Direct Wines International Limited
Company 02987166 Active
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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
- Porter, Angus James, Dr Director · appointed 2015
- Philippa Victoria Strub Director · appointed 2023
- Benjamin Peter Chaffe Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Anthony Eric Laithwaite Director · appointed 2019
5.9y median 4.9y
average tenure
11.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Porter, Angus James, Dr Director · appointed 2015
- Thomas Anthony Eric Laithwaite Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- Porter, Angus James, Dr Director · appointed 2015
- Philippa Victoria Strub Director · appointed 2023
- Benjamin Peter Chaffe Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Anthony Eric Laithwaite Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- David Bruce Gates Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
Retail and trade 6Professional services 5Dormant 4Finance 3Agriculture 1Health and social care 1Hospitality 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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Related organisations
- Direct Wines Limited 4 shared directors
- Direct Wines Holdings Limited 4 shared directors
- Averys of Bristol Limited 2 shared directors
- Direct Wines Finance Limited 2 shared directors
Connected through a shared director
- Bordeaux Direct Limited 1 shared director
- Direct Wines (Windsor) Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 02987166 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 04/11/1994 |
| Address | 1600 ARLINGTON BUSINESS PARK, THEALE, BERKSHIRE, RG7 4SA |
| Accounts next due | 31/03/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 27/06/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
70100 - Activities of head offices
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.
- Direct Wines Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Owns 2 companies iOwnsCompanies where this company is registered as having significant control, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register.
- Direct Wines Europe Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Ecosse Services LTD
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-02-21
Officers (16)
- Benjamin Peter Chaffe Director · appointed 2024
- Philippa Victoria Strub Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas Anthony Eric Laithwaite Director · appointed 2019
- Porter, Angus James, Dr Director · appointed 2015
Show 12 former officers
- David Bruce Gates Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- James William Hartland Weir Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
- David Andrew Thatcher Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2020
- Edmund Joseph Coombs Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2015
- Anthony Hugh Gordon Laithwaite Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2015
- Christopher Andrew Humphreys Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2014
- Oliver Charles Garland Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
- Frederick Anthony Stratford Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Simon Nicholas Mcmurtrie Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2015
- Barbara Anne Laithwaite Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2019
- Brian Gregory Hodder Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2005
- David Hamilton Secretary · appointed 1994 · resigned 2008
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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