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The Dutton - Forshaw Group Limited

Activities of head offices

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

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Previous officers 36

  1. James Brearley 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Trevor Whitaker 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Martin Paul Reay 2024-2024 Director View profile
  4. Oliver Walter Laird 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Duncan Andrew Mcphee 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Anna Catherine Bielby 2021-2021 Director View profile
  7. James Perrie 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Richard Scott Walker 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Nigel John Mcminn 2013-2019 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Campbell Bruce 2009-2019 Director View profile
  11. Peter Jones 2009-2013 Director View profile
  12. Kenry Kenneth Surgenor 2007-2009 Director View profile
  13. David Victor Dyson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  14. Timothy Mark Blackwell 2007-2007 Director View profile
  15. David James Stanley Oldfield 2006-2007 Director View profile
  16. Steven Wyn Williams 2004-2007 Director View profile
  17. David Keith Potts 2002-2007 Director View profile
  18. Maurice Rourke 2002-2007 Director View profile
  19. John Lewis Davies 2002-2006 Director View profile
  20. Jonathan Russell Kaye 2000-2002 Director View profile
  21. Charles Donald Ewen Cameron 1999-2004 Director View profile
  22. Gervase Mccabe 1998-2002 Director View profile
  23. Howard Poulson 1998-2002 Director View profile
  24. Robert Richard Lucas 1997-2002 Director View profile
  25. Adrian Mackenzie 1997-2000 Director View profile
  26. Christopher William Roberts Hayden 1997-2001 Director View profile
  27. Patrick Francis Sheedy 1997-2003 Director View profile
  28. Robert William Rider 1997-1999 Director View profile
  29. John Robert Robinson 1997-2003 Director View profile
  30. Philip John Kenny 2019-2023 Secretary View profile
  31. Glenda Macgeekie 2011-2019 Secretary View profile
  32. Robin Anthony Gregson 2009-2019 Secretary View profile
  33. Stuart Randolph Macdonald 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  34. Deborah Ann Saunders 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  35. Alan Hoggarth Booth 1997-2003 Secretary View profile
  36. Arthur Edward Manning 1997-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
28/10/1997
Registered office
Stoke-on-Trent

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. The Dutton - Forshaw Group Limited is controlled by Lookers Motor Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Lookers Motor Group Limited is controlled by Lookers Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-03-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Lookers Limited is controlled by Global Auto Holdings PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-10-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Global Auto Holdings PLC is controlled by Kuldeep Billan
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-12-23, ceased 2024-08-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Kuldeep Billan.

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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

1.1y median 1.1y
average tenure
1.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Retail and trade 38Dormant 34Business services 8Professional services 6Other services 4Property 4Finance 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03456828
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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