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Abel & Cole Limited

Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 31

  1. Hannah Clare Lury 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Jeanette Sau Man Wong 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. Hannah May Haas 2019-2026 Director View profile
  4. Damian Thomas Paul Dixon 2018-2019 Director View profile
  5. Sarah Jayne Doyle 2017-2020 Director View profile
  6. Emma Healey 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Timothy John Taylor 2016-2020 Director View profile
  8. Mark Newton 2016-2016 Director View profile
  9. Edward Anthony Ingress Bell 2016-2017 Director View profile
  10. David William Balmer 2016-2018 Director View profile
  11. Robert Anthony Grimmer 2016-2017 Director View profile
  12. Kevan Mark Mallinder 2013-2016 Director View profile
  13. Martin Curry 2013-2016 Director View profile
  14. Chris Gort 2012-2016 Director View profile
  15. Claudia Ruane 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Norman Graeme Scott Soutar 2012-2020 Director View profile
  17. Simon Ball 2012-2013 Director View profile
  18. Norman Soutar 2012-2012 Director View profile
  19. Stephen Wallace Richards 2009-2009 Director View profile
  20. Alan David Marriott 2008-2010 Director View profile
  21. Sarah May Koppens 2007-2007 Director View profile
  22. Duncan Alastair Gibson 2006-2009 Director View profile
  23. James Conlan 2004-2005 Director View profile
  24. Ian Alexander Anderson 2004-2004 Director View profile
  25. Stephen Evans 2004-2004 Director View profile
  26. Elinor Joanna Heeks 2004-2007 Director View profile
  27. Keith Russell Abel 2000-2015 Director View profile
  28. Andrew John Green 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  29. Gary Martin Urmston 2012-2019 Secretary View profile
  30. Helen Felicity Older 2005-2012 Secretary View profile
  31. Catherine Abel 2000-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Incorporated
15/02/2000
Registered office
Hessle

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.

Group

  1. Abel & Cole Limited is controlled by William Jackson Food Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. William Jackson Food Group Limited is controlled by William Jackson Foods Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2018-05-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. William Jackson Foods Limited is controlled by Nicholas Alwyn Mclaren Oughtred
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-04-30, ceased 2018-05-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Nicholas Alwyn Mclaren Oughtred.

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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.

Grants received

1 grant · £61,944 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £61,944

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £61,9442023-08-10
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.

4 directors on the board

8y median 8y
average tenure
12.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

1
corporate seats

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.

Manufacturing 1Professional services 1

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

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03926343
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/01/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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