---
title: "NATIONAL FRUIT COLLECTIONS TRUST — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aeb5311f-97be-5cfc-aa26-694e75edcd19
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aeb5311f-97be-5cfc-aa26-694e75edcd19
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02496234
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# NATIONAL FRUIT COLLECTIONS TRUST

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02496234`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aeb5311f-97be-5cfc-aa26-694e75edcd19  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aeb5311f-97be-5cfc-aa26-694e75edcd19  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mrs Vikki Watson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/62faf643-5faa-50ac-9bcb-e4dc7fbe84c9
- **Mrs Vikki Watson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/930caf13-13e5-4a69-ba8a-5a62627ffcd9

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **2-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02496234`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 1990-04-26
- **Registered office:** Brogdale Farm Brogdale Road, Ospringe, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8XZ
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- BARLOW, Adrian — director · British · appointed 2011-09-21
- COLLIER, Graham Fraser, Dr — director · British · appointed 2020-02-27
- HADLEY, Paul, Professor — director · British · appointed 2008-10-01
- ORDIDGE, Matthew, Dr — director · British · appointed 2021-09-07
- BATTEY, Nicholas Hugh, Professor — secretary · British · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2013-09-01
- BIDDLECOMBE, Colin Timothy — secretary · appointed 2018-04-04 · resigned 2024-05-16
- BIDDLECOMBE, Colin Timothy — secretary · British · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2009-01-21
- GARRETT, Jane Wight, Lady — secretary · British · appointed 1998-07-07 · resigned 2008-12-12
- OUGHTON, Gerald — secretary · British · appointed 1994-11-01 · resigned 1998-07-31
- PENNELL, David, Dr — secretary · British · resigned 1994-11-01
- WITHNALL, Malcolm Edward — secretary · British · appointed 1993-05-04 · resigned 1994-03-31
- ANSON, Charles Vernon — director · British · appointed 2002-11-13 · resigned 2008-12-12
- BATTEY, Nicholas Hugh, Professor — director · British · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2013-09-11
- BATTEY, Nicholas Hugh, Professor — director · British · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2009-01-21
- BIDDLECOMBE, Colin Timothy — director · British · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2017-06-30
- BRADY, Charles John — director · British · appointed 2006-05-17 · resigned 2008-12-12
- BRICE, Simon William Lester, Mr. — director · British · appointed 1999-08-02 · resigned 2003-05-16
- BROOKS WILSON, David Charles — director · British · appointed 2006-01-31 · resigned 2007-03-23
- BROWN, Edward Forrest — director · British · appointed 2003-05-16 · resigned 2004-02-23
- BUCZACKI, Stefan Tadeusz, Prof — director · British · resigned 1995-12-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mrs Vikki Watson — significant influence or control as trust · individual PSC — since 2017-01-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02496234
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02496234

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **NATIONAL FRUIT COLLECTIONS TRUST**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aeb5311f-97be-5cfc-aa26-694e75edcd19 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aeb5311f-97be-5cfc-aa26-694e75edcd19._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._