# R & A Farms

## Details

- **Company number:** [02748881](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02748881)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Unlimited Company
- **Incorporated:** 21 Sep 1992
- **Registered office:** BEDFORD OFFICE, WOBURN, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS, MK17 9PQ
- **Nature of business:** [01110](/sic/01110) Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
- **Corporate group:** [Bedford Estates 1971 Settlement No.1 Ltd](/group/99372) (18 companies)


## Previous names

- Woburn Farming Company (until 18 Nov 1999)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur | director | 24 Jun 2024 |  |
| RUSSELL FIFTEENTH DUKE OF BEDFORD, Andrew Ian Henry, The 15th Duke Of Bedford | director | 24 Sep 1992 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.2 Ltd | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 30 Sep 2024 |  |
| Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.1 Ltd | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 30 Sep 2024 |  |
| The 15th Duke Of Bedford Andrew Ian Henry Russell | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 |  |
| Mr Paul Vere Lindon | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Sep 2024 |
| Mr Edmond Conolly Mahony | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Sep 2024 |
| Mr James Fitzroy Dean | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Sep 2024 |
| The Honourable Charles William Cayzer | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Sep 2024 |




## Owned by

R & A Farms → [Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.1 Ltd](/company/15966834)



## Controls

- [R & A Farms Investments Limited](/company/14176337) (14176337)
- [R & A Farms Property Investments Limited](/company/14578979) (14578979)



## Directors' other companies

- [RUSSELL FIFTEENTH DUKE OF BEDFORD, Andrew Ian Henry, The 15th Duke Of Bedford](/person/6178335) - director at [Bedford Estates Settlement London Limited](/company/08584507)
- [RUSSELL FIFTEENTH DUKE OF BEDFORD, Andrew Ian Henry, The 15th Duke Of Bedford](/person/6178335) - director at [The Tavistock Trust For Aphasia](/company/06988361)
- [RUSSELL FIFTEENTH DUKE OF BEDFORD, Andrew Ian Henry, The 15th Duke Of Bedford](/person/6178335) - director at [Woburn Enterprises Limited](/company/00966094)
- [SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur](/person/6178328) - director at [Bedford Estates 1971 Settlement No.2 Ltd](/company/15971459)
- [SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur](/person/6178328) - director at [Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.1 Ltd](/company/15966834)
- [SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur](/person/6178328) - director at [Woburn Enterprises Limited](/company/00966094)
- [SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur](/person/6178328) - director at [Bedford Estates 1987 Settlement No.2 Ltd](/company/15966189)
- [SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur](/person/6178328) - director at [Bedford Estates Settlement London Limited](/company/08584507)
- [SMITH, Edmund Dominic Shurmur](/person/6178328) - director at [Bedford Estates 1971 Settlement No.1 Ltd](/company/15969500)