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Company · Colchester Liquidation

Champain Financial Services Limited

Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 7

  1. Craig Fitzsimons 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Peter Stephen O'Sullivan 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Ian Robert Shippey 2010-2023 Director View profile
  4. Michael Hugh Bateman-Champian 2009-2025 Director View profile
  5. Antony Victor Hawker 2009-2009 Director View profile
  6. Catherine Maria Bateman-Champain 2009-2023 Secretary View profile
  7. Palmerston Secretaries Limited 2009-2009 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Incorporated
23/01/2009
Registered office
Colchester

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. Champain Financial Services Limited is controlled by Benchmark Financial Planning Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-12-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Benchmark Financial Planning Limited is controlled by Benchmark Capital Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Benchmark Capital Limited is controlled by Ian Robert Cooke
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-01-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ian Robert Cooke.

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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.

1 directors on the board

1.4y median 1.4y
average tenure
1.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

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.

Finance 22Business services 2Professional services 2Tech 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.

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
06800575
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2025
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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