Company
Clarke & Simpson Auctions Limited
Clarke & Simpson Auctions Limited is an active UK company (number 08568579), incorporated 2013, with 5 current directors including James William Kipling Durrant and Geoffrey John Barfoot. Source: Companies House, updated 11th October 2026.
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Who leads it
Previous officers 2
- Claire Spencer 2013-2013 View profile
- Joanne Mary Holt 2013-2013 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 13/06/2013
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.
- Christopher Edwin Clarke ceased 2016-04-06
appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Oliver Lloyd Holloway ceased 2016-04-06
appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Clarke & Simpson Auctions Limited
is controlled by Christopher Edwin Clarke
Evidence
ceased appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Christopher Edwin Clarke.
1 other company 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
- £778,433
- Total assets
- £913,330
- Cash
- £339,360
- Employees
- 36
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. 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
- Christopher Edwin Clarke Director · appointed 2013
- James William Kipling Durrant Director · appointed 2021
- Oliver Lloyd Holloway Director · appointed 2013
- Geoffrey John Barfoot Director · appointed 2021
- Hayden Frank Foster Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Christopher Edwin Clarke Director · appointed 2013
- Oliver Lloyd Holloway Director · appointed 2013
- Hayden Frank Foster Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- James William Kipling Durrant Director · appointed 2021
- Geoffrey John Barfoot Director · appointed 2021
Portfolio (3)
- Christopher Edwin Clarke Director · appointed 2013
- Oliver Lloyd Holloway Director · appointed 2013
- Hayden Frank Foster Director · appointed 2013
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
- 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
- 08568579
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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