DART FREE HOUSES LIMITED

Company summary

Company number: 01279635
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 1 October 197649 years
Registered office: Dart Valley Railway Ltd Queens Park Station, Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6AF, United Kingdom
Accounts due: 30 September 2027
Confirmation statement due: 4 February 2027
Active officers: 2
Outstanding charges: 0

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Company type
Private limited company
Address
Dart Valley Railway Ltd Queens Park Station, Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6AF, United Kingdom
Nature of business
Non-trading company
Previous company names
DART FERRIES LIMITED

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
ALLAN, David Ian ACTIVE	Director	18 Feb 2005		United Kingdom	July 1954	Dart Valley Railway Ltd, Queens Park Station, Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6AF, United Kingdom
JONES, John Robert ACTIVE	Director	30 Sep 2021		England	January 1971	Kingswear Signal Box, The Square, Kingswear, Devon, TQ6 0AA, United Kingdom
JONES, John Robert RESIGNED	Secretary	11 Jul 2012	28 May 2019			Queens Park Station, Queens Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6AT, England
KEEP, Dennis Edwin RESIGNED	Secretary		31 Mar 1999			Seaway House Landcombe Lane, Strete, Dartmouth, Devon
MCCOLL, James Robert RESIGNED	Secretary	28 May 2019	12 May 2022			The Signal Box, The Square, Kingswear, Devon, TQ5 0AA, United Kingdom
SMALLWOOD, Philip Robert RESIGNED	Secretary	29 Sep 2004	11 Jul 2012			Wonwell, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1PY
SUMMERS, Alan Mark Herbert RESIGNED	Secretary	31 Mar 1999	29 Sep 2004			Aish Cottage,, Aish, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6PS
ALLAN, Ian RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	16 Jun 2004	England	June 1922	Osmanstead Condor Road, Laleham, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 1UG
BUTT, John Graham RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	31 Dec 2013	United Kingdom	September 1933	Sigma House, Oak View Close, Edginswell Park, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7FF
CHRISTY, Norman David RESIGNED	Director	25 Feb 2008	09 May 2018	United Kingdom	May 1937	Hillbrow Blind Lane, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5LF
COGAR, John Barry Seymour RESIGNED	Director	31 Mar 1999	16 Mar 2011	United Kingdom	March 1942	Flat 6 The Moorings, Belle Vue Road Roundham, Paignton, TQ4 6EA
COOPER, John Henry RESIGNED	Director		27 Jan 1992		May 1943	21 Colley Crescent, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 3DL
CREWS, Betty Marion RESIGNED	Director		31 Mar 1999		September 1944	Little Firs, 2 Mount Boone, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9PB
CREWS, Robert Tyrone Davy RESIGNED	Director	21 Nov 1995	31 Mar 1999		June 1971	24 Cowper Road, Redlands, Bristol, Avon, BS6 7AX
CREWS, Robert Horace RESIGNED	Director		16 Nov 1995		April 1944	Little Firs, Mount Boone, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6
EVANS, John RESIGNED	Director	31 Mar 1999	13 Jun 2007		September 1925	Woodland Greenway Road, Chelston, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 6JE
KEEP, Dennis Edwin RESIGNED	Director		31 Mar 1999		July 1936	Seaway House Landcombe Lane, Strete, Dartmouth, Devon
MADGE, David John RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	30 Aug 2006	United Kingdom	June 1938	Liverton Farm House, Liverton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6HS
MCALPINE, William Hepburn, Sir RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	04 Mar 2018	England	January 1936	Fawley Hill, Fawley, Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, RG9 6JA
MCCOLL, James Robert RESIGNED	Director	30 Sep 2021	12 May 2022	United Kingdom	August 1954	The Signal Box, The Square, Kingswear, Devon, TQ5 0AA, United Kingdom
PADDON, John James RESIGNED	Director		31 Mar 1999		August 1935	185 Victoria Road, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9EG
PALMER, Michael Richard RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	11 Jun 2008	United Kingdom	October 1942	14 Courtenay Gardens, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1HS
SAUNDERS, Robert John Sherwood RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	29 Jan 2003		April 1918	47 Mead Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 6TG
SNELL, John Bernard RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	11 Jun 2008	United Kingdom	March 1932	15 Tudor Avenue, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 0LT
SUMMERS, Alan Mark Herbert RESIGNED	Director	28 Jul 1999	11 Jun 2008		November 1940	Domus, 3 Back Lane, Westbury-Sub-Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1HZ

