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GKN Driveline Birmingham Limited

Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 55

  1. John David Nicholson 2022-2026 Director View profile
  2. Emma Jayne Hayward 2022-2026 Director View profile
  3. Ian Peter Lycett 2020-2022 Director View profile
  4. Ian Michael Strachan 2020-2022 Director View profile
  5. Hannes Hellweger 2020-2022 Director View profile
  6. John Robert Harland 2019-2020 Director View profile
  7. Wilson Ng Chin Heng 2019-2019 Director View profile
  8. Matthew John Richards 2018-2020 Director View profile
  9. John Andrew Hickman 2018-2019 Director View profile
  10. Ian Michael Brindley 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. Andrej Poklic 2016-2018 Director View profile
  12. Simon Nicholas Meadows 2016-2018 Director View profile
  13. Dr Roman Dziuba 2015-2016 Director View profile
  14. Steven Allen Westwood 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. Neil Charles Geldard-Williams 2014-2016 Director View profile
  16. Wolfram Messner 2014-2016 Director View profile
  17. Kurt Gatterer 2013-2015 Director View profile
  18. Adam Paul Nock 2011-2015 Director View profile
  19. John James Mckenna 2011-2013 Director View profile
  20. Richard Thomas Heath 2010-2019 Director View profile
  21. Paul Stephen Hutchings 2010-2011 Director View profile
  22. Duncan Alan Varnes 2010-2011 Director View profile
  23. Alfred William Curral 2010-2016 Director View profile
  24. Mark Jeremy Gabriel 2007-2022 Director View profile
  25. Michael Fairbrother 2007-2014 Director View profile
  26. Richard Ian Essex 2002-2004 Director View profile
  27. Gamil Magal 1999-2000 Director View profile
  28. John Barton Dinnie 1999-2001 Director View profile
  29. Paul Nigel Foster 1998-2002 Director View profile
  30. Alison Karen Jones 1998-2001 Director View profile
  31. Michael Cleaver Colyer 1998-2002 Director View profile
  32. Derek Donald Hands 1997-2002 Director View profile
  33. Justin Andrew Sasse 1997-1999 Director View profile
  34. Thomas Charles Francis Watters 1997-1999 Director View profile
  35. Christopher Patrick Marston Gubbey 1995-1997 Director View profile
  36. Maureen Constantine 1995-1998 Director View profile
  37. Leslie Joseph Owen 1995-1998 Director View profile
  38. Andrew Roger Dixey 1993-1994 Director View profile
  39. Rodney Stephen Hodgkins 1993-2003 Director View profile
  40. Dr Rainer Manfred Mueller 1993-2003 Director View profile
  41. Sarkis Kalyandjian 1993-1993 Director View profile
  42. Malcolm Hugh Bird 1993-1993 Director View profile
  43. Geoffrey Steven Pearce 1996 Director View profile
  44. Anthony Joseph Oleary 1994 Director View profile
  45. Trevor Courtnay Bonner 1993 Director View profile
  46. Thomas Wood 1998 Director View profile
  47. Anthony Ernest John Newton Broom 1993 Director View profile
  48. John Ernest Chandler 1993 Director View profile
  49. John Ian Dickenson 1994 Director View profile
  50. Jonathon Colin Fyfe Crawford 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  51. Ian Michael Brindley 2016-2019 Secretary View profile
  52. Julian Spencer Fitzsimmons 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  53. Philip John Hyde 2000-2011 Secretary View profile
  54. GKN Group Services LTD 1999-2019 Corporate-secretary View profile
  55. Stephen Michael Harrop 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles
Incorporated
04/05/1912
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.

Group

  1. GKN Driveline Birmingham Limited is controlled by GKN Automotive Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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 27Professional services 24Business services 3Finance 3

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
00121799
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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