YATTENDON GROUP PLC
YATTENDON GROUP PLC is a public limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 00288238, with its registered office at Barn Close, Yattendon, Newbury, Berkshire, RG18 0UX. Companies House records its status as Active and its nature of business as SIC 64209, activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified. It is a holding company whose group accounts describe operations in the United Kingdom and North America spanning marina operations, farming and rural estate management, food retail, printing and property development. Its shares are not admitted to trading on any market; its confirmation statements file shareholder information as a non-traded company.
The company was incorporated on 18 May 1934 under the Companies Act 1929 as M.D.T. Investment Trust Limited, according to the certificate of incorporation on its Companies House file. By January 1992 it was named Yattendon Investment Trust, and on 28 January 1992 the registrar issued a certificate of re-registration as a public company in the name Yattendon Investment Trust PLC. Its members resolved on 10 September 2010 to adopt the name Yattendon Group PLC, effective 20 September 2010. The date of the earlier change from M.D.T. Investment Trust Limited was not established from the documents reviewed.
Yattendon Group plc’s audited group accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026, filed on 9 September 2026, describe a marina business operating 18 marinas in southern England with interests in marina operations in continental Europe; an estate of about 9,500 acres in West Berkshire with in-hand and let farming, forestry and property lettings; a game and meat wholesaler with its own farm shop; a brewery trading as the Renegade Brewery; a commercial and residential property business in British Columbia and Seattle; and a newspaper printing operation in Cambridge that prints for local news publishers.
Group figures (consolidated, year ended 31 March 2026): turnover was £84.6m (2025: £84.3m), of which marina activities £44.2m, food and drink sales £18.7m, rural estate activities £9.9m, North American property £8.3m and printing £3.2m. By geography, £74.2m arose in the United Kingdom, £8.3m in North America and £2.1m in continental Europe. Group profit before tax fell to £5.8m from £14.1m; the accounts attribute this principally to a £6.2m decrease in the fair value of investment property, against a £2.0m increase in the prior year. Group net assets were £369.2m (2025: £366.3m) and year-end cash £37.9m. The group employed an average of 436 people (2025: 433), of whom 10 were employed by the company itself. No ordinary dividend was paid or proposed for either year.
The company’s full filing history, 215 entries read page by page on 15 October 2026, contains no insolvency, administration or striking-off filing.
Sources
- Companies House, company overview for 00288238 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238 – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, filing history for 00288238 (all pages) – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Certificate of incorporation, 18 May 1934 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MTUxMzU3MDczYWRpcXprY3g/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Certificate of re-registration as a public company, 28 January 1992 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/OTk3NjEwNzVhZGlxemtjeA/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Special resolution on change of name, 10 September 2010 (CERTNM filed 20 September 2010) – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzAyMzU4OTg3NWFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Registrar’s statement of fact on the 2010 name, 27 September 2010 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzAyNDA3NzE2NGFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Group accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 (strategic report, notes 5 and 7), filed 9 September 2026 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzU0MzEwNjU2NWFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of Yattendon Group plc
As an unlisted company, Yattendon Group plc files its complete shareholder list with Companies House in its confirmation statements. The latest, made up to 26 March 2026, records issued share capital of 12,308,284 shares of £1 each in three classes: 5,258,284 A ordinary shares and 50,000 ordinary shares, both carrying full voting, dividend and capital rights, and 7,000,000 redeemable cumulative preference shares carrying a 6% preferred dividend and no votes.
All 5,308,284 A ordinary and ordinary shares, and so 100% of the voting capital, are registered jointly to R P R Iliffe, E R Iliffe and F Austin, who also hold 6,000,000 of the preference shares (85.7% of that class). The remaining 1,000,000 preference shares are held in four registered lots of 250,000 shares (3.6% of the class each) by Edward Richard Iliffe, Robert Peter Richard Iliffe, Rosemary Anne Iliffe and Teleri Iliffe. Measured across all 12,308,284 shares, the joint holding is 91.9% of issued share capital and each lot of 250,000 is 2.0%.
