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Shaws Since1897 Limited

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. James David Platt 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Todd Richard Teter 2023-2025 Director View profile
  3. Brittany Kathryn Crawford 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Cheri Marie Phyfer 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Ian Ross Walker 2019-2022 Director View profile
  6. Steven James Geary 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Ian Fink 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. John D Lee 2017-2020 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Simon Clarfield 2015-2017 Director View profile
  10. David James Dare 2015-2018 Director View profile
  11. Max William Simon Ashton 2015-2017 Director View profile
  12. Katherine Anne Hughes 2015-2017 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
13/01/2015

Ownership

Owned by 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.

  • 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.
  • 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

  1. Shaws Since1897 Limited is controlled by Max Ashton
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-07-14 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Max Ashton.

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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.

Financials

Net assets
-£6,350,733
Total assets
£5,709,646
Cash
£1,051,294
Employees
114
Turnover
£8,156,021
Profit/loss
-£658,599

Filed as Full accounts.

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.

3 directors on the board

1.5y median 1.4y
average tenure
2.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

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 12Manufacturing 11Business services 6Retail and trade 5Dormant 3Professional services 3

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
09386571
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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