Company
Acorn the Business Centre LTD
Acorn the Business Centre LTD is an active UK company (number NI029665), incorporated 1995, with 7 current directors including Alison Wallace and John Turley. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alison WallaceDirector · since 2025
- John TurleyDirector · since 2025
- Stephen John FinlayDirector · since 2024
- Claire Elizabeth SugdenDirector · since 2023
- Patrick F MclaughlinDirector · since 2019
- Edward MontgomeryDirector · since 2019
- Mark William MckinneyDirector · since 2015
- Jayne TaggartSecretary · since 2015
Previous officers 28
- John Raymond Armstrong 2015-2025 View profile
- Norman Robert Lynas 2015-2019 View profile
- James Patrick Mccaughan 2015-2018 View profile
- Esther Margaret Dobbin 2015-2017 View profile
- Mary Frances Lundy 2015-2025 View profile
- John Alexander Humphrey 2015-2016 View profile
- Thomas Mcgaffin 2015-2017 View profile
- Michael Douglas Clarke 2015-2015 View profile
- Dr Karise Charlotte Hutchinson 2015-2024 View profile
- Robert Andrew Duncan Orr 2015-2022 View profile
- William Thomas Kennedy 2013-2025 View profile
- Gerard Mcafee 2010-2015 View profile
- Mervyn Storey 2005-2013 View profile
- Pat Hasson 2002-2025 View profile
- Robin Eakin 2002-2004 View profile
- Patrick Hasson 2002-2006 View profile
- Michelle Lestas 2002-2006 View profile
- John Patrick Dempsey 2000-2017 View profile
- James Murray 1998-2002 View profile
- Cecil Cousley 1995-2015 View profile
- Patrick Dennis Hasson 1995-1998 View profile
- Lewis James Richards 1995-2015 View profile
- James Simpson 1995-2015 View profile
- Kenneth Hayes 1995-2006 View profile
- Lewis Richards 1995-2006 View profile
- Joseph Alexander Gaston 1995-1997 View profile
- John Alexander Smyth Campbell 1995-2015 View profile
- James Simpson 1995-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 21/06/1995
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.
- Jayne Taggart
significant influence · notified 2017-06-29
Group
- Acorn the Business Centre LTD
is controlled by Jayne Taggart
Evidence
active significant influence · notified 2017-06-29 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Jayne Taggart.
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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.
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
- Alison Wallace Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Elizabeth Sugden Director · appointed 2023
- Stephen John Finlay Director · appointed 2024
- Patrick F Mclaughlin Director · appointed 2019
- John Turley Director · appointed 2025
- Edward Montgomery Director · appointed 2019
- Mark William Mckinney Director · appointed 2015
Directors past 6 years
- Patrick F Mclaughlin Director · appointed 2019
- Edward Montgomery Director · appointed 2019
- Mark William Mckinney Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (7)
- Alison Wallace Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Elizabeth Sugden Director · appointed 2023
- Stephen John Finlay Director · appointed 2024
- Patrick F Mclaughlin Director · appointed 2019
- John Turley Director · appointed 2025
- Edward Montgomery Director · appointed 2019
- Mark William Mckinney Director · appointed 2015
Left in the last 12 months
- John Raymond Armstrong Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
- Mary Frances Lundy Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2025
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.
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
- NI029665
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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