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The Darlington Farmers Auction Mart Company Limited

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

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Previous officers 31

  1. Paul Leslie Gentry 2020-2021 Director View profile
  2. Gerard Ti Lentilo 2019-2023 Director View profile
  3. Phillip Coates 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. John Paul Pulford Allison 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Scott Macfarlane Ferrie 2019-2025 Director View profile
  6. James Jonathon Allison 2019-2019 Director View profile
  7. Mark Peter Dent 2019-2026 Director View profile
  8. Eric Blacklock 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Trevor David Johnson 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Jon Andrew Grieves 2015-2019 Director View profile
  11. Richard Heseltine 2014-2019 Director View profile
  12. Andrew James Armstrong 2014-2019 Director View profile
  13. John Anthony Ward 2008-2019 Director View profile
  14. William Norman Wardman 2008-2014 Director View profile
  15. James Edward Beadle 2008-2019 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Robert Aitken 2004-2012 Director View profile
  17. Andrew Richard Gibson 2004-2007 Director View profile
  18. Michael David Jewitt 1999-2004 Director View profile
  19. Jeffrey Sunter 1999-2017 Director View profile
  20. Denys Smith 1999-2005 Director View profile
  21. Denys Richardson Smith 1999-2004 Director View profile
  22. Geoffrey Walton 1998-2000 Director View profile
  23. John Matthew Walton 1998-2014 Director View profile
  24. Michael Ernest Broad 2017 Director View profile
  25. James Eric Beadle 1999 Director View profile
  26. William George Barker 1994 Director View profile
  27. Arthur Stanley Corner 2008 Director View profile
  28. John Alastair Earle 2004 Director View profile
  29. Katie Durham 2003-2008 Secretary View profile
  30. Phillip Hogarth 1999-2003 Secretary View profile
  31. Paul Carter 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Incorporated
20/03/1926
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.

6 directors on the board

4.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

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.

Agriculture 1Arts and leisure 1Property 1Retail 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.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00212585
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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