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Ocean Cruising Club Limited

Ocean Cruising Club Limited is an active UK company (number 04919549), incorporated 2003, with 7 current directors including George Thomas Ehlers and Moira Bentzel. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 11th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 29

  1. Anthony Charles Griffiths 2020-2026 Director View profile
  2. Zdenka Seiner Griswold 2019-2024 Director View profile
  3. Paul Brian Furniss 2019-2021 Director View profile
  4. Jennifer Helen Crickmore-Thompson 2018-2020 Director View profile
  5. Timothy James Bridgen 2018-2020 Director View profile
  6. Simon Currin 2017-2024 Director View profile
  7. Daria Olena Blackwell 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Peter Hugo Paternotte 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Anthony David Gooch 2015-2018 Director View profile
  10. Anne Olivia Mary Hammick 2014-2019 Director View profile
  11. Peter David Whatley 2013-2015 Director View profile
  12. Richard Ernst Guckel 2012-2017 Director View profile
  13. John Francis Franklin 2012-2016 Director View profile
  14. John Adrian Whyte 2012-2014 Director View profile
  15. Sally Anne Currin 2011-2016 Director View profile
  16. Dr Mark Burton Holbrook 2010-2014 Director View profile
  17. William Russell Mclaren 2009-2012 Director View profile
  18. Curtis, Arthur George, Col 2006-2013 Director View profile
  19. Martin Harford Thomas 2006-2009 Director View profile
  20. Alan John Taylor 2003-2006 Director View profile
  21. Andrew Dalton Bray 2003-2006 Director View profile
  22. David Caukill 2003-2011 Director View profile
  23. Howard Cecil Charles Gosling 2003-2012 Director View profile
  24. Erik George Eduard Jacques Vischer 2003-2010 Director View profile
  25. Michael Paynter Grubb 2003-2004 Director View profile
  26. James Thorne 2003-2003 Director View profile
  27. Richard Hastings Anderton 2005-2014 Secretary View profile
  28. Anthea Joyce Cornell 2003-2005 Secretary View profile
  29. Serena Maude Angela Hedley Dent 2003-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/10/2003

Ownership

Owned by (13) 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. Ocean Cruising Club Limited is controlled by Richard Ernst Guckel
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-04-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Ernst Guckel.

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
£354,012
Total assets
£359,424
Cash
£227,108
Employees
3
Turnover
£242,270
Profit/loss
-£911

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-11-30£242,270£354,012
2025-11-30£242,270£354,012

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-11-30. 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

3.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
5.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

0
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.

Professional 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
04919549
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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