Companies House

Folkestone Sports Centre Saved by Philanthropic Donation by Sir Roger De Haan

May 8, 2025 // 2 Comments

Funds donated by Sir Roger De Haan (pictured), the well known philanthropist has passed on money to The Sports Trust to save the much loved Folkestone Sports Centre, how much [...]

Mylecke NV’s Surprise Over Leas Pavilion Sale Raises Questions

March 11, 2025 // 1 Comment

It should come as no surprise to Mylecke NV that the Leas Pavilion site is now listed for sale on Rightmove. The circumstances leading to this outcome are clear and [...]

Where’s the s106 money and the affordable housing Mr Pownceby?

August 14, 2023 // 2 Comments

On the 3 May 2016, Y15/1154/SH came before the planning committee. The applicant was David Pownceby, of Development House Limited. At the time he was the secretary of the [...]

St Mary’s Bay, Former Sands Motel site: The only occupants are the pigeons

July 8, 2023 // 11 Comments

Once a place of hustle and bustle, it now sits silent. No workers clambering up and down scaffolding, no trowels laying bricks, and buildings left open to the elements, the [...]

Is Sunningdale House Developments Ltd in financial difficulty?

January 6, 2023 // 5 Comments

Update Jan 6 @15:12 Update – At 14:00 today, ninety minutes after we published our report, Sunningdale have filed accounts with Companies House. They are not currently [...]

Princes Parade: Sunningdale House Developments has ‘acquired’ Princes Parade & Hythe Pool site

June 25, 2022 // 5 Comments

David Richard Pownceby (pictured) has held or holds directorships in 97 companies. Companies House shows that he is, or has resided in 68 companies as a director, person of [...]

Wimble’s Looker Magazine, applies for £19,000 from Council’s High Street Fund

June 22, 2022 // 3 Comments

Cllr David Wimble (Ind) (pictured) is never a man far away from controversy or fake news. Just recently we informed you he’d made a complaint about Fred Miller of [...]

Russell Tillson uses confidential information in Wimble’s Looker magazine and places lives in danger.

March 16, 2022 // 4 Comments

Updated – Thursday 17.3.22 @ 08:12am. On Wednesday 9 February, 2022, St Mary’s in the Marsh Parish Cllr, Russell Tillson, wrote the front page story in The [...]

Otterpool Park Update: Site had visit from No 10’s Cabinet Secretary

January 11, 2022 // 2 Comments

There have been further developments at Otterpool Park where the council wish to build up to 10,000 homes at a cost of £2.9bn, making a conservative profit of £193m. [...]

Oliver Gordon Davis, the man who sold Ross House to FHDC for £1.8 million.

November 12, 2019 // 3 Comments

The man who sold Ross House to the Council for £1.8 million goes by two names on Companies House website: Oliver Davis Oliver Gordon Davis Oliver (pictured) likes to be [...]

The End Of The Beginning For East Kent Housing

October 16, 2019 // 13 Comments

So the beginning ends. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cabinet has agreed in principal to withdraw from East Kent Housing and begin a consultation process with all [...]

Folkestone: A step too far?

February 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

Love or loathe it, the Arch in Folkestone at the town end of the Leas has caused controversy from the moment it was born. For those of you who do not remember the arch [...]

Some Nuns, a Porn Baron and Folkestone & Hythe District Council

April 9, 2018 // 6 Comments

How are a bunch of Nuns, a former Porn Baron and Folkestone & Hythe District Council [FHDC] related to each other? Land, that’s what links them. The nuns are the [...]

Still spinning a Grand tale.

March 19, 2018 // 1 Comment

With thanks to one of our loyal followers, we have received a copy of letter written by Mr. Robert Richardson (pictured), back in August 2014, when he described himself as [...]

Otterpool Park update

March 11, 2018 // 3 Comments

For those of you who are not aware, Affinity Water will not be a statutory or non-statutory consultee with regards to Otterpool Park. In a short but concise email response to [...]

Auditor slams Fire Safety at East Kent Housing.

February 28, 2018 // 1 Comment

East Kent Housing (EKH) fire safety has been slammed by its auditor East Kent Audit Partnership. EKH is the largest Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) in the [...]

A Judicial Review of Planning Application Y16/0623/SH

October 1, 2017 // 3 Comments

It begins where a lot of planning applications begin, that is with the pre-application advice one can receive from Shepway District Council; The pre-application advice for [...]

We’re All Going On A “Extended Holiday”, No More Worries…

August 31, 2017 // 4 Comments

On the 27th June 2006 Apex Conservatory Roofs Systems Ltd was dissolved. According to the last Annual Return filed before the company was dissolved Cllr David Drury Monk [...]

19 Castle Hill Avenue Part 3

June 4, 2017 // 5 Comments

Oportunitas Ltd a company 100% owned by Shepway District Council, has as you may or may not know, purchased 19 Castle Hill Avenue for £1.2 million pounds on the 19th May [...]

Cllr “Dodgy David” Monk & A Planning Application. You Decide.

March 29, 2017 // 9 Comments

On Febuary 28th 2017 at the civic centre Cllrs met to vote on planning issues. One of the planning applications to be decided upon that evening was Y16/0623/SH: Little [...]

SDC and its company Oportunitas Ltd

August 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

SDC set up a company by the name of Oportunitas Ltd, registered at Companies House, after the elections new directors were added for obvious reasons and available to view for [...]

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