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Totemic Limited

Other business support service activities n.e.c.

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Deborah Ware 2023-2025 Director View profile
Tasneem Bhamji 2021-2021 Director View profile
Nicola Auckland 2020-2021 Director View profile
Neil David Reynolds 2019-2020 Director View profile
Kim-Adele Platts 2018-2018 Director View profile
Nicholas Edward Boles 2018-2022 Director View profile
Michael Smith 2017-2018 Director View profile
Melanie June Robinson 2016-2017 Director View profile
Jason Gregory Eaves 2016-2017 Director View profile
Andrew John Kirk 2015-2019 Director View profile
Peter Robert Green 2015-2019 Director View profile
Stella Croot 2015-2016 Director View profile
Michael John Modder-Fitch 2014-2016 Director View profile
Patrick Michael Boyden 2014-2014 Director View profile
Mary Ann Stewart 2014-2016 Director View profile
Alice Olsson 2014-2015 Director View profile
Andrew Martin Taylor 2014-2015 Director View profile
Nicholas George Ryans 2014-2014 Director View profile
Dale Stringer 2013-2014 Director View profile
Duncan James Beddows 2008-2014 Director View profile
Susan Rann 2006-2016 Director View profile
Jeremy Paul Reichelt 2005-2014 Director View profile
Derek Michael Chick 2005-2015 Director View profile
Malcolm Andrew Mclean 2002-2003 Director View profile
Paul Cyril Merritt 2000-2011 Director View profile
Jonathan Green 2000-2013 Director View profile
Louise Janet Sadler 1999-2000 Director View profile
Carol Elizabeth Ryans 1995-2000 Director View profile
Lesley Elizabeth Rann 1995-2014 Director View profile
Lianne Estelle Firth 1994-2014 Director View profile
Kenneth Frederick Thomas Rivers 1993-1995 Director View profile
Gordon Philip Dale Rann 1993-2014 Director View profile
John Victor Tester 1993-2000 Director View profile
Giles Heathcote Whittome 1993-1995 Director View profile
Francesca Knight 1993-1994 Director View profile
Louise Payne 2005-2014 Secretary View profile
David Thomas King 1993-1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

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Provision of Independent Debt Advice Buyer: Amplius Living Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender
The Provision of Independent Debt Advice.

About

What it does: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Incorporated: 15/02/1993
Registered office: Grantham

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

Payplan Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-06-29
Totemic (2014) Holdings Limited ceased 2018-06-29
75-100% shares · notified 2016-06-30

Group

Totemic Limited is controlled by Payplan Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2018-06-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
Payplan Limited is controlled by Payplan Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Payplan Group Limited is controlled by Gordon Rann
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-03-12, ceased 2025-08-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Gordon Rann.

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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: £11,873,584
Total assets: £11,873,584
Cash: £1,126,929
Employees: 418
Turnover: £26,348,917
Profit/loss: £4,459,294

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

2 grants · £3,074,665 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 Work and Pensions · £3,074,665 (2 grants)

Most recent

Department for Work and Pensions £2,882,9152022-03-20
Department for Work and Pensions £191,7502022-03-18

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.

6 directors on the board

Rachel Elizabeth Duffey Director · appointed 2004
John Fairhurst Director · appointed 2002
David Jackman Director · appointed 2014
Robert George Skinner Director · appointed 2018
Christopher John Thompson Director · appointed 2022
Peter Munro Director · appointed 2023

11.9y median 9.9y

average tenure

23.9y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Rachel Elizabeth Duffey Director · appointed 2004
John Fairhurst Director · appointed 2002
David Jackman Director · appointed 2014
Robert George Skinner Director · appointed 2018

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Robert George Skinner Director · appointed 2018
Peter Munro Director · appointed 2023

Portfolio (4)

Rachel Elizabeth Duffey Director · appointed 2004
John Fairhurst Director · appointed 2002
David Jackman Director · appointed 2014
Christopher John Thompson Director · appointed 2022

also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Deborah Ware Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025

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.

Finance 15Professional services 3Business services 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
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details

Company number: 02789854
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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