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Black Swan Capital LTD
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 10
- Howard Philip Barnes 2025-2026 View profile
- Evan Malcolm Baars 2024-2024 View profile
- Charles Leonard Lake 2021-2024 View profile
- David Nicholas Burns 2019-2021 View profile
- Geoffrey Cornelis Baars 2014-2019 View profile
- Andrew Nuding 2012-2025 View profile
- James Tulley 2012-2019 View profile
- James Buchanan Hughes 1999-2024 View profile
- Paul Thomas Hutton 1999-2025 View profile
- 2020 Secretarial Limited 2006-2007 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
- Incorporated
- 02/07/1999
- Registered office
- Hove
- Previous names
- City Trading Post Limited (until 14/04/2008)
Ownership
Owned by (4) 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.
- Paul Thomas Hutton ceased 2024-06-28
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Richard James Skerritt ceased 2024-06-28
25-50% shares · notified 2024-06-28 - Canary UK Holdco Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2024-06-28 - Sovereign Capital Partners LLP ceased 2024-06-28
50-75% shares · notified 2024-06-28
Group
- Black Swan Capital LTD
is controlled by Paul Thomas Hutton
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2024-06-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Paul Thomas Hutton.
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
- Paul William Feeney Director · appointed 2024
- Grant Thomas Hotson Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Paul William Feeney Director · appointed 2024
- Grant Thomas Hotson Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Howard Philip Barnes Director · appointed 2025 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03799866
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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