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Baxters Food Group Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 38

  1. Jonathan Firth Akehurst 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Kieran Martin Joseph Slevin 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Ronald Davis 2016-2020 Director View profile
  4. Heather Margaret Ogilvie 2014-2016 Director View profile
  5. Alastair Stewart 2009-2010 Director View profile
  6. Kerr Arthur 2008-2009 Director View profile
  7. James Watson 2007-2008 Director View profile
  8. James Hepburn 2007-2008 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Field 2007-2007 Director View profile
  10. Nicholas John Wheater 2007-2016 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Edwin Mutton 2007-2009 Director View profile
  12. William King 2007-2015 Director View profile
  13. Alan Dickson 2007-2009 Director View profile
  14. George Sewell 2005-2006 Director View profile
  15. David Keith Ratcliffe 2004-2007 Director View profile
  16. Norman Graeme Scott Soutar 2004-2006 Director View profile
  17. Mitchell Fisher 2001-2007 Director View profile
  18. John Boyd Carmichael 1998-2002 Director View profile
  19. Trevor David Oliver Ware 1997-2007 Director View profile
  20. Robert Michael Baxter 1996-2000 Director View profile
  21. Joseph Harry George Barnes 1993-1998 Director View profile
  22. David King 1992-2004 Director View profile
  23. William Brand 1989-1995 Director View profile
  24. Ronald Gordon Lagden 2004 Director View profile
  25. George Ian Adam Baxter 2001 Director View profile
  26. Margaret Baxter 1992 Director View profile
  27. Peter Tester Main 1991 Director View profile
  28. William Gordon Baxter 2003 Director View profile
  29. Robert Henderson Smith 1994 Director View profile
  30. Euphemia Ellen Baxter 2004 Director View profile
  31. James Finlay Weir 1999 Director View profile
  32. Jan Lewando 1998 Director View profile
  33. Lucy Jill Strachan 2015-2019 Secretary View profile
  34. Peter Alexander Mcluckie 2007-2016 Secretary View profile
  35. Gordon Campbell Mckelvie 2006-2026 Secretary View profile
  36. Paul Dominic Pia 2002-2006 Secretary View profile
  37. Ian Anderson 1998-2002 Secretary View profile
  38. William Innes Henderson 1998 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
07/11/1945

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. Baxters Food Group Limited is controlled by W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. W.A. Baxter & Sons (Holdings) Limited is controlled by Audrey Caroline Baxter
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Audrey Caroline Baxter.

11 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

2 grants · £12,390 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 Science, Innovation and Technology · £12,390 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £8,8042023-05-11
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £3,5862023-05-11
Board analysis for researchers

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

20.4y median 21.1y
average tenure
37.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

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.

Professional services 4Manufacturing 3Arts and leisure 1Finance 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

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
SC023572
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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