# Usborne Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00879378](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00879378)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 16 May 1966
- **Registered office:** CHEVELEY PARK STUD, DUCHESS DRIVE, NEWMARKET, CB8 9DD
- **Nature of business:** [70100](/sic/70100) Activities of head offices
- **Corporate group:** [Thompson Investments (London) Limited](/group/4088) (39 companies)


## 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 |  |




## Owned by

Usborne Limited → [Thompson Investments (London) Limited](/company/02193282)



## Controls

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



## Directors' other companies

- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Usborne Grain Limited](/company/00563536)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [George Wickham Partners Limited](/company/01066886)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Usborne Properties Limited](/company/01388743)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Daisy Hill Feeds Limited](/company/00984388)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Robert Adams & Co Limited](/company/01921090)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Usborne Home Grown Limited](/company/01316333)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Union Square Properties Limited](/company/02071653)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Cheveley Park Racing Stables Limited](/company/01202056)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Exegrain Limited](/company/00961865)
- [COPUS, Roy Bernard](/person/5563391) - director at [Worthstrike Limited](/company/01263887)



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