The statement of 28 March 2025 listed only the joint holding. A return of allotment dated 24 November 2025 records 1,000,000 further preference shares, taking issued capital from 11,308,284 to 12,308,284 shares.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
The register of persons with significant control has one active entry, notified on 6 April 2016: “R P R Iliffe, E R Iliffe, F Austin”, recorded with legal form Trust and governing law United Kingdom. Each nature-of-control limb is qualified “with control over the trustees of a trust”: ownership of shares 75% or more, ownership of voting rights 75% or more and the right to appoint or remove the board, plus significant influence or control over the trustees. The register therefore identifies the registrable controllers as the trustees of a trust, consistent with the joint holding in the confirmation statement. It publishes neither the name of the trust nor its beneficiaries, and UK PSC entries give bands rather than exact figures, so no individual’s effective ownership percentage can be calculated and no individual beneficial owner is named here. Information date: 15 October 2026.
Data availability
Shareholders: Full, from the 26 March 2026 confirmation statement of a non-traded company. Beneficial ownership: Partial, because the trust’s beneficiaries are not on the public record. The provider table on this page reproduces only the three rows of the March 2025 statement: it omits the four 250,000-share holdings, gives the preference holding as 53.06% (6,000,000 of 11,308,284, the total before the November 2025 allotment) rather than 85.7% of the class, splits one 100% voting holding into 99.06% and 0.94%, and types the joint trustee holding as an individual.
Sources
- Companies House, confirmation statement made up to 26 March 2026 (filed 26 March 2026) – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzUxMjczODI4MmFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, confirmation statement made up to 28 March 2025 (filed 31 March 2025) – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzQ2MDU0ODU2MmFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, SH01 return of allotment, 24 November 2025 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzQ5MDU4MjMxMmFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, persons with significant control register for 00288238 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/persons-with-significant-control – retrieved 2026-10-15
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| R P R ILIFFE, E R ILIFFE, F AUSTIN | 99.1% | Companies House | |
| R P R ILIFFE, E R ILIFFE, F AUSTIN | 53.1% | Companies House | |
| R P R ILIFFE, E R ILIFFE, F AUSTIN | 0.9% | Companies House |
Officers
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Directors and officers of Yattendon Group plc
Companies House lists 20 appointments at Yattendon Group plc: 6 current and 14 ended. The current board has five directors: Robert Peter Richard Iliffe, styled The Right Honourable and listed in the 2026 group accounts as Lord Iliffe, Chairman, whose appointment the register dates only as “appointed before 14 December 1990”; Michael Gerald Spencer, appointed 30 June 1992; Edward Richard Iliffe, appointed 6 February 1998; Francois Alexandre Austin, appointed 16 December 2011; and Stephen Paul Sadler, appointed 3 June 2013. Catherine Elinor Fleming has been company secretary since 31 August 2012. The directors and secretary named in the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 match the register.
The register records British nationality for all five directors, as filed, and country of residence as England for four of them and United Kingdom for one; it shows no nationality for the secretary. Each current appointment uses the registered office at Barn Close, Yattendon as its correspondence address, which is a service address. The 14 ended appointments comprise 11 directorships and three secretaryships, which ended between 1994 and 2018.
Recent officer changes
- David Sidney Fordham ceased to be a director on 30 June 2018 (TM01 filed 2 July 2018).
- Simon Talbot Gray ceased to be a director on 31 January 2015 (TM01 filed 2 February 2015).
- Michael John Lawrence ceased to be a director on 31 December 2014 (TM01 filed 5 January 2015).
The filing history, read in full, shows no officer appointment or termination after 2 July 2018; the only later officer filing is a change of a director’s particulars on 5 February 2025.
