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Company · Milton Keynes

Exel Limited

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

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Previous officers 68

  1. Ursula Kost 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Saul Resnick 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Marcia Yor Ing Lin 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Jose Fernando Nava 2018-2021 Director View profile
  5. Thorsten Kuhl 2018-2021 Director View profile
  6. James Edward Gill 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Paul George Dyer 2017-2018 Director View profile
  8. Steven Fink 2015-2025 Director View profile
  9. Keith Roy Smith 2014-2017 Director View profile
  10. Perry Frederick Watts 2014-2016 Director View profile
  11. Keith James Austin 2012-2015 Director View profile
  12. Jason David Smith 2010-2023 Director View profile
  13. Christopher Stephen Waters 2009-2011 Director View profile
  14. Henrik Hanche 2009-2021 Director View profile
  15. Paul Taylor 2009-2014 Director View profile
  16. Dermot Francis Woolliscroft 2009-2016 Director View profile
  17. Christopher Bryans 2009-2012 Director View profile
  18. Dr Graham Inglis 2008-2014 Director View profile
  19. Jonathan Culver Bumstead 2008-2009 Director View profile
  20. Frank Appel 2007-2008 Director View profile
  21. Amadou Dioulde Diallo 2005-2008 Director View profile
  22. Geoffrey David Cruikshanks 2005-2008 Director View profile
  23. Dr Bernd Boecken 2005-2009 Director View profile
  24. John Cook Pattullo 2005-2005 Director View profile
  25. John Mcdonough 2004-2005 Director View profile
  26. Dennis Henry Millard 2003-2005 Director View profile
  27. Ian Richard Smith 2001-2004 Director View profile
  28. Michael Peter Fountain 2001-2005 Director View profile
  29. John Francis Devaney 2000-2002 Director View profile
  30. Michael Robert Parish 2000-2000 Director View profile
  31. Sir William Henry Weston Wells 2000-2000 Director View profile
  32. Robert D Lake 2000-2000 Director View profile
  33. Friedrich Ludwig Rudolf Ternofsky 2000-2005 Director View profile
  34. Bruce Allan Edwards 2000-2009 Director View profile
  35. David James Finch 2000-2001 Director View profile
  36. Jean Claude Guez 2000-2005 Director View profile
  37. Anthony Eric Isaac 1997-2003 Director View profile
  38. Nigel Mervyn Sutherland Rich 1997-2005 Director View profile
  39. John Bernard Coghlan 1995-2005 Director View profile
  40. John Murray Allan 1994-2007 Director View profile
  41. David Ellison Riddle 1994-2005 Director View profile
  42. Sir John Ralph Sidney Guinness 1993-2000 Director View profile
  43. John Colin Fraser 1992-1994 Director View profile
  44. Rodney Desmonde Morgan Lenthall 1992-1997 Director View profile
  45. John Loudon 1992-2004 Director View profile
  46. Patrick David Graham 1993 Director View profile
  47. Thomas Gordon Parry Rogers 1995 Director View profile
  48. Douglas Terence Ash 1997 Director View profile
  49. Ian Cameron Laurie 1995 Director View profile
  50. Nicholas Charles Faithorn Barber 1994 Director View profile
  51. Thomas Albert Loughead 1993 Director View profile
  52. Francis William Knight 1999 Director View profile
  53. Peter Izod Marshall 1997 Director View profile
  54. Humfrey John Smeeton 1994 Director View profile
  55. Jane Li 2012-2018 Secretary View profile
  56. Exel Secretarial Services Limited 2009-2012 Corporate-secretary View profile
  57. Daphne Marian Marler 2008-2009 Secretary View profile
  58. Lizzie Ann Chilcott 2007-2008 Secretary View profile
  59. Alison Tracey Buttery 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  60. Lizzie Ann Chilcott 2006-2006 Secretary View profile
  61. Stephanie Helen Coffey 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  62. Douglas George Evans 2001-2006 Secretary View profile
  63. Claire Louise Cooper Alves 2000-2003 Secretary View profile
  64. Timothy Fallowfield 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  65. Jeremy William Charles Letchford 2000-2000 Secretary View profile
  66. Anthony Edward Lascelles 1996-2000 Secretary View profile
  67. Frederick Ian Chate 1993-1996 Secretary View profile
  68. Kenneth Wright 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of head offices
Incorporated
06/06/1902
Registered office
Milton Keynes

Ownership

Owned by (5) 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.

  • Keith Roy Smith ceased 2017-03-31
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Jason David Smith ceased 2023-07-17
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Steven Fink ceased 2023-07-19
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Henrik Hanche ceased 2021-09-24
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Paul George Dyer ceased 2018-10-01
    significant influence · notified 2017-01-01
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Exel Limited is controlled by Keith Roy Smith
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2017-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Keith Roy Smith.

1 other company 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.

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

5y median 5.1y
average tenure
9.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

  • Ursula Kost Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
  • Steven Fink Director · appointed 2015 · 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.

Professional services 10Transport 6Business services 3Retail and trade 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
00073975
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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