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The Software Bureau Limited

Company 02826490 Active

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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.

4
directors on the board
16.1y median 18.5y
average tenure
25.8y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
2 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
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.

Business services 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.

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Company details

Number02826490
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated11/06/1993
Address5 WHITE OAK SQUARE, LONDON ROAD, SWANLEY, KENT, BR8 7AG
Accounts next due30/06/2027
Accounts last made up30/09/2025

Industry (SIC)

62012 - Business and domestic software development

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)

  • The Software Bureau Eot Limited
    ownership of shares 75-100% as trust voting rights 75-100% as trust right to appoint and remove directors as trust
  • Mr Phillip Morgan ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%
  • Mr Paul Alexander Callow ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%

Officers (11)

  • Flitter, Stuart Simon Director · appointed 2024
  • Dobson, Mark Charles Director · appointed 2009
  • Callow, Paul Alexander Director · appointed 2006
  • Rides, Martin Geoffrey Director · appointed 2000
  • Carter, David Nicholas Secretary · appointed 1993
  • Joyce, John Stephen Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Murray, David John Burnley Former Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2016
  • Morgan, Philip Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2025
  • Laybourne, David Andrew Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
  • Bloomfield, Grant Malcolm Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2006
  • Hayday, Anthony Charles Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2009

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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