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Francis Construction Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 9

  1. Alan Wooldridge 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Jamie Marcus Turpin 2016-2021 Director View profile
  3. Christopher Robert Anderson 2012-2020 Director View profile
  4. Mark Catton 2012-2013 Director View profile
  5. Stewart James Smith 2002-2015 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Mark Burroughs 1994-2000 Director View profile
  7. Etienne Rodney William Barrett 1994 Director View profile
  8. David William Jermyn Barrett 1994-2025 Secretary View profile
  9. Colin Ernest Richard Barrett 1994 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract · £727,480 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Reading Borough Council - Ridgeway Primary School Enabling Works Buyer: WESTWORKS PROCUREMENT LIMITED £727,480 2026-06-22 CPV 50000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Reading Borough Council is seeking to appoint an experienced contractor to deliver enabling works at Ridgeway Primary School as part of its wider education improvement programme.

About

Incorporated
30/12/1943

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. Francis Construction Limited is controlled by Colthrop Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Colthrop Holdings Limited is controlled by David William Jermyn Barrett
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares (trust), 75-100% voting (trust) · notified 2016-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David William Jermyn Barrett.

5 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.

Financials

Net assets
£2,082,705
Cash
£2,693,063
Employees
57
Turnover
£20,787,722
Profit/loss
£158,206

Filed as Full accounts.

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2025-12-31£20,787,722£2,082,705
2025-12-31£20,787,722£2,082,705
2024-12-31£35,747,549£2,005,260

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

4 directors on the board

13.5y median 8.6y
average tenure
34.1y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

1
also govern a charity
1
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.

Construction 7Finance 5Property 4Manufacturing 2

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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00384619
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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