Company
Really Useful Products LTD
Really Useful Products LTD is an active UK company (number 03899123), incorporated 1999, with 1 current director, Michael Pickles. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 5
- Katrin Gisela Andersson 2013-2017 View profile
- Julie Helen Walker 2013-2019 View profile
- Neil Andrew Ashton 2013-2014 View profile
- Carole Ann Crawford 2009-2013 View profile
- Jolene Anna Pickles 2000-2009 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/12/1999
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.
- Shaman Investments Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Really Useful Products LTD
is controlled by Shaman Investments Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Shaman Investments Limited
is controlled by Michael Pickles
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Michael Pickles.
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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
- £17,571,652
- Total assets
- £23,078,729
- Cash
- £167,886
- Employees
- 293
- Turnover
- £53,185,603
- Profit/loss
- £709,173
Filed as Full accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. 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
- Michael Pickles Director · appointed 2000
Directors past 6 years
- Michael Pickles Director · appointed 2000
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
- 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
- 03899123
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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