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Company · Buckfastleigh

Riverford Organic Farmers Limited

Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers

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Who leads it

Previous officers 13

  1. Stephen Ross Rapoport 2022-2022 Director View profile
  2. Ian Stuart Tweedale 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Andrew Boteler 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Rachel Cressida Watson 2018-2021 Director View profile
  5. Anthony Roger Buck 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Luke John King 2018-2021 Director View profile
  7. Lee John Caddy 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Mark Christian David Swanwick 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Philip Anthony Clarke 2018-2024 Director View profile
  10. Peter Michael Richardson 2007-2007 Director View profile
  11. Katherine Mary Watson 1999-2013 Director View profile
  12. Katherine Mary Cameron 2013-2018 Secretary View profile
  13. Peter Anselm Frost 2007-2026 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers
Incorporated
12/03/1999
Registered office
Buckfastleigh
Previous names
Riverford Organic Farms Limited (until 31/03/2016)
Riverford Organic Vegetables Limited (until 15/05/2012)

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. Riverford Organic Farmers Limited is controlled by William Guy Singh-Watson
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-06-08 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by William Guy Singh-Watson.

4 other companies 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.

Grants received

7 grants · £75,081 total

360Giving 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £59,735 (2 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £15,346 (5 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,0002023-04-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £36,0882022-11-30
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £23,6472022-11-30
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,9972020-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £5,8422019-04-01
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.

9 directors on the board

7.2y median 4.1y
average tenure
27.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

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.

Business services 3Professional services 3Retail and trade 2Dormant 1Education 1Finance 1Manufacturing 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03731570
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/01/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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