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Johnson Matthey PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 49

  1. Stephen Richard Oxley 2021-2025 Director View profile
  2. Patrick Webster Thomas 2018-2025 Director View profile
  3. Dr Jane Veronica Griffiths 2017-2024 Director View profile
  4. Anna Olive Magdelene Manz 2016-2020 Director View profile
  5. Christopher John Mottershead 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. Dennis Gareth Jones 2014-2016 Director View profile
  7. John Francis Walker 2013-2020 Director View profile
  8. Odile Desforges 2013-2019 Director View profile
  9. Colin Stephen Matthews 2012-2017 Director View profile
  10. Timothy Edwin Paul Stevenson 2011-2018 Director View profile
  11. Alan Murray Ferguson 2011-2020 Director View profile
  12. William Frederick Sandford 2009-2013 Director View profile
  13. Robert James Macleod 2009-2022 Director View profile
  14. Sir Thomas George Harris 2009-2012 Director View profile
  15. Dorothy Carrington Thompson 2007-2016 Director View profile
  16. Michael James Roney 2007-2014 Director View profile
  17. Sir John Michael Middlecott Banham 2006-2011 Director View profile
  18. Lawrence Craig Pentz 2003-2016 Director View profile
  19. Hawker, Pelham Nigel, Doctor 2003-2009 Director View profile
  20. Alan Matthew Thomson 2002-2011 Director View profile
  21. Robert Joris Willem Walvis 2002-2011 Director View profile
  22. Ian Charles Strachan 2002-2009 Director View profile
  23. David William Morgan 1999-2009 Director View profile
  24. Neil Andrew Patrick Carson 1999-2014 Director View profile
  25. Michael Bailey Dearden 1999-2008 Director View profile
  26. Charles Dorsey Mackay 1999-2008 Director View profile
  27. George Douglas Wells 1998-2000 Director View profile
  28. Hugh Royston Jenkins 1996-2003 Director View profile
  29. Michael James Cleare 1995-1999 Director View profile
  30. William Nairn 1995-1997 Director View profile
  31. Patrick Frank Retief 1993-2001 Director View profile
  32. Peter Charles Desborough Burnell 1993-1995 Director View profile
  33. Vaughan Grantland Bray 1993-1995 Director View profile
  34. Harry Edward Fitzgibbons 2002 Director View profile
  35. Christopher Richard Nigel Clark 2004 Director View profile
  36. Henry Michael Pearson Miles 2006 Director View profile
  37. Sir David John Davies 1998 Director View profile
  38. Honourable Geoffrey Hazlitt Wilson 1997 Director View profile
  39. Joseph Aidan Stevenson 1995 Director View profile
  40. John Nicholas Sheldrick 2009 Director View profile
  41. Charles Herbert Parker 1993 Director View profile
  42. Brian Sydney Cooper 1992 Director View profile
  43. Douglas Graham Titcombe 2002 Director View profile
  44. Richard Keith Arthur Wakeling 1994 Director View profile
  45. Nicholas Ian Cooper 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  46. Linda Bruce-Watt 2020-2020 Secretary View profile
  47. Simon Farrant 1999-2020 Secretary View profile
  48. Bronwyn Noor 1993-1994 Secretary View profile
  49. Ian Gordon Thorburn 1999 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

2 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • CSP26540 - Orobraze Buyer: UK Research and Innovation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    ***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. Contract details notice for the suppl…

  • CSP26544-Ø1.0 OROBRAZE 950 Buyer: UK Research and Innovation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    ***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, servic…

About

Incorporated
11/04/1891

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Johnson Matthey PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

25 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

54 grants · £5,544,327 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £3,553,288 (30 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,991,039 (24 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £97,7532024-03-15
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £47,1962024-03-12
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £44,0292023-08-23
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £48,9262023-08-23
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £13,4332023-05-02
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

9 directors on the board

4.2y median 4.4y
average tenure
8.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (5)

1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 5Business services 1Utilities 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00033774
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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