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The Message Trading Company Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Colin Hardicre 2017-2022 Director View profile
  2. Reverend Michael James Breen 1999-2004 Director View profile
  3. Ian Rowbottom 2011-2011 Secretary View profile
  4. Frank Nicholas Green 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  5. Samuel John Ward 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  6. Robert Firth Johnson 2001-2002 Secretary View profile
  7. Alan Nicol Thomson Morton 1999-2017 Secretary View profile
  8. Richard Thomas Johnson 1999-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/10/1999

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.

  • The Message Trust
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. The Message Trading Company Limited is controlled by The Message Trust
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Message Trust.

2 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.

Financials

Net assets
£5,000
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Dormant company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. 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.

1 directors on the board

4.4y median 4.4y
average tenure
4.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03863509
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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