Company
Victoria Drop Forgings CO.,Limited
Victoria Drop Forgings CO.,Limited is an active UK company (number 00143164), incorporated 1916, with 1 current director, Geoffrey Leslie Howles. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 8
- Terence Keith Gymer 2013-2014 View profile
- Geoff Radford 2013-2021 View profile
- Pearl Irene Jeavons 2001-2009 View profile
- Mary Clarice Hannaway 2010 View profile
- Jeremy Robert Jones 2013 View profile
- Denise Marie Brotherton 2007-2013 View profile
- Joan Mavis Wiggin 1995-2007 View profile
- Wilfred Kenneth Ravenscroft 1997 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/03/1916
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.
- GHR Holdings Limited
75-100% shares · notified 2016-11-01
Group
- Victoria Drop Forgings CO.,Limited
is controlled by GHR Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-11-01 · source: Companies House PSC register - GHR Holdings Limited
is controlled by Geoffrey Leslie Howles
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Geoffrey Leslie Howles.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,771,543
- Total assets
- £1,837,427
- Cash
- £136,222
- Employees
- 0.24
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-10-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
1 directors on the board
- Geoffrey Leslie Howles Director · appointed 2013
Directors past 6 years
- Geoffrey Leslie Howles Director · appointed 2013
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.
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
- A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision
Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00143164
- 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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