morrill.

49 other companies in this group

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
-£13,240,000
Total assets
-£12,771,000
Cash
£167,000
Employees
30
Turnover
£4,621,000
Profit/loss
£364,000

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.

2 directors on the board

7.3y median 7.3y
average tenure
12.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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 10Professional services 7Finance 2

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
02586277
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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