# Distinctly British Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [04052384](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04052384)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 14 Aug 2000
- **Registered office:** UNIT 2A, BOWLES WELL GARDENS, FOLKESTONE, CT19 6PQ
- **Nature of business:** [62090](/sic/62090) Other information technology service activities
- **Corporate group:** [Ancestors Limited](/group/26560) (3 companies)


## Previous names

- Countryshopping Ltd (until 21 Sep 2000)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARSONS, Timothy | director | 16 Mar 2022 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Andrew Defty | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 23 Jun 2021 |
| Mrs Pornmanee Humphery-Smith | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 14 Aug 2020 | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Miss Victoria Humphery-Smith | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 14 Aug 2020 | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Ancestors Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 14 Mar 2022 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | -£121,931 | £487 | - |
| 31 Dec 2024 | -£118,051 | £1,847 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | -£96,054 | £1,896 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | -£92,974 | - | 0 |
| 28 Feb 2021 | -£93,476 | £5,006 | 0 |
| 28 Feb 2019 | £20,735 | - | - |
| 28 Feb 2018 | £96,502 | - | - |



## Owned by

Distinctly British Limited → [Ancestors Limited](/company/09186326)




## Directors' other companies

- [PARSONS, Timothy](/person/6539147) - llp-designated-member at [Ancestors Of Dover Partners LLP](/company/OC386873)