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Who leads it
Previous officers 18
- Paul Martin Baker 2021-2025 View profile
- Anthony Liam Grace 2018-2021 View profile
- David Gregory Bauernfeind 2016-2018 View profile
- Nicholas John Gresham 2010-2016 View profile
- Mark Richard Cashmore 2006-2018 View profile
- Alan John Humphrey 2006-2010 View profile
- Alan James Stewart 2005-2006 View profile
- John Anthony Warren 2001-2005 View profile
- Michael Cullen 2001-2002 View profile
- Mark John Hicklin 2001-2002 View profile
- Michael Probert 2000-2002 View profile
- Ian Houghton 2000-2006 View profile
- Donald Mackellar Kirkwood 2000-2001 View profile
- Christopher John Tait 2000-2001 View profile
- Lloyd John Wigglesworth 2000-2001 View profile
- Christopher Robin Stephens 2000-2002 View profile
- Mark Hopwood Charlton 2006-2011 View profile
- Kathryn Ann Fallon 2001-2006 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 07/02/2000
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.
- Smiths News Trading Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Connect2U Limited
is controlled by Smiths News Trading Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Smiths News Trading Limited
is controlled by Smiths News Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Smiths News Holdings Limited
is controlled by Smiths News PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Smiths News PLC.
22 other companies in this group
- Bluebox Systems Group Limited
- Smiths News Distribution Limited
- Smiths News Instore Limited
- Dawson Holdings Limited
- Phantom Media Limited
- Dawson Media Services Limited
- Rascal Solutions Limited
- Dawson Guarantee Company Limited
- Smiths News Trading Limited
- Martin Lavell Limited
- Dawson Media Direct Limited
- FMD Limited
- Connect Limited
- Bluebox Aviation Systems Limited
- The BIG Green Parcel Holding Company Limited
- Smiths News Investments Limited
- Smiths News Holdings Limited
- Open-Projects Limited
- Dawson Limited
- Wordery.COM Limited
- Bluebox Avionics Limited
- Smiths News PLC
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
- £31
- Total assets
- £31
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).
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.
2 directors on the board
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
Directors past 6 years
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Richard Henry Arden Clay Director · appointed 2026
- Jonathan Michael Bunting Director · appointed 2010
Left in the last 12 months
- Paul Martin Baker Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
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
- 03920619
- 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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