# Farnell Electronic Components Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00439733](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00439733)
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 26 Jul 1947
- **Registered office:** 150 ARMLEY ROAD, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS12 2QQ
- **Nature of business:** [46520](/sic/46520) Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
- **Corporate group:** [Avnet Bidco Limited](/group/28492) (17 companies)


## Previous names

- Farnell Television Limited (until 31 Jan 1992)
- Farnell Electronic Components Limited (until 21 Jan 1987)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUM, John Brian | director | - | 31 Mar 1994 |
| ELSTONE, Henry Claude | secretary | - | 29 Sep 1994 |
| DANIEL, Allan | director | - | 16 May 1996 |
| TURNER, Neal | director | 19 May 1994 | 4 Jul 1997 |
| GIBBINS, Michael Phillip | director | - | 31 Oct 1997 |
| POULSON, Howard | director | 16 May 1996 | 27 Jan 1998 |
| ASHTON, Dennis | director | 14 Oct 1996 | 31 Mar 1998 |
| BEEVERS, John Eric | director | 3 Aug 1992 | 25 Aug 1998 |
| BAILEY, Anthony | director | 14 Apr 1998 | 28 May 1999 |
| EMPTAGE, Christopher | director | - | 5 Jul 1999 |
| JACKSON, Lawrence | director | 24 Apr 1996 | 5 Jul 1999 |
| BEARD, Larry Charles | director | 14 Oct 1996 | 23 Mar 2000 |
| HEAD, David Trevor | director | - | 30 Apr 2000 |
| MULLEN, Kenneth John | director | 27 Jan 1998 | 28 Jul 2000 |
| MULLEN, Kenneth John | secretary | 29 Sep 1994 | 28 Jul 2000 |
| HIGGINS, Caroline Patricia | secretary | 28 Jul 2000 | 5 Jan 2001 |
| WELCH, Timothy Luke | director | 1 Jun 1999 | 7 Dec 2001 |
| FRASER, Angus Maclean | director | 15 May 2000 | 12 Nov 2002 |
| FISHER, Andrew Charles | director | 16 May 1996 | 16 May 2006 |
| AINSWORTH, Robert David | director | 14 Apr 1998 | 2 Jun 2006 |
| MANSON, Gavin | director | 13 May 2009 | 8 Mar 2013 |
| GASKIN, David John | director | 28 Jul 2000 | 20 Apr 2015 |
| PRIEST, Mark Richard | director | 20 Apr 2015 | 29 Apr 2016 |
| WHITELING, Mark Argent | director | 8 Mar 2013 | 14 Jun 2016 |
| WILLIS, Helen Margaret | director | 29 Apr 2016 | 31 Jan 2017 |
| WEBB, Steven John | director | 16 May 2006 | 31 Jan 2017 |
| WEBB, Steven John | secretary | 5 Jan 2001 | 31 Jan 2017 |
| CROWELL, William Read | director | 31 Jan 2017 | 30 Mar 2018 |
| MCCOY, Michael Ryan, Mr. | director | 31 Jan 2017 | 4 May 2018 |
| MCCOY, Michael Ryan, Mr. | secretary | 31 Jan 2017 | 4 May 2018 |
| MCBETH, Graham | director | 3 Apr 2018 | 22 Aug 2018 |
| BÜHLER, Ralph Lothar | director | 24 Aug 2018 | 15 Feb 2019 |
| HEFFERNAN, Liam Anthony | director | 3 Apr 2018 | 15 Feb 2019 |
| WOODFORD, Harvey | director | 3 Apr 2018 | 30 Apr 2019 |
| EDEN, Richard | director | 25 Feb 2019 | 1 Mar 2021 |
| ROSPEDZIHOWSKI, Robert Jan | director | 25 Feb 2019 | 15 Jun 2023 |
| HODGSON-SILKE, Gavin Peter | director | 1 Mar 2021 |  |
| JACKSON, Darrel Scott | director | 30 Apr 2019 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farnell Holding Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Farnell Electronic Components Limited → [Farnell Holding Limited](/company/00955394) → [Premier Farnell Limited](/company/00876412) → [Avnet Bidco Limited](/company/10323613)



## Controls

- [In One Worldwide Limited](/company/03028189) (03028189)



## Directors' other companies

- [HODGSON-SILKE, Gavin Peter](/person/6422967) - director at [Premier Farnell Limited](/company/00876412)
- [HODGSON-SILKE, Gavin Peter](/person/6422967) - director at [Premier Farnell UK Limited](/company/00860093)
- [JACKSON, Darrel Scott](/person/6422971) - director at [Premier Farnell Limited](/company/00876412)
- [JACKSON, Darrel Scott](/person/6422971) - director at [Premier Farnell UK Limited](/company/00860093)
- [JACKSON, Darrel Scott](/person/6422971) - director at [Avnet (Holdings) Ltd](/company/02341058)
- [JACKSON, Darrel Scott](/person/6422971) - director at [Avnet Holdings UK Limited](/company/05529357)



## Companies at the same address

- [Combined Precision Components Limited](/company/01098045) (01098045)
- [Premier Farnell UK Limited](/company/00860093) (00860093)