Usborne Limited

Company number: 00879378
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 16 May 1966
Nature of business: Activities of head offices
Corporate group: Thompson Investments (London) Limited (39 companies)

Registered office

Cheveley Park Stud
Duchess Drive
Newmarket
CB8 9DD

Previous names

Usborne PLC (until 16 Aug 2021)
Feedex Limited (until 31 Dec 1979)
Feedex Agricultural Industries Public Limited Company (until 7 Sep 1989)

Officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
SAWYER, Derek William	Director	-	1 Jan 1993
KIRKWOOD, David Jackson	Director	-	14 Dec 1993
STEPHENS, Noel Melville	Director	-	31 Dec 1993
HARRISON, Peter Harold	Secretary	-	31 Mar 1994
HARRISON, Peter Harold	Director	-	19 Jul 1994
FRAME, David William	Director	-	26 Jul 1994
ENDACOTT, Richard John	Secretary	31 Mar 1994	30 Sep 1994
ENDACOTT, Richard John	Director	1 Jan 1994	30 Sep 1994
KING, Terence Frederick	Director	1 Jan 1994	31 May 1995
ADAMS, Michael James	Director	-	18 Apr 1997
AIKEN, William John, Mr.	Secretary	30 Sep 1994	20 May 1998
AIKEN, William John, Mr.	Director	25 Jul 1994	20 May 1998
PARKINSON OF CARNFORTH, Cecil Edward, Rt Hon Lord	Director	-	1 Oct 1998
MARGESSON, Richard David	Director	21 Oct 1992	1 Oct 1998
RIDD, John Leslie	Director	26 Sep 1996	30 Sep 2008
THOMPSON, David Brian	Director	1 Oct 1998	29 Dec 2020
THOMPSON, Patricia	Director	4 Apr 2017
WOODWARD, Katharine Patricia	Director	4 Apr 2017
DANT, Christopher James	Secretary	20 May 1998
COPUS, Roy Bernard	Director	5 Jul 1994

Control

Name	Nature of control	Notified	Ceased
Thompson Investments (London) Limited	Ownership Of Shares 75 To 100 Percent	6 Apr 2016

Accounts

Year ended
30 Sep 2024
30 Sep 2023
30 Sep 2022
30 Sep 2021
30 Sep 2020
30 Sep 2019
30 Sep 2018
30 Sep 2017
30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2015
30 Sep 2014
30 Sep 2013
30 Sep 2012
30 Sep 2011
30 Sep 2010
30 Sep 2009
30 Sep 2008
30 Sep 2007
30 Sep 2006
30 Sep 2005
30 Sep 2004
30 Sep 2003
30 Sep 2002
30 Sep 2001
30 Sep 2000
30 Sep 1999
30 Sep 1998
30 Jun 1997
30 Jun 1996
30 Jun 1995
30 Jun 1994
30 Jun 1993
31 Dec 1991
31 Dec 1990
31 Dec 1989
31 Dec 1988
31 Dec 1987
31 Dec 1986

Connections

Owned by

Usborne Limited → Thompson Investments (London) Limited

Controls

Beverley Analytical Laboratories Limited (01203357)
Daisy Hill Feeds Limited (00984388)
Exegrain Limited (00961865)
Feedex International Limited (01131913)
HFS 1991 Limited (00486463)
Q Feeds Limited (01051347)
Richard Beadle Livestock Limited (02407145)
Robert Adams & Co Limited (01921090)
Soil Services Limited (02395778)
Top Line Fertiliser Limited (02951726)

Directors’ other companies

COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Usborne Home Grown Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Worthstrike Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Daisy Hill Feeds Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Robert Adams & Co Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Cheveley Park Racing Stables Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at George Wickham Partners Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Usborne Properties Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Exegrain Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Usborne Grain Limited
COPUS, Roy Bernard - Director at Usborne Futures Limited

Companies at the same address

Arrowsmith Insurance Services Limited (02659913)
Beverley Analytical Laboratories Limited (01203357)
Calder House Developments Limited (02236985)
Calder House Estates Limited (02220078)
Calder House Properties Limited (02225951)
Canyon Trading (UK) Limited (02482767)
Cheveley Farming Limited (01917817)
Cheveley Farms (No.2) Limited (04679311)
Cheveley Farms Limited (01243667)
Cheveley Holdings Limited (01024686)

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