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Beecham Group PLC
Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 20
- Ciara Martha Lynch 2020-2025 View profile
- Charalampos Panagiotidis 2019-2020 View profile
- Adam Walker 2015-2020 View profile
- Paul Frederick Blackburn 2009-2016 View profile
- Clare Alexandra Mcclintock 2000-2001 View profile
- Rupert Bondy 2000-2001 View profile
- Ramon Jacobs 1998-1999 View profile
- Ian Carmichael Borland 1996-2000 View profile
- Eaglen, Robin John, Doctor 1995-1998 View profile
- James Ralph Beery 1994-2001 View profile
- John Foster Bray Hunter 1993-1993 View profile
- Ian Main Ferguson Balfour 1994 View profile
- Dr Peter Jackson 1994 View profile
- Hugh Robert Collum 1996 View profile
- Richard James Stephens 2004-2007 View profile
- Leo Alexander Nuttall 2002-2004 View profile
- Karina Jane Bryant 1999-2002 View profile
- Caroline Daphne Coomber 1998-1999 View profile
- Simon Nicholas Wilbraham 1998-2001 View profile
- Alison Marie Horler 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 23/01/1928
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- Beecham Group P L C (until 21/01/2026)
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.
- Smithkline Beecham Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-06-04
Group
- Beecham Group PLC
is controlled by Smithkline Beecham Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-06-04 · source: Companies House PSC register - Smithkline Beecham Limited
is controlled by Glaxosmithkline Finance PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Glaxosmithkline Finance PLC
is controlled by Glaxosmithkline Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Glaxosmithkline Holdings Limited
is controlled by GSK PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by GSK PLC.
86 other companies in this group
- Smithkline Beecham Legacy H Limited
- Smithkline Beecham Overseas Limited
- GSK LP Limited
- Setfirst Holdings Limited
- Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst
- Glaxo Laboratories Limited
- Smithkline Beecham Senior Executive Pension Plan Trustee Limited
- Glaxosmithkline IHC Limited
- Smithkline Beecham Marketing and Technical Services Limited
- Stiefel Laboratories (Maidenhead) Limited
- GSK Equity Investments NO2 Limited
- Viiv Healthcare Finance Limited
- Charles Midgley Limited
- GSK Finance (NO 2) Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Caribbean Limited
- Burroughs Wellcome International Limited
- Smithkline Beecham Pension Trustees Limited
- Stiefel Laboratories Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Mercury Limited
- Setfirst Limited
- Dealcyber Limited
- GSK Finance (NO.3) Limited
- Viiv Healthcare UK (NO.5) Limited
- Viiv Healthcare Finance 2 Limited
- Wellcome Consumer Healthcare Limited
- Glaxo Wellcome UK Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Management Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Limited
- Mixis Genetics Limited
- Glaxo Group Limited
- Allen & Hanburys Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Holdings Limited
- Smithkline Beecham (Export) Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property Development Limited
- Viiv Healthcare Trading Services UK Limited
- Viiv Healthcare Finance 1 Limited
- Clarges Pharmaceuticals Limited
- Glaxo Trustees Limited
- Glaxosmithkline International Limited
- Glaxochem (UK) Unlimited
- Viiv Healthcare Limited
- Tres Cantos Open LAB Foundation
- Viiv Healthcare UK (NO.3) Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property (NO.5) Limited
- Eskaylab Limited
- Glaxosmithkline Intellectual Property (NO.2) Limited
- Viiv Healthcare UK (NO.4) Limited
- Cellzome Limited
- Smithkline Beecham (SWG) Limited
- Smith Kline & French Laboratories Limited
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.
1 directors on the board
- Alistair Robert Davidson Director · appointed 2025
Left in the last 12 months
- Ciara Martha Lynch Director · appointed 2020 · 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.
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
- 00227531
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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