Company
Fresh Growers Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Dr Martin John Brittain 2009-2011 View profile
- Alan Dennis Hunt 2009-2011 View profile
- Philip Buckton Warham 2009-2013 View profile
- Martin Meredith Evans 2008-2011 View profile
- Timothy Richard Hardstaff 2001-2016 View profile
- John David Templeton 2000-2026 View profile
- John Allan Clark 2000-2001 View profile
- Michael Gordon Chennells 1998-2000 View profile
- Richard Gretton Thomas 1998-2008 View profile
- Maxwell Edward Howard 1998-2011 View profile
- Mark Thomas Wearden 2003-2007 View profile
- Martin Paul Riggall 1998-2003 View profile
- John Frederick Gagg 1998-1999 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/03/1998
Financials
- Total assets
- £668,690
- Cash
- £712,898
- Employees
- 28
- Turnover
- £14,433,455
- Profit/loss
- £81,398
Filed as Medium-sized company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
9 grants · £1,732,057 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,579,559 (4 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £103,496 (3 grants)
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £49,003 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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.
5 directors on the board
- Michael James Hardstaff Director · appointed 2016
- Andrew Robert Howard Director · appointed 2011
- Robert William Marshall Director · appointed 2013
- James Richard Stuart Thomas Director · appointed 2026
- William Harry Eastwood Director · appointed 2006
Directors past 6 years
- Michael James Hardstaff Director · appointed 2016
- Andrew Robert Howard Director · appointed 2011
- Robert William Marshall Director · appointed 2013
- William Harry Eastwood Director · appointed 2006
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Michael James Hardstaff Director · appointed 2016
- Andrew Robert Howard Director · appointed 2011
- Robert William Marshall Director · appointed 2013
- James Richard Stuart Thomas Director · appointed 2026
- William Harry Eastwood Director · appointed 2006
Left in the last 12 months
- John David Templeton Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2026
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.
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
- 03533436
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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