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Company · Birmingham

Blade Farming Limited

Processing and preserving of meat

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

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Previous officers 11

  1. Thomas Francis Stephenson 2016-2016 Director View profile
  2. Paul John Finnerty 2011-2016 Director View profile
  3. Thomas Joseph Lawrence Kirwan 2011-2024 Director View profile
  4. David Murphy 2011-2013 Director View profile
  5. Gavin Iles 2006-2011 Director View profile
  6. Alan Edwin King 2004-2005 Director View profile
  7. Richard Alexander Phelps 2004-2011 Director View profile
  8. Robert Paul Heffer 2003-2011 Director View profile
  9. Graham Keith Heffer 2003-2011 Director View profile
  10. John Mclaughlin 2011-2021 Secretary View profile
  11. Ian Allan Carswell 2003-2011 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Processing and preserving of meat
Incorporated
25/11/2003
Registered office
Birmingham
Previous names
Blade Farming (South West) Limited (until 04/01/2012)

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. Blade Farming Limited is controlled by Laurence Joseph Goodman
    Evidence
    ceased appoints directors · notified 2021-04-27, ceased 2021-09-02 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Laurence Joseph Goodman.

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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.

2 directors on the board

8.6y median 8.6y
average tenure
14.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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.

Manufacturing 25Professional services 9Utilities 8Business services 4Retail and trade 4Other services 2Transport 2Agriculture 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
04976254
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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