Data availability
Full: Companies House publishes current and former officers with appointment and resignation dates, nationality and country of residence, and month and year of birth (not reproduced here). Appointments made before the electronic register began are shown only as “appointed before” a date. The provider officer rows on this page hold 5 records while claiming 33 in total against 20 register appointments; they list Edward Richard Iliffe twice, give Lord Iliffe an exact appointment date of 14 December 1990 that the register does not assert, and omit Stephen Paul Sadler and the company secretary.
Sources
- Companies House, officers register for 00288238 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/officers – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, filing history for 00288238 (all pages) – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Group accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026, directors and advisers page, filed 9 September 2026 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzU0MzEwNjU2NWFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
Group Structure
Group structure of Yattendon Group plc
Yattendon Group plc is the parent company of its group and has no corporate parent: its voting shares are registered to individuals acting as trustees, not to a company. Note 35 to its group accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026 lists 6 direct subsidiaries and 30 subsidiaries held through other group companies, all wholly owned except Sant Carles Marina SA in Spain (51%). It also lists one 50% joint venture in Great Britain, 10 associated limited partnerships in Canada and the United States held at 20% to 85%, and a 20% unlisted investment.
The six direct subsidiaries are listed below; the UK ones each name Yattendon Group plc as their person with significant control. Westminster Management Corporation (Canada), which the strategic report describes as the property business in British Columbia and Seattle, is absent from the provider graph, as are four indirect subsidiaries sharing its Vancouver registered address: Mottistone Holdings Limited, 221 West Esplanade Co. Limited and WMC Developments CPI Limited in Canada, and WMC Property Investments Inc in the United States. For two companies the filings point in different directions, and both readings are given in the table.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDL Marinas Group Limited | United Kingdom | 01949111 | Direct subsidiary | 100% ordinary shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| Yattendon Estates Limited | United Kingdom | 00550481 | Direct subsidiary | 100% ordinary and preference shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| Iliffe Print Cambridge Limited | United Kingdom | 00240968 | Direct subsidiary | 100% ordinary shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| Iliffe News and Media Limited | United Kingdom | 00685748 | Direct subsidiary | 100% ordinary and preference shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| The Yattendon Brewing Company Ltd | United Kingdom | 13791606 | Direct subsidiary | 100% ordinary shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| Westminster Management Corporation | Canada | Not stated in the accounts | Direct subsidiary | 100% ordinary and preference shares | Not verified in a Canadian register | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| Sant Carles Marina SA | Spain | Not verified | Indirect subsidiary | 51% ordinary shares | Not verified in the Spanish register | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
| LSN Media Limited | United Kingdom | 02035587 | Subsidiary; the accounts list it as held through subsidiary undertakings, while its PSC register (notified 26 March 2021) names Yattendon Group plc | 100% ordinary shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts); PSC 15 Oct 2026 |
| YG Developments Limited | United Kingdom | 02148690 | Subsidiary; named in note 34 (audit exemption guaranteed by Yattendon Group plc) and its PSC register (notified 18 September 2020) names Yattendon Group plc, but it is not in the note 35 list | Ownership percentage not disclosed in the accounts; PSC band 75% or more | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts); PSC 15 Oct 2026 |
| YG (Torbay) Limited | United Kingdom | 07033270 | Indirect subsidiary; its PSC register names YG Developments Limited | 100% ordinary shares | Active | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts); PSC 15 Oct 2026 |
| Port Penlee Waterside Development Limited | United Kingdom | Not stated in the accounts | Joint venture, held through subsidiaries | 50% ordinary shares | Not verified | 31 Mar 2026 (accounts) |
Recent structural changes
- 9 December 2021: The Yattendon Brewing Company Ltd (13791606) was incorporated, with Yattendon Group plc recorded as its person with significant control from that date.
