Company
Aardvark Safaris Limited
Aardvark Safaris Limited is an active UK company (number 03800138), incorporated 1999, with 3 current directors including Joanna Ainscough and Richard Preston. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
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Who leads it
Previous officers 13
- Margaret Walker Mcpherson 2024-2025 View profile
- Susan Roseann Besser 2016-2018 View profile
- James Ian Mackenzie Gully 2015-2024 View profile
- Christopher Gwyn Saunders-Davies 2011-2013 View profile
- Emma Spence 2010-2014 View profile
- Charlotte Jane Opperman 2009-2014 View profile
- Sophie Brewer 2009-2016 View profile
- Christopher John Alphonse Eker 2006-2010 View profile
- John Andrew Geddes Spence 1999-2016 View profile
- Mark Holmes Hannah 1999-2014 View profile
- Richard Edward Denison Smith 1999-2023 View profile
- David Kenneth Brewer 1999-2011 View profile
- Emma Louise Spence 1999-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 02/07/1999
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Alice Gully ceased 2025-12-19
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Richard Edward Denison Smith ceased 2023-06-23
50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Aardvark Trustee Company Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-12-19
Group
- Aardvark Safaris Limited
is controlled by Alice Gully
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-12-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Alice Gully.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £901,210
- Total assets
- £943,827
- Cash
- £2,526,427
- Employees
- 18
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Small company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
3 directors on the board
- Joanna Ainscough Director · appointed 2024
- Alice Gully Director · appointed 2012
- Richard Preston Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Alice Gully Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Joanna Ainscough Director · appointed 2024
- Alice Gully Director · appointed 2012
- Richard Preston Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Margaret Walker Mcpherson Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03800138
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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