Company
Backhouse Solicitors Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 5
- Karen Angela Farrow 2020-2022 View profile
- Ann Coutts 2019-2020 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Searl 2017-2026 View profile
- Nicholas Francis Welch 2015-2020 View profile
- Stephen Richard Chesney 2015-2018 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 14/08/2009
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.
- Minal Backhouse
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Nicholas Francis Welch ceased 2020-05-28
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Stephen Richard Chesney ceased 2018-10-09
significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - Elizabeth Jane Searl ceased 2025-04-17
significant influence · notified 2019-02-25
Group
- Backhouse Solicitors Limited
is controlled by Minal Backhouse
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Minal Backhouse.
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
- £1,033,517
- Total assets
- £1,065,641
- Cash
- £622,956
- Employees
- 0.65
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
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.
4 directors on the board
- Minal Backhouse Director · appointed 2009
- Sarah Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Colin Paul Murphy Director · appointed 2020
- Catherine Alice Blair Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Minal Backhouse Director · appointed 2009
- Colin Paul Murphy Director · appointed 2020
- Catherine Alice Blair Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Sarah Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Colin Paul Murphy Director · appointed 2020
- Catherine Alice Blair Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Minal Backhouse Director · appointed 2009
Left in the last 12 months
- Elizabeth Jane Searl Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06990670
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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