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Company · Retford

Balens Limited

Activities of insurance agents and brokers

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

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Previous officers 16

  1. Ryan Christopher Brown 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Matthew Richard Schofield 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Paul Antony Gerada 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Charles Anthony Edward Burgess 2023-2026 Director View profile
  5. Brendan James Mcmanus 2023-2023 Director View profile
  6. Paul Mark Johnson 2023-2024 Director View profile
  7. Timothy John Chadwick 2023-2024 Director View profile
  8. Joanne Payne 2023-2024 Director View profile
  9. David James Winkett 2023-2024 Director View profile
  10. Nicholas David Mountifield 2022-2024 Director View profile
  11. Diane Elizabeth Balen 2015-2022 Director View profile
  12. Joshua Michael Balen 2015-2023 Director View profile
  13. Patricia Joan Bernard 2014-2021 Director View profile
  14. Joseph Lee Balen 2011-2023 Director View profile
  15. David Edwin Balen 2003-2023 Director View profile
  16. Patricia Joan Bernard 2003-2022 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Incorporated
14/10/2003
Registered office
Retford

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.

  • David Edwin Balen ceased 2022-10-11
    50-75% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2016-10-14
  • PIB Group Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-10-11

Group

  1. Balens Limited is controlled by David Edwin Balen
    Evidence
    ceased 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2016-10-14, ceased 2022-10-11 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David Edwin Balen.

4 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.

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.

5 directors on the board

1.2y median 1.2y
average tenure
2.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (5)

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.

Finance 50Professional services 6Business services 5Tech and media 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
04931050
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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