Company
Poppets PRE-School (Little Wakering)
Poppets PRE-School (Little Wakering) is an active UK company (number 08263465), incorporated 2012, with 6 current directors including Lauren Willis and Amy Freeman. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 12
- Caroline Dudbridge 2022-2025 View profile
- Heidi Bartlett 2018-2023 View profile
- Hayley Ewers 2018-2020 View profile
- Jade Markham 2018-2022 View profile
- Vicki Jane Maitland 2017-2018 View profile
- Karen Mary Daley 2016-2020 View profile
- Paul Laurence Scotchford 2013-2017 View profile
- Sarah Slimon 2012-2013 View profile
- Amy Greenwood 2012-2013 View profile
- Amy Freeman 2023-2023 View profile
- Anna Potter 2013-2013 View profile
- Sallu Farmer 2012-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 22/10/2012
- Also a registered charity
- Poppets PRE-School (Little Wakering)
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.
- Nicola Helen Aruvera
appoints directors · notified 2020-09-10 - Karen Mary Daley ceased 2020-09-10
significant influence · notified 2016-10-22
Group
- Poppets PRE-School (Little Wakering)
is controlled by Nicola Helen Aruvera
Evidence
active appoints directors · notified 2020-09-10 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Nicola Helen Aruvera.
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
- £10,221
- Total assets
- £10,221
- Cash
- £13,896
- Employees
- 6
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. 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.
6 directors on the board
- Carole Smith Director · appointed 2018
- Nicola Helen Aruvera Director · appointed 2018
- Lauren Willis Director · appointed 2025
- Amy Freeman Director · appointed 2023
- Charlotte Evans Director · appointed 2022
- Sandra Sutton Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Carole Smith Director · appointed 2018
- Nicola Helen Aruvera Director · appointed 2018
- Sandra Sutton Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Carole Smith Director · appointed 2018
- Nicola Helen Aruvera Director · appointed 2018
- Lauren Willis Director · appointed 2025
- Amy Freeman Director · appointed 2023
- Charlotte Evans Director · appointed 2022
- Sandra Sutton Director · appointed 2020
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08263465
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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