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GKN Freight Services Limited

GKN Freight Services Limited is an active UK company (number 00056211), incorporated 1898, with 2 current directors, George Samuel Hynds and Christopher Peter Payne. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 29

  1. Dawn Sylvia Rasmussen 2021-2023 Director View profile
  2. Thomas Christopher Riley 2020-2021 Director View profile
  3. Gary Nagle 2020-2024 Director View profile
  4. Richard Duncan Jesson 2019-2020 Director View profile
  5. Sheener Ooi 2019-2020 Director View profile
  6. Steve Ansell 2018-2019 Director View profile
  7. Matthew John Richards 2018-2023 Director View profile
  8. Andrew Peter Buller 2016-2019 Director View profile
  9. Russell Adam Davies 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Mansoor Anwar 2013-2013 Director View profile
  11. Mark David Pycroft 2011-2013 Director View profile
  12. John Mark Gillam 2011-2013 Director View profile
  13. Agata Peszko-Keniger 2009-2015 Director View profile
  14. Arthur John Connelly 2002-2009 Director View profile
  15. Leslie Joseph Owen 2000-2002 Director View profile
  16. Jose Puga Pereira 1998-2002 Director View profile
  17. Stephen Paul Smith 1996-2013 Director View profile
  18. Peter William Herbert North 1995-1998 Director View profile
  19. Andrew Roger Dixey 1993-1994 Director View profile
  20. Anthony Ernest John Newton Broom 1993 Director View profile
  21. Patrick Gerard Byrne 2004 Director View profile
  22. Julie Elizabeth Mcleod 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  23. Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  24. Andrew Peter Uttley 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  25. Mark Shaddick 2000-2013 Secretary View profile
  26. Dennis William John Morris 2000-2010 Secretary View profile
  27. GKN Group Services LTD 1999-2019 Corporate-secretary View profile
  28. Richard Jeremy Mindham Hone 1996-2000 Secretary View profile
  29. John Alan Rigby 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/02/1898

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 Freight Services Limited is controlled by GKN Industries Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-10-15 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.

2 directors on the board

1.9y median 1.9y
average tenure
2.7y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
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 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
00056211
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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