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GKN Automotive Limited

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

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Previous officers 51

  1. Adam David John Ramsay 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. John David Nicholson 2022-2026 Director View profile
  3. Clare Marie Wyatt 2021-2026 Director View profile
  4. John Webb 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Roberto Fioroni 2019-2026 Director View profile
  6. Liam David Butterworth 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Mark Jeremy Gabriel 2019-2022 Director View profile
  8. Thierry Minel 2019-2022 Director View profile
  9. Robertus Hernicus Charles Maria Luijten 2019-2020 Director View profile
  10. Thomas Giese 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Simon Meadows 2018-2018 Director View profile
  12. Richard Gough 2018-2019 Director View profile
  13. Matthew John Richards 2018-2023 Director View profile
  14. Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2023 Director View profile
  15. Richard Leigh Carter 2018-2018 Director View profile
  16. Diego Laurent 2018-2018 Director View profile
  17. Ramon Christopher Kuczera 2017-2019 Director View profile
  18. Claire Louise Bailey 2016-2019 Director View profile
  19. Richard Paul Gough 2016-2017 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Harvey 2016-2016 Director View profile
  21. Philip Antony Swash 2015-2018 Director View profile
  22. John Andrew Hickman 2015-2019 Director View profile
  23. Wolfram Messner 2014-2016 Director View profile
  24. Monique Patrica Carter 2014-2016 Director View profile
  25. Simon Nicholas Meadows 2013-2017 Director View profile
  26. Ryan James Callaghan 2013-2014 Director View profile
  27. Steven Ray Markevich 2013-2013 Director View profile
  28. Mohammed Zameer 2011-2017 Director View profile
  29. Andrew Reynolds Smith 2011-2015 Director View profile
  30. Alfred William Curral 2011-2018 Director View profile
  31. Andrew Robert Moss 2010-2013 Director View profile
  32. Dr Peter Oberparleiter 2009-2013 Director View profile
  33. Nigel Macrae Stein 2009-2013 Director View profile
  34. Graeme Walford 2009-2009 Director View profile
  35. Michael Fairbrother 2009-2014 Director View profile
  36. Arthur John Connelly 2005-2009 Director View profile
  37. Peter Johnson 1998-2010 Director View profile
  38. Maureen Constantine 1998-2004 Director View profile
  39. Jonathan Charles Soar 1995-2005 Director View profile
  40. Michael Donald Gresham Stokes 1995-1998 Director View profile
  41. Andrew Roger Dixey 1993-1993 Director View profile
  42. Dr Rainer Manfred Mueller 1993-1998 Director View profile
  43. Peter William Herbert North 1998 Director View profile
  44. Trevor Courtnay Bonner 1998 Director View profile
  45. Anthony Ernest John Newton Broom 1993 Director View profile
  46. Julie Elizabeth Mcleod 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  47. Claire Louise Bailey 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  48. Christopher Wood 2001-2009 Secretary View profile
  49. GKN Group Services LTD 1999-2018 Corporate-secretary View profile
  50. Paul Jonathan Drake 1998-2001 Secretary View profile
  51. Terence Martin 1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
29/05/1891
Registered office
Birmingham
Previous names
GKN Driveline Headquarters Limited (until 27/04/2007)

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. GKN Automotive Limited is controlled by GKN Automotive Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-09-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. GKN Automotive Holdings Limited is controlled by GKN Industries Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-08-14 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. GKN Industries Limited is controlled by GKN Enterprise Limited
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2023-02-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. GKN Enterprise Limited is controlled by GKN Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. GKN Holdings Limited is controlled by GKN Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-04-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. GKN Limited is controlled by Melrose Industries PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-08-16 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Melrose Industries PLC.

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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.

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.

3 directors on the board

0.2y median 0.2y
average tenure
0.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Dormant 18Professional services 15Business services 2Finance 2Manufacturing 2

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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00034104
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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