Company
Chaucer Foods Limited
Chaucer Foods Limited is an active UK company (number 03168607), incorporated 1996, with 2 current directors, Hiroshi Shimizu and Robert Michael Purcell. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 20
- Yasuro Watanabe 2021-2021 View profile
- Paul Frampton 2017-2018 View profile
- Tom Malkoski 2017-2021 View profile
- Gregory David Koral 2015-2017 View profile
- Jeffrey Robert Kipling 2013-2015 View profile
- Andrew James Ducker 2011-2017 View profile
- David Brown Manning 2011-2016 View profile
- Stephen David Boyd 2008-2011 View profile
- Cielo Bicol Cartwright 2007-2011 View profile
- Peter Jonathan Sibbald 2004-2012 View profile
- Ken Smith 2004-2012 View profile
- Kevin Lovett 2004-2012 View profile
- Stephen Dunn 2000-2002 View profile
- Antony Charles Rouse 1998-2000 View profile
- Raymond Norman Peycke 1996-1999 View profile
- Jack Rowell 1996-2004 View profile
- William James Mapstone 1996-2004 View profile
- Paul Neilson Gordon Smith 1996-2012 View profile
- Andrew James Ducker 2011-2017 View profile
- Philip Townend 1996-2007 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 06/03/1996
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.
- Pilgrim Food Holdings Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Chaucer Foods Limited
is controlled by Pilgrim Food Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Pilgrim Food Holdings Limited
is controlled by Broomco (3555) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Broomco (3555) Limited
is controlled by Broomco (3554) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Broomco (3554) Limited
is controlled by Canada Square Nominees (UK) Limited
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-12-14 · source: Companies House PSC register - Canada Square Nominees (UK) Limited
is controlled by Hsbc UK Bank PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - Hsbc UK Bank PLC
is controlled by Hsbc Holdings PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2021-06-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Hsbc Holdings PLC.
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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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- Hiroshi Shimizu Director · appointed 2021
- Robert Michael Purcell Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- Robert Michael Purcell Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Hiroshi Shimizu Director · appointed 2021
- Robert Michael Purcell Director · appointed 2019
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03168607
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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