Company · Dronfield
First B2B Limited
Other information technology service activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 7
- Jeantette Parry 2024-2024 View profile
- Tobias Leyland 2024-2025 View profile
- John Graham Dyson 2001-2021 View profile
- John Richard Ward 2001-2011 View profile
- Michael Andrews 2006-2024 View profile
- Kenneth Foster 2002-2008 View profile
- Sarah Frances Burnley 2000-2001 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other information technology service activities
- Incorporated
- 30/06/2000
- Registered office
- Dronfield
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Ian Russell Ford ceased 2025-12-19
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Electronic Commerce Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-12-19
Group
- First B2B Limited
is controlled by Ian Russell Ford
Evidence
ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2025-12-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Ian Russell Ford.
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
- £288,827
- Total assets
- £290,602
- Cash
- £128,359
- Employees
- 0.16
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.
3 directors on the board
- Robert Neil Brown Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Michael Ratcliffe Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Russell Ford Director · appointed 2000
Directors past 6 years
- Ian Russell Ford Director · appointed 2000
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Robert Neil Brown Director · appointed 2025
- Richard Michael Ratcliffe Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Russell Ford Director · appointed 2000
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Tobias Leyland Director · appointed 2024 · 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
- 04024845
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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