Company · Stoke-on-Trent Liquidation

WM Realisations 2025 Limited

Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles

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

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Previous officers 13

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Gloria Withington 2015-2023 Director View profile
Hilary Hughes 2013-2015 Director View profile
David Neil Holland 2005-2011 Director View profile
Alan Maurice Wright 2000-2012 Director View profile
Kim Thompson 1999-2023 Director View profile
Keith Dawson 1998-2005 Director View profile
Edward Michael Turner 1998-2004 Director View profile
Elliot Kingsley Hall 1998-2006 Director View profile
Lawrence Peter Hughes 1997-2000 Director View profile
Gillian Moorcroft 1997 Director View profile
William John Scarlin Moorcroft 2006 Director View profile
Catherine Mary Edwards 2001-2005 Secretary View profile
Chelsea Pottery Limited 2003 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles
Incorporated: 22/04/1913
Registered office: Stoke-on-Trent
Previous names: W. Moorcroft Limited (until 02/07/2025)

Grants received

2 grants · £366,000 total

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Top funders

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £366,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £246,0002020-04-01
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £120,0002020-04-01

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.

5 directors on the board

Eric Knowles Director · appointed 2001
Elise Wendy Adams Director · appointed 2006
Hugh Richard Edwards Director · appointed 1993
Catherine Mary Gage Director · appointed 2013
David Anthony Johnson Director · appointed 2009

21.5y median 20.2y

average tenure

32.6y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Eric Knowles Director · appointed 2001
Elise Wendy Adams Director · appointed 2006
Hugh Richard Edwards Director · appointed 1993
Catherine Mary Gage Director · appointed 2013
David Anthony Johnson Director · appointed 2009

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Eric Knowles Director · appointed 2001
Elise Wendy Adams Director · appointed 2006
Hugh Richard Edwards Director · appointed 1993
Catherine Mary Gage Director · appointed 2013
David Anthony Johnson Director · appointed 2009

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

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: 00128500
Status: Liquidation
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 31/05/2025
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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