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Cable & Wireless Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 63

  1. Belinda Catherine Stockwell 2016-2018 Director View profile
  2. Charles Henry Rowland Bracken 2016-2016 Director View profile
  3. Jeremy Lewis Evans 2016-2016 Director View profile
  4. Emily Louise Martin 2014-2016 Director View profile
  5. Chatan Patel 2014-2015 Director View profile
  6. Ian James Lawson 2014-2015 Director View profile
  7. Clare Patricia Underwood 2010-2016 Director View profile
  8. James Marsh 2010-2010 Director View profile
  9. Penelope Lesley Hughes 2009-2010 Director View profile
  10. Mary Elizabeth Francis 2009-2010 Director View profile
  11. Robert John Orr Barton 2009-2010 Director View profile
  12. Timothy Lincoln Pennington 2008-2014 Director View profile
  13. Simon Peter Ball 2006-2010 Director View profile
  14. Nicholas Ian Cooper 2006-2015 Director View profile
  15. John Pluthero 2005-2010 Director View profile
  16. Alan Clive Butler 2005-2010 Director View profile
  17. Agnes Touraine 2005-2009 Director View profile
  18. Kathleen Anne Nealon 2005-2010 Director View profile
  19. Harris Jones 2004-2007 Director View profile
  20. George William Battersby 2004-2010 Director View profile
  21. Rt Hon Lord George Islay Macneil Robertson 2004-2006 Director View profile
  22. Charles Edward Nield Herlinger 2003-2006 Director View profile
  23. Graham Edward Howe 2003-2006 Director View profile
  24. Kasper Bo Rorsted 2003-2010 Director View profile
  25. Francesco Caio 2003-2006 Director View profile
  26. Kevin Loosemore 2003-2004 Director View profile
  27. Bernard Peter Gray 2003-2006 Director View profile
  28. William Anthony Rice 2003-2010 Director View profile
  29. Sir Richard Douglas Lapthorne 2003-2010 Director View profile
  30. Robert Oscar Rowley 2002-2006 Director View profile
  31. David Norman Prince 2002-2003 Director View profile
  32. Adrian Chamberlain 2002-2003 Director View profile
  33. Donald Reed 2000-2003 Director View profile
  34. Robert Michael Mctighe 2000-2001 Director View profile
  35. David Robert Varney 1999-2000 Director View profile
  36. Graham Martyn Wallace 1998-2003 Director View profile
  37. Robert Earl Lerwill 1997-2003 Director View profile
  38. Richard Harris Brown 1996-1998 Director View profile
  39. Sir Norman Brian Smith 1995-1998 Director View profile
  40. Edward Morrison Astle 1995-1997 Director View profile
  41. David Percy Nash 1995-2002 Director View profile
  42. Stephen Raymond Pettit 1995-2001 Director View profile
  43. Ulrich Hartman 1995-1997 Director View profile
  44. Honourable Raymond George Hardenbergh Seitz 1995-2003 Director View profile
  45. Linus Wing Lam Cheung 1995-2000 Director View profile
  46. Sir Ralph Harry Robins 1994-2003 Director View profile
  47. Michael John Harris 1995 Director View profile
  48. Peter Willoughby Carey 1994 Director View profile
  49. Rodney James Olsen 1999 Director View profile
  50. Jonathan Hilali Moiese Solomon 1996 Director View profile
  51. Lord David Ivor Young-of-Graffham 1995 Director View profile
  52. Sir Winfried Franz Wilhelm Bischoff 2003 Director View profile
  53. Michael George Gale 1994 Director View profile
  54. Tom Chellew 1993 Director View profile
  55. Sir David Arnold Stuart Plastow 1993 Director View profile
  56. Brian Arthur Pemberton 1993 Director View profile
  57. Morgan, Janet Patricia, Doctor 2004 Director View profile
  58. James Hood Ross 1995 Director View profile
  59. Emily Louise Martin 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  60. Clare Underwood 2010-2014 Secretary View profile
  61. Heledd Mair Hanscomb 2005-2010 Secretary View profile
  62. Andrew Sheldon Garard 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  63. Kenneth Keith Claydon 2004 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other telecommunications activities
Incorporated
08/04/1929
Registered office
London
Previous names
Cable & Wireless Public Limited Company (until 23/03/2010)
Cable and Wireless Public Limited Company (until 23/03/2010)
Cable & Wireless PLC (until 23/03/2010)
Cable and Wireless Public Limited Company (until 23/03/2010)

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. Cable & Wireless Limited is controlled by Cable & Wireless Communications Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Cable & Wireless Communications Limited is controlled by LGE Coral Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-06-15 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by LGE Coral Holdco Limited.

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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.

1 directors on the board

8.5y median 8.5y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure

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.

Professional services 11Tech and media 5Business services 3Dormant 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
00238525
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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