Company · Royston
The Pure Bicycle Company Limited
The Pure Bicycle Company Limited is an active UK company (number 06704329), incorporated 2008, with 1 current director, Richard Francis Townsend. Source: Companies House, updated 18th October 2026.
Manufacture of bicycles and invalid carriages
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- Robert Allan Vernon 2008-2013 View profile
- Leanne Townsend 2013-2020 View profile
- Alyson Vernon 2008-2013 View profile
- Incorporate Secretariat Limited 2008-2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Manufacture of bicycles and invalid carriages
- Incorporated
- 23/09/2008
- Registered office
- Royston
- Previous names
- The Pure Bike Company Limited (until 16/10/2008)
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.
- Richard Francis Townsend
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Robert Allan Vernon ceased 2020-09-18
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The Pure Bicycle Company Limited
is controlled by Richard Francis Townsend
Evidence
active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Richard Francis Townsend.
Ownership paths are calculated from the active Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings that show a majority (more than 50% of shares or voting rights, or the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors). Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates. Holdings of 25-50% are significant influence or control, not majority control, and are not used to build a group.
Financials
- Net assets
- £39,293
- Total assets
- £43,524
- Employees
- 0.01
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. 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.
1 directors on the board
- Richard Francis Townsend Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Richard Francis Townsend Director · appointed 2011
Gaps to watch
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06704329
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 29/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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