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Ilchester Trustee Company Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 6

  1. Mark Alastair Henderson 2005-2025 Director View profile
  2. Henry Merton Henderson 2002-2005 Director View profile
  3. Sir Simon Michael Hornby 2002-2004 Director View profile
  4. Wilsons (Company Agents) Limited 2002-2002 Corporate-nominee-director View profile
  5. Robert Ian Sanderson 2002-2019 Secretary View profile
  6. Wilsons (Company Secretaries) Limited 2002-2002 Corporate-nominee-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/07/2002

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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. Ilchester Trustee Company Limited is controlled by John Arthur Courtney Drake
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by John Arthur Courtney Drake.

3 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
£3
Total assets
£3
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-03-31. 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

12.7y median 13.3y
average tenure
23.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity
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.

Construction 3Finance 3

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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04477554
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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