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GKN Westland Aerospace Holdings Limited

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

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Previous officers 28

  1. Matthew John Richards 2018-2024 Director View profile
  2. Kerry Anne Watson 2013-2018 Director View profile
  3. David Neale Gordon Radford 2013-2018 Director View profile
  4. Nigel John Stephens 2013-2017 Director View profile
  5. Paul Robert Jones 2012-2013 Director View profile
  6. Jeffrey Peter Armitage 2005-2013 Director View profile
  7. Ernest Peake 2005-2013 Director View profile
  8. Marcus James Stirling Bryson 2003-2012 Director View profile
  9. Cornelius Joseph Keating 2003-2004 Director View profile
  10. Graham Chisnall 2002-2005 Director View profile
  11. Kevin Smith 1999-2003 Director View profile
  12. David John Wright 1995-2000 Director View profile
  13. Christopher George Briody 1994-1994 Director View profile
  14. Christopher Clark Gustar 2002 Director View profile
  15. Alan Wingate Jones 1995 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Jonathan Bunker 1996 Director View profile
  17. John Maxwell George 2000 Director View profile
  18. Frank Winter 1994 Director View profile
  19. William Thomas Harris 1992 Director View profile
  20. Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  21. Andrew Dutton 2004-2013 Secretary View profile
  22. Antony Durbacz 2003-2004 Secretary View profile
  23. Graham Andrew Chipchase 2001-2003 Secretary View profile
  24. GKN Group Services LTD 1999-2022 Corporate-secretary View profile
  25. Alastair Hewgill 1998-2001 Secretary View profile
  26. Clive Rushton 1994-1998 Secretary View profile
  27. David Blackett Rimington 1992-1994 Secretary View profile
  28. Herbert William Paice 1992 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
03/05/1908

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.

  • Westland Group PLC
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. GKN Westland Aerospace Holdings Limited is controlled by Westland Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Westland Group PLC is controlled by GKN Aerospace Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2019-09-17 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. GKN Aerospace Holdings Limited is controlled by GKN Enterprise Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-09-16 · 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.

4 directors on the board

2.5y median 2.4y
average tenure
3.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 152Professional services 62Manufacturing 18Finance 10Business services 4Property 4Construction 1Education 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00097833
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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