ALLAN, David Ian ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 18 Feb 2005
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1954
Address: Dart Valley Railway Ltd, Queens Park Station, Torbay Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6AF, United Kingdom

JONES, John Robert ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Sep 2021
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1971
Address: Kingswear Signal Box, The Square, Kingswear, Devon, TQ6 0AA, United Kingdom

JONES, John Robert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 11 Jul 2012
Resigned on: 28 May 2019
Address: Queens Park Station, Queens Road, Paignton, Devon, TQ4 6AT, England

KEEP, Dennis Edwin RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Mar 1999
Address: Seaway House Landcombe Lane, Strete, Dartmouth, Devon

MCCOLL, James Robert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 28 May 2019
Resigned on: 12 May 2022
Address: The Signal Box, The Square, Kingswear, Devon, TQ5 0AA, United Kingdom

SMALLWOOD, Philip Robert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 29 Sep 2004
Resigned on: 11 Jul 2012
Address: Wonwell, Coombeshead Road, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1PY

SUMMERS, Alan Mark Herbert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 31 Mar 1999
Resigned on: 29 Sep 2004
Address: Aish Cottage,, Aish, Stoke Gabriel, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6PS

ALLAN, Ian RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 16 Jun 2004
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: June 1922
Address: Osmanstead Condor Road, Laleham, Staines, Middlesex, TW18 1UG

BUTT, John Graham RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2013
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: September 1933
Address: Sigma House, Oak View Close, Edginswell Park, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7FF

CHRISTY, Norman David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 25 Feb 2008
Resigned on: 09 May 2018
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1937
Address: Hillbrow Blind Lane, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5LF

COGAR, John Barry Seymour RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Mar 1999
Resigned on: 16 Mar 2011
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1942
Address: Flat 6 The Moorings, Belle Vue Road Roundham, Paignton, TQ4 6EA

COOPER, John Henry RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 27 Jan 1992
Date of birth: May 1943
Address: 21 Colley Crescent, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 3DL

CREWS, Betty Marion RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Mar 1999
Date of birth: September 1944
Address: Little Firs, 2 Mount Boone, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9PB

CREWS, Robert Tyrone Davy RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 Nov 1995
Resigned on: 31 Mar 1999
Date of birth: June 1971
Address: 24 Cowper Road, Redlands, Bristol, Avon, BS6 7AX

CREWS, Robert Horace RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 16 Nov 1995
Date of birth: April 1944
Address: Little Firs, Mount Boone, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6

EVANS, John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 31 Mar 1999
Resigned on: 13 Jun 2007
Date of birth: September 1925
Address: Woodland Greenway Road, Chelston, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 6JE

KEEP, Dennis Edwin RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Mar 1999
Date of birth: July 1936
Address: Seaway House Landcombe Lane, Strete, Dartmouth, Devon

MADGE, David John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 30 Aug 2006
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: June 1938
Address: Liverton Farm House, Liverton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 6HS

MCALPINE, William Hepburn, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 04 Mar 2018
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1936
Address: Fawley Hill, Fawley, Henley-On-Thames, Oxon, RG9 6JA

MCCOLL, James Robert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 30 Sep 2021
Resigned on: 12 May 2022
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: August 1954
Address: The Signal Box, The Square, Kingswear, Devon, TQ5 0AA, United Kingdom

PADDON, John James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Mar 1999
Date of birth: August 1935
Address: 185 Victoria Road, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9EG

PALMER, Michael Richard RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 11 Jun 2008
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: October 1942
Address: 14 Courtenay Gardens, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 1HS

SAUNDERS, Robert John Sherwood RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 29 Jan 2003
Date of birth: April 1918
Address: 47 Mead Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 6TG

SNELL, John Bernard RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 11 Jun 2008
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1932
Address: 15 Tudor Avenue, Dymchurch, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 0LT

SUMMERS, Alan Mark Herbert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 28 Jul 1999
Resigned on: 11 Jun 2008
Date of birth: November 1940
Address: Domus, 3 Back Lane, Westbury-Sub-Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1HZ

Filing history

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People with significant control

Charges

Created	Status	Filings
08 Mar 1989	Outstanding
31 Jan 1983	Outstanding
25 Jan 1983	Outstanding
21 Sep 1982	Satisfied
15 Dec 1980	Outstanding
10 Mar 1977	Outstanding

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