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Horizon Specialist Contracting Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 5

  1. Graham Collin Farn 1993-1999 Director View profile
  2. Shirley Burns 2021-2025 Secretary View profile
  3. Nicholas William Crosby 2006-2021 Secretary View profile
  4. Anthony Robert Ellis 1999-2006 Secretary View profile
  5. Sandra Elizabeth Farn 1993-1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £2,550,000 total

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.

  • Chimneys, Lightning Conductors, Flagpoles and Other High Structures: Inspection and Maintenance Buyer: The North Yorkshire Council £2,400,000 2025-07-30 CPV 45262000 Source: Contracts Finder

    The overall objective of this Chimneys, Lightning Conductors and Other High Access Structures Inspection and Maintenance contract is to provide Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) to ensure that all equipment under this agreement meet heal…

  • Sub Contracts for High Level Access works including lightening conductor works Buyer: Leeds City Council £150,000 2015-03-25 CPV 31216200 Source: Contracts Finder

    Housing and Non Housing Sub Contracts for Lightning Conductor

  • Boiler House Chimney Remedial Works Buyer: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    This work has been identified as essential maintenance following an annual condition surveys. The scope of work includes repairs to cracked mortar and brickwork, weathered brick facings, insecure cowlings, and corroded metal bands. These re…

About

Incorporated
15/06/1993

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.

Group

  1. Horizon Specialist Contracting Limited is controlled by James Kenneth Burns
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (firm) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by James Kenneth Burns.

3 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.

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.

4 directors on the board

10.5y median 4.3y
average tenure
33y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

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.

Finance 8Professional services 7Business services 6Utilities 2Property 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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02827337
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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