Company · Durham
Mayford Equities Limited
Security dealing on own account
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 1
- Paul Andrew Brown 2005-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Security dealing on own account; Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 01/12/2005
- Registered office
- Durham
- Previous names
- Mayfair Equities LTD. (until 26/07/2016)
Chesterford Equities LTD (until 20/09/2009)
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.
- Mary Catherine Best
25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-01-01 - Lucy Victoria Atkinson
25-50% shares · notified 2025-03-24 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Helen Catherine Frankland
25-50% shares · notified 2025-03-24 - Stephen Best
25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-04-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Mayford Equities Limited
is controlled by Mary Catherine Best
Evidence
active 25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Mary Catherine Best.
11 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
- £11,256,251
- Total assets
- £11,282,048
- Employees
- 5
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. 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.
5 directors on the board
- Lucy Victoria Atkinson Director · appointed 2011
- Mary Catherine Best Director · appointed 2017
- Helen Catherine Frankland Director · appointed 2017
- Stephen Best Director · appointed 2015
- Amy Bowman Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Lucy Victoria Atkinson Director · appointed 2011
- Mary Catherine Best Director · appointed 2017
- Helen Catherine Frankland Director · appointed 2017
- Stephen Best Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Amy Bowman Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Lucy Victoria Atkinson Director · appointed 2011
- Mary Catherine Best Director · appointed 2017
- Helen Catherine Frankland Director · appointed 2017
- Stephen Best Director · appointed 2015
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- 05642157
- 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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