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Company · Ottery St. Mary

Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust

Post-secondary non-tertiary education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 28

  1. Robert Christopher Petts 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. John Philip Harris 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Terence Francis Reeves 2016-2017 Director View profile
  4. Andrea Ann Reeves 2016-2017 Director View profile
  5. Derek David Shepherd 2015-2020 Director View profile
  6. Christopher Edmund Finney 2014-2021 Director View profile
  7. David Mark Henley 2013-2015 Director View profile
  8. John Stanley Carter 2013-2021 Director View profile
  9. Geoffrey Richard Copper 2011-2013 Director View profile
  10. John Francis Astley Russell 2011-2018 Director View profile
  11. John Lloyd Poynton 2002-2009 Director View profile
  12. Professor Frederick Harper 2000-2014 Director View profile
  13. Vivien Kathleen England 2000-2006 Director View profile
  14. Michael Herbert Batting 2000-2009 Director View profile
  15. Betty Patricia Moore 1994-2004 Director View profile
  16. Havord, Gordon, Doctor 1993-2000 Director View profile
  17. Peter Dunning 1992-2016 Director View profile
  18. Brian Littlewood Peace 1992-2004 Director View profile
  19. Dr Christopher Roberts 1992-1993 Director View profile
  20. Antony John Brunt 1992-1993 Director View profile
  21. Richard Auld Macdonald 1992-2004 Director View profile
  22. Christopher Mark Smith 1992-1993 Director View profile
  23. John Oswald Hitchings 1992-2002 Director View profile
  24. Roger John Keast 1992-1994 Director View profile
  25. Annie Rosemary Berry 1992-1998 Director View profile
  26. Michael Alan Merritt 1992-2022 Director View profile
  27. Richard William Bovingdon Coley 1994-2016 Secretary View profile
  28. Malcolm Florey 1992-2015 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Incorporated
05/02/1992
Registered office
Ottery St. Mary
Also a registered charity
Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust

Financials

Net assets
£57,570
Total assets
£57,570
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity 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.

7 directors on the board

19.1y median 13.4y
average tenure
34.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Education 1Health and social care 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
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02684612
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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