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Marks and Spencer P.L.C.

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

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Previous officers 60

  1. Jeremy Charles Douglas Townsend 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Eoin Philip Tonge 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. Humphrey Stewart Morgan Singer 2018-2019 Director View profile
  4. Scilla Grimble 2018-2018 Director View profile
  5. Stephen Joseph Rowe 2015-2022 Director View profile
  6. Helen Alison Weir 2015-2018 Director View profile
  7. John William Dixon 2013-2015 Director View profile
  8. Alan James Harris Stewart 2010-2014 Director View profile
  9. Marc Bolland 2010-2016 Director View profile
  10. Amanda Mellor 2009-2019 Director View profile
  11. Dr Steven Michael Sharp 2005-2013 Director View profile
  12. Ian Dyson 2005-2010 Director View profile
  13. Stuart Alan Ransom Rose 2004-2010 Director View profile
  14. Charles Wilson 2004-2005 Director View profile
  15. Mark David Mckeon 2004-2004 Director View profile
  16. Maurice Harold Helfgott 2003-2004 Director View profile
  17. Vittorio Radice 2003-2004 Director View profile
  18. Justin Matthew King CBE 2002-2003 Director View profile
  19. Laurel Claire Powers-Freeling 2001-2004 Director View profile
  20. John Michael Joseph Keenan 2001-2002 Director View profile
  21. Alison Clare Reed 2001-2005 Director View profile
  22. Roger Anthony Holmes 2001-2004 Director View profile
  23. Sir David Ronald Norgrove 2000-2004 Director View profile
  24. Anthony Frank Elliott Ball 2000-2002 Director View profile
  25. John Kevin Lomax 2000-2002 Director View profile
  26. Luc Emile Vandevelde 2000-2004 Director View profile
  27. Alan James Mcwalter 2000-2002 Director View profile
  28. David John Eyre 1997-1997 Director View profile
  29. Graham John Oakley 1997-2009 Director View profile
  30. Dame Stella Rimington 1997-2002 Director View profile
  31. Sir Michael Sydney Perry 1996-2001 Director View profile
  32. Brian Ford Baldock 1996-2002 Director View profile
  33. Clara Elizabeth Mary Freeman 1996-2000 Director View profile
  34. Derek Keith Hayes 1994-1999 Director View profile
  35. Barry Simon Morris 1994-2000 Director View profile
  36. Joseph Thomas Rowe 1993-2000 Director View profile
  37. James Richard Benfield 1993-1999 Director View profile
  38. Roger Aldridge 1993-2000 Director View profile
  39. John Keith Oates 1999 Director View profile
  40. Nigel Lawrence Colne 1997 Director View profile
  41. John Anderson Lusher 1992 Director View profile
  42. Denis George Lanigan 1997 Director View profile
  43. Christopher Littmoden 1999 Director View profile
  44. Sir Richard Greenbury 1999 Director View profile
  45. Clinton Vita Silver 1994 Director View profile
  46. Stone, Andrew Zeliq, Lord Stone of Blackheath 1999 Director View profile
  47. Sir Ralph Harry Robins 2001 Director View profile
  48. David Reuben Susman 1994 Director View profile
  49. Simon John Sacher 1999 Director View profile
  50. Alan Keith Patrick Smith 1993 Director View profile
  51. Sir Martin Wakefield Jacomb 2000 Director View profile
  52. Robert William Chaigneau Colvill 2001 Director View profile
  53. Peter Leslie Salsbury 2000 Director View profile
  54. Paul Peter Douglas Smith 1999 Director View profile
  55. Donald George Trangmar 1998 Director View profile
  56. Dr David Valentine Atterton 1993 Director View profile
  57. Honourable Sir David Daniel Sieff 2001 Director View profile
  58. Rt Hon Baroness Janet Mary Young 1997 Director View profile
  59. Philip Guy Mccracken 2000 Director View profile
  60. John O'Neill 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/06/1926

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Marks and Spencer P.L.C. on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

6 other companies 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.

Grants received

10 grants · £2,784,650 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Work and Pensions · £2,123,253 (2 grants)
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £332,151 (5 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £329,247 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £15,8212023-11-03
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £75,5822023-05-11
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £31,8612023-03-08
  • Department for Work and Pensions £28,4122022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £180,9582022-04-01
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

1.3y median 1.3y
average tenure
1.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

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.

Finance 3Retail and trade 3Professional services 1Tech and media 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.

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
00214436
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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