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Company · Ashford Kent

COT Trading Limited

Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

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Who leads it

Previous officers 17

  1. Christopher James Bannocks 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Timothy James Nicholls 2017-2017 Director View profile
  3. Christopher Showell 2017-2022 Director View profile
  4. Russell Ian Walters 2015-2022 Director View profile
  5. Celia Jean Hadfield 2007-2017 Director View profile
  6. David John Wilson 2001-2003 Director View profile
  7. Robin Leslie Apps 2001-2017 Director View profile
  8. Arthur James Pearson-Wood 1994-2001 Director View profile
  9. Robert Hugh Benson 1994-2014 Director View profile
  10. Doreen Amelia Minna Giles 1994-2015 Director View profile
  11. Roy Wentworth Nash 1994-2009 Director View profile
  12. Simon James Holland 1994-1994 Director View profile
  13. Karen Christina Blackiston 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  14. Susan Alexandra Langford Smith 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  15. Simon John Robinson 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  16. Anthony Edward Hibbard 2003-2012 Secretary View profile
  17. George Russell Sandars 1994-1994 Nominee-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Incorporated
14/01/1994
Registered office
Ashford Kent

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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. COT Trading Limited is controlled by Canterbury Oast Trust
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-01-14 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Canterbury Oast Trust.

1 other company 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
-£41,407
Total assets
-£22,407
Cash
£107
Employees
0
Turnover
£140,646
Profit/loss
-£9,797

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.

1 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.6y
average tenure
3.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (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.

Health 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

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02888014
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
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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