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

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Previous officers 37

  1. Sir James Garwood Michael Wates CBE 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Thomas Gordon Martin 2018-2025 Director View profile
  3. Christopher Edward Bailey 2018-2025 Director View profile
  4. Chloe Benest 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Geoffrey Frank Harold Bibby 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Alistair Charles Stewart Macphie 2018-2025 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Steven Linney 2016-2025 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Simon Charles Osborne 2014-2024 Director View profile
  9. Peter Lockhart Armitage 2012-2017 Director View profile
  10. Christopher David Cracknell 2012-2012 Director View profile
  11. Roger Anthony Pedder 2012-2015 Director View profile
  12. Barnaby Nicholas Swire 2012-2021 Director View profile
  13. Rupert Anthony Pearce Gould 2012-2013 Director View profile
  14. Dominic Vaughan Gibbs 2012-2020 Director View profile
  15. James Benedict Amos 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Fiona Katherine Adelaide Gatty 2011-2018 Director View profile
  17. Hugh Daniel Clark 2011-2020 Director View profile
  18. William Ross Warburton 2011-2020 Director View profile
  19. Mark Charles Chetwode Samworth 2010-2019 Director View profile
  20. Alastair Mark Shepherd 2008-2017 Director View profile
  21. Robert Michael Hoare 2008-2011 Director View profile
  22. Arabella Saxon Hoare 2007-2015 Director View profile
  23. Bharat Devshi Jatania 2006-2014 Director View profile
  24. Andrew Eugene Paul Wates 2006-2008 Director View profile
  25. Michael Frank Roberts 2005-2015 Director View profile
  26. Andrew Trace Allan Wates 2004-2010 Director View profile
  27. Roshanak Khalili Dwyer 2003-2013 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Mclaren Oughtred 2001-2012 Director View profile
  29. Francis Alexander Scott 2001-2012 Director View profile
  30. David Wolf Kaye 2001-2011 Director View profile
  31. Geoffrey Alan James Dovey 2001-2003 Director View profile
  32. Martin Richard Bailey 2001-2009 Director View profile
  33. Sunil Ramchand Mohinani 2001-2008 Director View profile
  34. Christopher Frank Hayman 2001-2012 Director View profile
  35. Mark Oliver Winton Hastings 2012-2016 Secretary View profile
  36. Grant Edward Gordon 2004-2012 Secretary View profile
  37. James Ralph Parnell Davies 2001-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
25/07/2001

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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. Family Businesses UK LTD is controlled by Peter Lockhart Armitage
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-06-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Peter Lockhart Armitage.

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

Total assets
£56,408
Cash
£1,222,547
Employees
0.11
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported
2025-12-31Not reportedNot reported
2024-12-31Not reportedNot reported

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

7 directors on the board

2.5y median 1.2y
average tenure
9.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

0
left in the last 12 months

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 13Dormant 5Other services 5Property 3Construction 2Finance 2Tech and media 2Business 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04258666
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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