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Underwood Meat Company Limited

Underwood Meat Company Limited is an active UK company (number 02716900), incorporated 1992, with 5 current directors including Christopher Cotton and Tobias Max Atkin Bennett. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 11

  1. Carl Philip Scothorne 2020-2024 Director View profile
  2. Richard Lloyd Mather 2014-2021 Director View profile
  3. Eric Paul German 2008-2012 Director View profile
  4. Graham Pointon 2003-2013 Director View profile
  5. John David Heeley 1999-2023 Director View profile
  6. Steven John Allsop 1998-1999 Director View profile
  7. Susan Carol Allsop 1995-2000 Director View profile
  8. Roger Howard Bennett 1992-2004 Director View profile
  9. Joan Bennett 1992-2003 Director View profile
  10. Anna Solveig Heeley 2012-2023 Secretary View profile
  11. Janet Gledhill 1999-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Fresh Butchered Meat and Poultry and Associated Products (2026 - 2030) Buyer: THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The supply and distribution of fresh butchered meat and poultry (and associated products) to members of TUCO Ltd. Fresh Butchered Meat & Poultry Agreement Scope is as follows but not limited to: • Fresh Butchered Meat Pork, Lamb, Beef, Ox, …

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About

Incorporated
21/05/1992

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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. Underwood Meat Company Limited is controlled by John David Heeley
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John David Heeley.

2 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
£1,971,560
Total assets
£2,583,574
Cash
£142,883
Employees
270
Turnover
£56,909,375
Profit/loss
-£131,669

Filed as Full accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-10-31£56,909,375£1,971,560
2025-10-31£56,909,375£1,971,560
2024-10-31Not reported£2,924,424

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

1 grant · £51 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £51

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £512021-04-01
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.

5 directors on the board

9.2y median 4.1y
average tenure
27.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 5Dormant 2Manufacturing 2Professional services 2Finance 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02716900
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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