Data availability
Partial. The filed accounts give the full list with percentages, and every UK registration number in the provider graph was checked against Companies House (all 29 UK nodes below the company resolve to the named, active companies). The accounts do not state which intermediate company holds each indirect subsidiary, so the provider graph’s nesting below the first level is unverified, and the Canadian, US and Spanish identifiers were not checked in their registers. The provider graph shows no percentages, places LSN Media Limited directly under the company, and omits Westminster Management Corporation and the four subsidiaries sharing its address, Ocean Village Marina (Apartment) Management Co. No. 7 Limited, the joint venture, the associates and the investment.
Sources
- Group accounts for the year ended 31 March 2026, notes 34 and 35, filed 9 September 2026 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00288238/filing-history/MzU0MzEwNjU2NWFkaXF6a2N4/document – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, PSC registers of 01949111, 00550481, 00240968, 00685748, 13791606, 02035587, 02148690 and 07033270 – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01949111/persons-with-significant-control (and the same path for each number) – retrieved 2026-10-15
- Companies House, company overviews for the 29 UK numbers in the provider graph – https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02148690 (and the same path for each number) – retrieved 2026-10-15
Data-provider feed — rows as supplied to Zavia for Companies House, including entries the profile above does not cover. These rows are not a verbatim copy of the register: they have been found to duplicate the same person under different spellings and to keep a status of Active after an appointment ended. Where they disagree with the profile above, the profile is the checked version.
YATTENDON GROUP PLC
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does YATTENDON GROUP PLC do?
Yattendon Group plc (company number 00288238, England and Wales, incorporated 18 May 1934) is a holding company; its group accounts describe marina operations, farming and estate management, food retail, printing and property development in the UK and North America.
Who owns YATTENDON GROUP PLC?
The confirmation statement of 26 March 2026 records all 5,308,284 voting ordinary and A ordinary shares, and 6,000,000 of the 7,000,000 non-voting preference shares, registered jointly to R P R Iliffe, E R Iliffe and F Austin; four further holders own 250,000 preference shares each.
Who is YATTENDON GROUP PLC's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
The PSC register records one entry, notified 6 April 2016: R P R Iliffe, E R Iliffe and F Austin as trustees of a trust, holding 75% or more of shares and voting rights with control over the trustees. The trust and its beneficiaries are not named on the public record, so no individual beneficial owner or effective percentage can be stated.
What is YATTENDON GROUP PLC's company registration number?
YATTENDON GROUP PLC's registration number is 00288238, filed with Companies House in United Kingdom. Its current status on the register is active.
Is YATTENDON GROUP PLC still an active company?
YATTENDON GROUP PLC's status on Companies House is listed as active.
When was YATTENDON GROUP PLC incorporated?
YATTENDON GROUP PLC was incorporated on 18 May 1934, according to Companies House.
What is YATTENDON GROUP PLC's registered address?
The registered address on file for YATTENDON GROUP PLC is NEWBURY, United Kingdom.
What legal structure is YATTENDON GROUP PLC registered as?
YATTENDON GROUP PLC is registered as a Public Limited Company in United Kingdom.
What is YATTENDON GROUP PLC's revenue?
Group figures (consolidated) for the year ended 31 March 2026: turnover £84.6m (2025: £84.3m), profit before tax £5.8m (2025: £14.1m) and net assets £369.2m, per the audited group accounts filed on 9 September 2026.
Is YATTENDON GROUP PLC listed on a stock exchange?
Yattendon Group plc is a public limited company whose shares are not admitted to trading on any market; it files shareholder information as a non-traded company.
Who are the officers/directors of YATTENDON GROUP PLC?
Companies House lists six current appointments at Yattendon Group plc: five directors, including Lord Iliffe as chairman per the 2026 accounts, and a company secretary; the last appointment or termination was filed on 2 July 2018.
Does YATTENDON GROUP PLC have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Yattendon Group plc heads its group and has no corporate parent; its 2026 accounts list 6 direct and 30 indirect subsidiaries in Great Britain, Spain, Canada and the United States, all wholly owned except Sant Carles Marina SA (51%).
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