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Vesuvius UK Limited
Manufacture of refractory products
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 42
- Ian James Lawson 2017-2019 View profile
- Sunderrajan Venkatraman 2016-2025 View profile
- Nicolas Dominique Marie-Cecile Mathei 2015-2016 View profile
- Kim Fong Siow 2014-2016 View profile
- Anthony James Harrison 2013-2014 View profile
- Rachel Sara Fell 2010-2013 View profile
- Richard Martin Hilary Malthouse 2010-2013 View profile
- Bryan Richard Elliston 2007-2014 View profile
- Yves Nokerman 2006-2015 View profile
- Bart Maria Helene Rene Massant 2004-2013 View profile
- John O'Neil Anderson 2000-2007 View profile
- Pierre Louis Franken 1999-2000 View profile
- William Robertson Patterson 1999-2017 View profile
- Roger Walker Brook 1999-1999 View profile
- Jean-Pierre Malherbe 1999-2006 View profile
- Timothy Courtney 1998-1999 View profile
- Alan Woodburn Menzies Thornton 1998-1998 View profile
- David Thomas Evans 1997-1999 View profile
- John Frederick Casewell 1997-1998 View profile
- Robin Charles Andrew Walker 1997-1999 View profile
- James Cooper 1997-1999 View profile
- James Casey 1997-1999 View profile
- Ian Graham Hutchinson 1997-1998 View profile
- Bragi Friso Schut 1997-1999 View profile
- Steven Salomon Elbaum 1997-1999 View profile
- Stephen Michael Johnson 1997-1999 View profile
- Michel Bernard Louis Cazenave De La Roche 1996-1997 View profile
- Robert Ernest Lambourne 1995-1997 View profile
- Julian Sibree Paul 1995-1995 View profile
- John Douglas Carter 1992-1997 View profile
- Dr Philip George Whiteley 1996 View profile
- Frank Sinclair Thomson 1992 View profile
- Dr Peter Clive Keen 1992 View profile
- Staffan Johan Tedodor Paues 1993 View profile
- James Flood 1993 View profile
- Leon Kenneth Hardy 1992 View profile
- William Angus Clark 1995 View profile
- Adrian John Daley 1999-2004 View profile
- Richard Mark Sykes 1996-2015 View profile
- David Shelton 1992-1996 View profile
- Geoffrey Stork 1991-1992 View profile
- Jeremy Richard Tebbett 1991 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Manufacture of refractory products
- Incorporated
- 05/11/1897
- Registered office
- London
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Vesuvius-Premier Refractories (Holdings) Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-10-09
Group
- Vesuvius UK Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius-Premier Refractories (Holdings) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-10-09 · source: Companies House PSC register - Vesuvius-Premier Refractories (Holdings) Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius Overseas Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Vesuvius Overseas Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Vesuvius Holdings Limited
is controlled by Vesuvius PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Vesuvius PLC.
39 other companies in this group
- Minerals Separation Limited
- Brazil 1 Limited
- Vesuvius Pension Plans Trustees Limited
- Vesuvius-Premier Refractories (Holdings) Limited
- Foseco Pension Fund Trustee Limited
- Foseco (FS) Limited
- Vesuvius VA Limited
- Foseco Limited
- Vesuvius Life Plan Trustee Limited
- Vesuvius Overseas Investments Limited
- Foseco Steel (Holdings) China Limited
- Vesuvius Minerals Limited
- Foseco Holding International Limited
- Foseco Technology Limited
- Vesuvius Management Services Limited
- John G. Stein & Company Limited
- Foseco Holding (Europe) Limited
- Vesuvius Management Limited
- Vesuvius Holdings Limited
- Wilkes-Lucas Limited
- Vesuvius Ceramics Limited
- Vesuvius China Limited
- Foseco Transnational Limited
- Foseco (UK) Limited
- Vesuvius Investments Limited
- Foseco Overseas Limited
- Foseco (RUL) Limited
- Unicorn Industries Limited
- Vesuvius Pigments (Holdings) Limited
- Vesuvius Overseas Limited
- Vesuvius Financial 1 Limited
- Vesuvius Group Limited
- Foseco Holding Limited
- NEW Foseco (UK) Limited
- Foseco Steel (UK) Limited
- Vesuvius Zyalons Holdings Limited
- Foseco International Limited
- Vesuvius K.S.R. Limited
- Vesuvius PLC
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
- Christopher Lewis Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Satterthwaite Director · appointed 2006
- Henry James Knowles Director · appointed 2013
10.9y median 12.6y
average tenure
19.5y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- Michael Satterthwaite Director · appointed 2006
- Henry James Knowles Director · appointed 2013
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Christopher Lewis Director · appointed 2026
- Michael Satterthwaite Director · appointed 2006
- Henry James Knowles Director · appointed 2013
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Sunderrajan Venkatraman Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2025
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.
Finance 6Manufacturing 4Professional services 2Business services 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00054713
- 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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