Company · Ashton Road
Nichols PLC
Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Matthew John RothwellDirector · since 2026
- Alan Richard WilliamsDirector · since 2025
- Matthew John NicholsDirector · since 2024
- Elizabeth McmeikanDirector · since 2023
- Helen Margaret KeaysDirector · since 2017
- Andrew Paul MilneDirector · since 2016
- Peter John NicholsDirector
- Matthew John RothwellSecretary · since 2026
Previous officers 21
- James Edward Nichols 2020-2023 View profile
- David Thomas Rattigan 2020-2023 View profile
- John Anthony Gittins 2015-2025 View profile
- Marnie Jane Millard 2013-2020 View profile
- Eric James George Healey 2011-2015 View profile
- John Longworth 2010-2017 View profile
- Timothy John Croston 2010-2020 View profile
- John Derek Bee 2002-2011 View profile
- David Charles Garth 2000-2002 View profile
- Jonathan Brett Diggines 1995-2010 View profile
- Arthur Thomas Booth 1993-2002 View profile
- Gary Nicholls Unsworth 1992-2004 View profile
- Geoffrey Alfred Adkin 1995 View profile
- Alan Frank Isherwood 1992 View profile
- Richard Hugh Newman 2024-2025 View profile
- David John Simon Taylor 2023-2024 View profile
- David Rattigan 2020-2023 View profile
- Brendan Hynes 2009-2010 View profile
- Taylor Purkis 2008-2009 View profile
- Brendan Hynes 2002-2013 View profile
- Simon Paul Nichols 2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters
- Incorporated
- 28/03/1929
- Registered office
- Ashton Road
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Nichols PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
26 other companies in this group
- Nichols International Limited
- Nichols Dispense (S.W.) Limited
- Cabana (Holdings) Limited
- Nichols International (Holdco) Limited
- Dispense Solutions (Wales) Limited
- Solent Canners Holdings Limited
- PIN-HI (Soft Drinks) Limited
- Cariel Soft Drinks Limited
- BEN Shaws Dispense Drinks Limited
- Chartwell Wines Limited
- Whirley Drinkworks UK Limited
- Alexander Drink Distributors Limited
- Solent Canners (Personnel) Limited
- Solent Canners (Property) Limited
- Miniurban Limited
- Festival Drinks Limited
- The Noisy Drinks CO LTD
- Dayla Liquid Packing Limited
- Selective Exports Limited
- Cabana Soft Drinks Limited
- Solent Canners Limited
- Vimto Limited
- Beacon Holdings Limited
- Beacon Drinks Limited
- Solent Bonded Stores Limited
- Vimto (OUT of Home) 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.
7 directors on the board
- Alan Richard Williams Director · appointed 2025
- Helen Margaret Keays Director · appointed 2017
- Peter John Nichols Director
- Matthew John Rothwell Director · appointed 2026
- Elizabeth Mcmeikan Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Paul Milne Director · appointed 2016
- Matthew John Nichols Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Helen Margaret Keays Director · appointed 2017
- Andrew Paul Milne Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Matthew John Rothwell Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (6)
- Alan Richard Williams Director · appointed 2025
- Helen Margaret Keays Director · appointed 2017
- Peter John Nichols Director
- Elizabeth Mcmeikan Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Paul Milne Director · appointed 2016
- Matthew John Nichols Director · appointed 2024
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00238303
- 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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