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First Rate Exchange Services Limited

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

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Previous officers 62

  1. Martin Anthony Edwards 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Martin John Roberts 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Katie Secretan 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Barbara Jean Brannon 2022-2026 Director View profile
  5. Ciara Moore 2020-2025 Director View profile
  6. Jillian Elizabeth Armstrong 2020-2024 Director View profile
  7. Lisa Cherry 2020-2022 Director View profile
  8. Benjamin Andrew Foat 2020-2024 Director View profile
  9. Ian Michael Brian Mclaughlin 2020-2023 Director View profile
  10. Richard John Worthy Exton 2019-2020 Director View profile
  11. Amanda Jane Jones 2019-2022 Director View profile
  12. Catherine Anne Mayor 2019-2022 Director View profile
  13. Deborah Kay Smith 2018-2020 Director View profile
  14. Neil Anthony Fuller 2018-2020 Director View profile
  15. Owen Pearson Woodley 2017-2020 Director View profile
  16. Amy Burke 2017-2019 Director View profile
  17. Henk Marcel Cecile Van Hulle 2016-2021 Director View profile
  18. Lorraine Anne Smyth 2014-2016 Director View profile
  19. John Tudor 2014-2020 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Howard Matchett 2012-2014 Director View profile
  21. Gary Duncan Fitton 2012-2025 Director View profile
  22. Bjorn Larsson 2012-2017 Director View profile
  23. Kevin John Gilliland 2011-2017 Director View profile
  24. Nicholas Leo Andrew Kennett 2011-2018 Director View profile
  25. Nicholas Gerard Fahy 2011-2014 Director View profile
  26. Michael John Moores 2011-2011 Director View profile
  27. Martin William Moran 2011-2011 Director View profile
  28. Roger William Gale 2011-2019 Director View profile
  29. David John Smith 2010-2010 Director View profile
  30. David Mcgowan 2010-2014 Director View profile
  31. John William Mcloughlin 2009-2012 Director View profile
  32. Paula Anne Vennells 2009-2019 Director View profile
  33. Alan Stephen Wyatt 2009-2009 Director View profile
  34. Patrick Gerard Oliver Waldron 2009-2012 Director View profile
  35. Richard Martin Brown 2008-2010 Director View profile
  36. Mark Derek Logan 2007-2011 Director View profile
  37. Gary Hockey Morley 2007-2010 Director View profile
  38. Gordon Allan Gourlay 2007-2017 Director View profile
  39. Desmond Edward Crowley 2006-2019 Director View profile
  40. Alan Ronald Cook 2006-2010 Director View profile
  41. Thomas Comerford 2004-2008 Director View profile
  42. Gordon Ramsay Steele 2004-2006 Director View profile
  43. Peter Michael Corbett 2004-2007 Director View profile
  44. Denis Patrick Donovan 2003-2006 Director View profile
  45. David John Mills 2002-2004 Director View profile
  46. Garrett George Stokes 2002-2004 Director View profile
  47. Michael David Kennedy 2002-2007 Director View profile
  48. Brian Joseph Goggin 2002-2003 Director View profile
  49. David Albert Cromwell 2002-2004 Director View profile
  50. Jonathan Evans 2001-2002 Director View profile
  51. Michael William Rich 2001-2001 Nominee-director View profile
  52. Simon James Howley 2001-2001 Director View profile
  53. Sarah Isabelle Gray 2025-2025 Secretary View profile
  54. Rachel Scarrabelotti 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  55. Veronica Branton 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  56. Jane Elizabeth Macleod 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  57. Alwen Lyons 2012-2017 Secretary View profile
  58. Andrew Philip Poole 2009-2012 Secretary View profile
  59. Eamon Cahill 2006-2009 Secretary View profile
  60. Colin James Clements 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  61. Janice Myra Stammer 2002-2003 Secretary View profile
  62. Stephen Charles Hill 2001-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
14/09/2001

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. First Rate Exchange Services Limited is controlled by First Rate Exchange Services Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. First Rate Exchange Services Holdings Limited is controlled by Post Office Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Post Office Limited is controlled by Postal Services Holding Company Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-06-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Postal Services Holding Company Limited.

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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.

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.

11 directors on the board

3.6y median 2.2y
average tenure
15.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (11)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Finance 20Business services 2Construction 1Manufacturing 1Retail and trade 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
04287490
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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