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Company · Brackley

Avara Foods Limited

Processing and preserving of poultry meat

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. David Hidson 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Deborah Jane Foster 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. David Keeble 2018-2021 Director View profile
  4. Philip Edmund Proud 2018-2025 Director View profile
  5. Philip Murray Alexander Davidson 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. John William Reed 2018-2023 Director View profile
  7. Ian James Faccenda 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Dawkins 2017-2025 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Processing and preserving of poultry meat
Incorporated
20/09/2017
Registered office
Brackley
Previous names
Viking Foods (Intermediate Holdco) Limited (until 29/01/2018)

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

Group

  1. Avara Foods Limited is controlled by Avara Foods Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-09-20 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Avara Foods Holdings Limited is controlled by Ian James Faccenda
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-09-08, ceased 2017-10-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Ian James Faccenda.

38 other companies 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.

Grants received

5 grants · £253,312 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £203,746 (4 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £49,567

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £36,3252022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £119,1612022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £23,4452021-11-01
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £49,5672021-06-17
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £24,8152018-04-01
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.

7 directors on the board

3.8y median 1.4y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (7)

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.

Manufacturing 21Dormant 7Education 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1Utilities 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
10973868
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
28/02/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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