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Company · Hebden Bridge

Vocation Brewery Limited

Manufacture of beer

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 3

  1. Richard Cotton 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jaclyn Birch 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Richard Allen Stenson 2017-2023 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of beer
Incorporated
25/02/2014
Registered office
Hebden Bridge
Previous names
Brewery on the Hill Limited (until 09/02/2015)
Rocket Brewery Limited (until 10/12/2014)
Friendly Wolf Limited (until 21/08/2014)

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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 Allen Stenson ceased 2023-10-05
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2021-12-16
  • Vocation Group Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-12-16
  • BGF Investment Management Limited ceased 2024-05-23
    25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2021-12-16
  • 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.
  • Possible match - 3 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 3 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Vocation Brewery Limited is controlled by Richard Allen Stenson
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2021-12-16, ceased 2023-10-05 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Richard Allen Stenson.

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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.

4 directors on the board

4.7y median 2.6y
average tenure
12.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Hospitality 9Finance 4Professional services 4Dormant 3Retail and trade 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
08910830
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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